Megan and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

"I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day."

Little did I know when I woke up on Sunday morning it would be a day much like this beloved children's book. It began Saturday when I was leaving a work conference. I was stuck in the worst traffic I have ever been in. It took over 2 hours for me to move 4.5 miles. A 45 minute drive took me 3 hours! So naturally after being awake since 5 am I went to bed early and woke up to a great morning.

It was a regular Sunday. All except that Rich was out of town at a retreat. Things tend to happen to me when he leaves. I have locked my self out of the house, car has died, you get the point. Well Joy was in town from Honduras and I was going to pick her up in Dallas so she could stay with me and I could take her to the airport at 4 am the next day!

So I started doing house stuff, laundry, cleaning, etc. This is when the toilet in our bathroom decided to overflow! Gross!! I cleaned everything up, called Rich and told him we needed to get a plumber asap. No big deal. Then I leave to go get Joy and my car wont start! Awesome. I call Rich and he left a extra key to his car in the house. So all I had to do was get to the church and take his car. I finally got my car to start (if you know me well you know my car is basically a lemon so this is more frustrating b/c we thought it was fixed) and headed to the church. I get in Rich's car and his engine light is on! I think I handled it well. I laughed. Maybe because I would go crazy otherwise.

I got to Dallas and enjoyed a great afternoon then dinner at Cheesecake Factory with Joy and Natalie. Cheesecake Factory always gives you too much food so naturally I brought the leftovers home for Rich. He got back from the retreat at 5. Well he was reheating the pizza box and asked me if I lit a candle because something was burning. I said no, opened the oven and the pizza box was on fire! He remained calm and I just said this is insane! We were able to safely put the fire out and no damage was done. Sheesh. What a day!

Joy loves Tegan