What A Week I Had Yesterday!

It all began normally enough with going to work. I spent the morning working on some networking issues in the office with the church management software. After getting that finally figured out, I rode my motorcycle to Pittsburgh to look at a house. When I arrived, I didn't have much hope for the place, because there wasn't much parking out front, but after stepping inside, I was pretty certain we'd found a home. It's beautiful! I really think that it was worth the wait, and that God has helped us to find the perfect place until we can buy our own home. (Check out the video of the house below this post!) - P.S. Thanks to Nick Poole & Rachael Schaeffer for doing your best to help us!

Next, I headed to Jodi's parent's house to take some pictures to post on Craig's List for a refrigerator they are trying to sell. Rachael had told us about a house that I was going to look at nearby, but before I could get to the house, antifreeze fluid started leaking out of my bike, onto the pipes. SMOKE!!! I thought the bike was on fire or something, but after letting the motorcycle cool a little, and getting in touch with a friend who knew what I needed to do, I finally was ready to get back on the road. Problem was, I had already called my mother-in-law and she was somewhere on the way to rescue me! I tried to call her and tell her all was OK, but her cell phone battery died and I couldn't reach her. Also, I would have to skip looking at the second house and ride home as quickly as possible, because we had a youth event in Cleveland!

I arrived home, picked up my kids (Jodi is at the Pastor's Wives Retreat), and went quickly to the church, arriving 1/2 hour late. We loaded the bus, and drove to the Cleveland area to play Whirlyball. Whirlyball is honestly one of the coolest games I've ever played: It's best described as jai-alai with a whiffle ball in a sort-of basketball court, while in go-carts. We arrived at 9 PM for our court time, and played for an hour. It was great and everyone had a great time.

After getting everyone loaded back into the bus, I started it up. There was a really loud screech coming from the engine, and then a lot of smoke. You guessed it...WE BROKE DOWN AGAIN! (I don't know a lot mechanically about what happened, but we broke the serpentine belt somehow.) Twice in one day with break-downs, for me! After some phone calls, we ended up going back inside where the Whirlyball people had invited our students to stay there while we waited for Bill & Adrienne to come get us in the church van. Bob from Whirlyball even invited our kids to play Laser Tag for free and fed everyone left-over pizza while we waited! Honestly, it turned out to a really cool thing to get stranded there, because at least we had something to do while we waited. Thanks to everyone at Whirlyball Cleveland for your kindness & hospitality! Bill & Adrienne arrived some time around 12:30 AM, and we finally were able to go home, arriving at about 3 AM.

All I can say is, "What a week I had yesterday!"