Today

Like my hat?

The big kids gave it to me as part of my 

Mother's Day gift this year.

Two of the guys woke up with a fever this morning

so we cancelled the day program and had a day off.

I still had to go pick up the groceries (so thankful for Kroger

ClickList) so we all piled in the Jeep after lunch and made the

trip, stopping at the thrift store to drop off a few boxes beforehand. 

After Kroger we drove through McDonald's for

fries for the guys and a coke for me.

While we were waiting in the drive-thru I got rear-ended!

That white car behind me ran right into us.

I got out and she got out.  The nose of her car was

jammed under the back on my Jeep.

She was upset, said her son was screaming for a

hamburger and she wasn't paying attention.

I asked her to back up a little so we could see exactly

what the damage was and when she did it didn't show

much.  I had a little scratch on my bumper and she

had a little worse scrape on hers.  We agreed it wasn't enough

to make a fuss over and I assured her it was fine.

She looked relieved and as I got back in the Jeep I

thought how she looked like she was having a terrible

day.  I thought I'd do a nice thing for her and pay for

the Happy Meal for her son when I paid for our stuff.

But before we could even get much further in the line

(it was very long and slow moving) she cut out of line

and left.  I guess the stress of waiting was more than

that family could bear.   I remember days like that.

So we got fries and a coke and were on our way.

Fevers are better tonight and we're going to take another

vacation day tomorrow just to make sure everyone

feels better.  I mean, fries cure everything, right?

♥