We were up by 3:30 this morning to hit the road bright and early. I figure we had about 2 1/2-3 hours of sleep. I had gone to bed with every intention of getting a good night's rest but started getting text messages which kind of blew my plan. One of those texts was from a childhood/teenage friend whose father had passed away. Jerry Swander, her father, had been a counselor to my Dad when he was bishop of the Kaiserslautern Ward in Germany. I wish I lived closer (they're in the Ogden area) so that I could attend the funeral. I texted Mike, Derk, Brad, Jim, and Chad to let them know and gave them contact info. I hope they'll be able to make the funeral.
We were able to put the last few things in the van and we pulled out of the driveway about an hour after we got up...pretty darn good for us! lol
I tried to get a little sleep knowing that I would probably be driving some, but it didn't come easily. The van seemed kind of "jerky" - like it was missing or something. At first I kind of thought that Rich was tired and driving erratically, and he was tired, but I don't think it was his driving. When he turned the wheel over to me I could really feel that there was something going on. At this point we were about an hour out of Indianapolis. We had driven through the city and were going to stop for a bite to eat and to top off the gas so we back trackrd through some city roads and the van was clearly not acting right. A few times I could hardly get it to move from a stopped position. We found the Jack In The Box and had some lunch while we discussed what we thought we should do. I wondered if we ought to head back home and trade vehicles but Rich was for trying to get to Wisconsin, knowing that Phil and Robert have a good mechanic here. However, Rich also investigated the possibility of a rental and we thought we'd get him behind the wheel to see how it felt to him. We drove over to the place that had replaced the transmission in March when I was there for the "Time Out For Women" with Wanda, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Selma, and Hailey and it didn't take more than a couple of minutes for Rich to decide that we probably ought to rent a car and find another Aamco dealer...which is exactly what we did.
Needless to say, it was a huge deal buster, meaning that we had planned on being at Wanda's by about 4 and we didn't pull in until 10. However, I am very grateful that we were able to arrive here safely, that the transmission has a warranty, that the dealer will be able to look at it tomorrow, that there was a vehicle available to rent, and that we'll be here for the baby.
When we pulled up Joseph, Ben, Sam, Adam, Hyrum, and Mary gave us big hugs and helped us unload. it is amazing we had so much stuff in the car!
Well - 5:30 comes early and I need to hit the hay. Nighty Night!
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