Been busy

So we have been super busy since my last post. My Brothers babysitter quit...I was called in as backup, my mother insisted I use her car(we had borrowed it for eye Doc appts the day before). Dwyer and I had 2 wonderful days with his cousins, my niece and nephew. We went to the beach one day and the pool the next. They deemed me the best babysitter ever, yeah I am that good :)

I took advantage of having my moms car Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and made trips to Sam's club(where I filled her tank) and hit target for Dwyer's school supplies.

So we did not have to rely on public transport, but it was awesome for Dwyer to hang with his cousins, and I got to solidify my place as "Best Aunt EVER" with John and Phoebe.

This past Sunday we had a Family Meetup, Dwyer and I took the red line, to the 84 bus, met up with the other families and Kris took the red line to the 11 bus to meet us. We had a lovely evening eating wings and playing board games. Then we took the bus back to the red line(with some of our new friends) on on to home.
So far we are not "missing" having a car. The only time I really needed it, when I did not have Mom's, was today. I had done some cleaning and organizing of our storage after it flooded, nothing was damaged. But our car bit it before I could drive the give aways to Howard Brown. So today I had a spurt of cleaning frenzy and filled 2 more boxes. I called my amazing friend and neighbor Darrin, and he graciously loaded all my stuff in his car and took it to Howard Brown for me.
So far I have learned that not having a car means you have to plan, and have a backup plan for everything. I have also learned that for the things we cannot do with public transport, it is great to have friends and family who believe they owe you(when I think I owe them) or just love you enough to lend a car or take your hand-me-downs to some needy folks.
Til the next transportation challenge,


Jeanne