More accomplishments to be proud of

My day:
- wakes up at 7:50am because dh's phone makes some weird, loud noise.
- puts on his Air Force sweatshirt, her black yoga pants, and a pair of flip-flops.
- stumbles out to the living room, where kids are transfixed by '3-2-1-Penguins' cartoon and informs them that Walker is in charge till Mom and Dad get back. no response from kids.
- opens the gate while dh backs the Durango out of the driveway.
- hopes none of the neighbors see her leave kids unsupervised.
- gives husband directions to storage unit.
- husband rolls down window and comments, "Hey, I thought they [car repair shop] were supposed to fix that squeak." [wife is way too cold to like driving w/window down, even if husband must listen to important car-sound thing.]
- unloads big heavy boxes and one small heavy bookcase at storage unit [the purpose of this act of temporary child abandonment- get junk in car to storage so there's room for important hunting equipment in back.]
- keeps window down to listen to car-sound thing, in case it changes.
- drops wife at home, then drives now-squeaking Durango back to car repair shop. wife has shower. kids haven't moved from couch.
- husband calls 4 times while wife is in shower. when she returns his call, she finds out that the U-joints are bad [they hold the transmission in place, so when they go, so does the transmission. right onto Foothill Boulevard, actually, which necessitates husband leaving work and driving an hour to pick up stranded wife and kids, then dropping them at home and arranging for a tow truck to collect undrivable Durango while wife self-medicates with chocolate. 2 years later, memories are still fresh.] thankfully, U-joints are going bad, but haven't arrived yet, so transmission is still attached to vehicle.
- husband stays at car-repair shop and supervises necessary repairs.
- wife is now awake, and eating breakfast.
- kids get dressed and eat breakfast, during commercial breaks in cartoons.
- kids whine about missing commercials. no sympathy given.
- kids notice that "good" cartoons end at 10am. hooray. herds kids into car, and loads a bowl of shredded chicken and 2 hard-boiled eggs into trunk.
- drives to church building, unloads chicken, eggs, and kids, takes a call from husband who tells her cost of repair and that it isn't finished yet. reassures wife that this won't ruin his planned day of hunting. wife is thrilled.
- herds kids into church building, stopping at kitchen which is locked; no key. takes kids to nursery room, makes them put coats/shoes/socks/boots together in one pile. threatens with dismemberment if noise is made. or toy boxes are broken.
- heads back to room next to kitchen. calls husband. car repairs progressing slowly. decides to send oldest child home [5 minute walk] for keys to kitchen.
- oldest child agrees. he leaves building, and close friend with keys opens kitchen door.
- eventually, oldest child returns, with no longer needed keys.
- kids are invited to play with friend at the gym, and their departure is eagerly encouraged.
- church activity goes relatively smoothly. breathes a huge sigh of relief.
- goes home. packs 2 boxes and labels them. gets out crocheted blanket and sits down to take a break.
- kids call 1 hour later, wanting to extend their gym time. permission granted.
- more crocheting, and self-medicating with chocolate occurs.
- kids home. younger son brings in mail. kids abandon house for neighbor's much-more-interesting garage.
- opens mail. renews driver's license by filling out questionnaire. wonders how DMV ensures truthful answer to questions: "Have you suffered from, or been under a doctor's care for, any disability or condition that may affect your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle?" finds out how government is raising money to pay for stimulus package: "Do you authorize the DMV to release your name and address for commercial sales or marketing purposes?"
- writes a check out. uses a christmas stamp on envelope.
- wonders about dinner. takes pictures of DMV forms instead.
- wonders about dinner again. posts instead. crochets blanket some more.