. . . is not what you want to hear at 5:45 in the morning.
I was sitting in the computer room grading papers after my morning exercise. Chris had left to go to work only moments before. Then, I hear it: CRASH! It sounds like a gigantic piece of sheet metal has fallen off of something. My imagination escalates. Maybe someone has seen Chris leave and is trying to break in the house.
I cease my panic and start turning on lights in the basement. I look out my windows: Nothing. I look upstairs: Nothing. No kids are crying so they couldn't have fallen. So, I decide to look in the garage; this is a likely place for crashing noises. I don't see anything unusual there. Hmm. ..
Rattled, I decide to continue with my morning as usual. Shower, get dressed, blow dry. Get the kids up, fed, dressed, bags packed. This is where the morning got interesting.
Andrew and Brendan begin fighting about snow pants. Brendan's are too short, so he wants Andrew's pants. Andrew doesn't like the bigger pants. No one is happy-- including me! Out of frustration with the argument, I decide to go open the garage door and start the van to warm up.
I push the button for the garage door. Bzz. The door goes up an inch. Bzz. The door immediately goes back down. What?? I try again. Bzz. .. Bzz. Oh no! I start to look closer at the garage door. One side of the door doesn't look right. I see wires hanging where they shouldn't be. Yet I still try again. Bzz. Bzz. Nope, I am stuck.
I call Chris while searching for the emergency handle to open the door. Apparently the handle doesn't work when there are wires hanging. Bummer!
Ultimately, I send the boys walking to school; I call the repair man, and he informs me it is probably a broken spring. He is coming tomorrow to inspect it. (Think happy thoughts that it won't be a new door. We really don't need that right now!) Ev's babysitter had to give me a ride to school.
The sound of my chaotic morning: CRASH!
Quick add: The repairman came today. No new door- just a couple of new springs. All is well.
4 comments:
Oh No mornings like that can just ruin your whole day. I will send happy vibes that it's just a simple easy repair and not a new door that is needed.
Ouch! Crash and wires can't be good! Hoping it was a better day and an easy fix!
Oy vey! That blows. Can't believe you didn't call that morning?! Hope it all turns out okay.
How do you manage 3 kids, a job, no car and a repair man? Sounds like a juggling nightmare to me! Whew!!! Glad it was just the springs.
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