Live, Laugh, & Love

Gotta love those family holidays. Our's went something like this. Thurs night getting packed to go see Aaron's aunt and uncle in OK. Going to drive up Sat, hang out Sun, drive home Mon - lots of road time, but excited that they will finally get to see Emily - plus aunt shirley can cook!! Ring Ring - Aaron's parents call - his mom is having emergency surgery friday on a 99% blocked artery in her neck-- WHAT? So change of plans - driving to Corpus Friday morning, after we drop off Allie. Got on the road about 9am - pretty good considering all we had to do to leave a day earlier than we were planning. La, la, la....la la la....oh hey check engine light came on. On my Jeep that has been so good to me? yeah we'll check it when we get there. Hey look there's a Whataburger - we can get lunch and feed Emily. Back in Jeep - start Jeep - feel that nice AC - plenty of time to see his mom before she goes under - put'er in gear and nothing!! Start, gear, dies, start gear dies, start gear reverse in parking place. We are in beautiful El Campo Texas and no transmission. I feel betrayed by the Jeep, only 55,000 miles. Heads up - stayed focused on the mission to see his mom before surgery (very risky surgery) we'll just get a rental car. Good idea but no rental cars in El Campo (they have an enterprise office, just no cars) or any of the surrounding towns. Ok we'll just call Aaron's brother to take us back home and get the other car - fat chance of that happening. Some very nice lady at the dealership gives us the keys to her brand new Jeep - had only 8,000 miles and she has towels covering the seats - you can tell its her baby. Good to know there are still some awesome people out there! We get to the hospital just after his mom has gone in - but we wait with his dad - and she comes through great. Aaron and I see her that night and get to the hotel around 11pm. The next day we sleep in a little, stop at Macoroni Grill on the way to the hospital - she is still in ICU and no babies allowed. The nurse pulls her bed into the hall so she can atleast see Emily. Then we head home. Next morning we drive back to El Campo to drop off the wonderful lady's Jeep and then back to the house. Aaron's mom is resting at home now and we are waiting for the Jeep to be fixed - earliest will be friday. Saturday we leave for Vacation - I guess we will be taking Aaron's car ....did I mention the check engine light came on? So he is looking into that this morning...maybe hopefuly possibly an easy fix?! Emily doesn't like riding in the Lincoln - cries alot - really hope the Jeep is fixed in time. Midland is a long drive and even longer with an unhappy baby.
Anyway......need a vacation! So I've been printing off reservations and what not for the trip and...the hard drive crashes! Aaron installed a new one - such a hassle!
Please send positive engery our way - I need a hassle free vacation!!!
and on a positive note....we are not getting flooded like most of the area is!!!