Myyyyy goodness this morning was just absurd 😅 I still got to where I needed to go, thank goodness, but it was NOT as smooth as it could’ve been! It was so bad, it was almost comical. Almost. 🤏 Not quite, though. I’ll give you the rundown.
I needed to leave the house by 9:15 at the latest to make it to the childrens hospital by 10:00. It always takes me longer than I anticipate, so I gave myself extra time to get bags packed, the stroller in the minivan, and to let it run a little. I put our little lemon drop in the car seat, and went to retrieve the morsel from bed. I rushed the car seat out without a cover, because I knew the van would be toasty, and I ran the morsel out without a jacket, because I knew I’d take it off for the car seat buckles anyway, and again, toasty van. Everyone was in place, and it was 9:12. I threw the van into reverse.
I backed down the driveway, revealing a significant puddle on the driveway. I didn’t think anything of it, figuring things were just melting until there, but when I couldn’t turn the steering wheel to save my life, I realized what I was dealing with.
*sigh* This has happened before. I believe it was last winter that the hose had jumped off of our power steering mechanism, draining all the fluid out. Super fun in the moment, as you can imagine. At least I knew from last time that it was a decently easy fix. So I snapped a picture before I pulled back into the driveway. The pic gives me inappropriate vibes, I don’t know about you…
Aaaaanyway.
I pulled back into the driveway and realized I needed to make quick work of a vehicle swap. Thankfully, I had both vehicles to work with. I started the bus and began to transfer the babies over. Unsurprisingly, they were both cold, and not fans of this last minute change. But they managed, as did I.
I got the bags moved over. I got the stroller moved over. Grabbed the jackets. Locked the mini. And got on my way.
The bus was cold, and the windshield was frosty. I didn’t have time to let it defrost, and I knew it wasn’t too cold that I’d get myself in trouble, so I sprayed some washer fluid and let it take care of the frost for me.
Except then I realized one of my wipers had broken off the last time the bus was used, and there it sat, in my passenger seat. So I pulled over and popped that thing back on before continuing.
As I drove, I realized more and more ways where I was entirely screwed. For example, I was driving a crazy tall vehicle to a place where I knew I wouldn’t fit in the parkade, hence why I aimed to use the minivan. So I called the information department and inquired where I could park. They told me I could park in the oversized lot. Deal. I’d do my best. Except I’d have to bundle the babies more than if I were in the parkade, therefore losing more time. Oh well. That was doable. I could handle that.
I realized I had barely enough gas to get there, and not even close enough to get home. Deal. As long as I can make it there. Except my wallet was in the minivan. Because thats the one I was fully prepared to use. Yes. Adventure awaits. Cool. Cool cool cool. No time to figure that one out, unfortunately. Just have to get there. Time is ticking, and regardless of how warm my bus still is not, I am sweatin’!
I finally drive up to the hospital on fumes, and the oversized lot is not at all where I remember it being. So. I couldn’t tell you where it is now, or was all along, but I couldn’t find the thing and I didn’t have time to waste. I couldn’t have been more grateful to find a spot right outside the old fetal assessment unit, which is conveniently even closer to where we were going than going through the parkade! So even though it was an outside spot, it helped with time.
I took a picture of the parking info and texted it to Brady with little to no explanation. He immediately sent me a screenshot of the countdown of how much time he had paid for 💜 Thank you, love.
I got the babies into the double stroller, covered and jacketed as fast as humanly possible, and we made it to our appointment spot ONE MINUTE before our time slot!
And then our therapist was ten minutes late 😅 Which I was truly SO fine with because I was reeling from all the rushing. I sat and waited, while trying to think through my options for how to make the drive home smoother.
I felt I earned a coffee. But darn, no wallet. Still had to fill up with gas somehow. Sometimes we keep a few bills tucked away in the vehicle for emergencies such as these. I could see if we had that. Otherwise 🤷🏼♀️ I’d have to go in somewhere and see if they’d use a card number without the card itself. Maybe I could just fill up in Warman and go steal Bradys wallet! Nope. Wouldn’t make it. I had to find emergency money.
Thank goodness I did!! However, I only found ten dollars! And that doesn’t take our bus too far. I texted Brady and he said it would get me either to home or Warman. I chose Warman, because gas is way cheaper there, and I could take Bradys card and fill up all the way.
Until I remembered that one of the babes needs a time sensitive medication and that time was coming in hot! So I opted for home instead. I made it home in time with a formulated plan. I ran inside and grabbed the meds, came back out and administered them, then ran syringes back inside before driving back to our local Coop to fill all the way up with the more-than-Warman gas, just so I wouldn’t forget and be left scrambling another day.
*curls up in a ball*
It was a WHOLE THING!!!
At least I made it home in time to eat lunch before our social worker came out for a visit!
And as things tend to happen, this didn’t turn out to be the same issue we’ve had before with a hose popping off, but a possible fully pooched power steering system. We don’t know for sure, but what we do know is that, for the rest of this weeks crazy haul of appointments/meetings/commitments, I will be taking the bus. Even to the places it doesn’t fit. Because I have no other option. Whatcha gonna do!
This 🙌 has not been our best week, hahaha! And its Tuesday 😅 Only up from here, right guys?