November begins

This has been an event filled week, not all of them good. Tuesday I realized my drivers license had expired two days before, so Wednesday I had to go and renew it. From there Randy and I dropped Jeremy off at school and the two of us went to Tupelo so I could pick up some of the crafting supplies that I was in need of. The two of us had a good day and got back in time to run by the college and pick up Jeremy.

Thursday night our football team had it's last regular season game. We won 42-28. Next Friday night we will play our first play-off game. We don't think we will be advancing any further in the play-offs, even though our record is 9 & 1. Our only loss was to Winfield, and they are a 3A team, where we are a 1A team. I have no idea why we play them, it makes no sense to me. I enjoy the football season, but will be glad to see it end. I don't enjoy sitting out in the cool weather, nor do I enjoy having to go to work the next day, since unlike many other parents, Saturday is just another work day for me.

This morning on my way to work I had a flat tire. Thank goodness it happened where and when it did. It could have been a real problem if it had gone flat on Wednesday as I was traveling down the highway at 65 miles per hour. I was unable to change the tire because the ground was too soft and the jack kept sinking in without raising the car very much. Thankfully, the boss was able to send someone to come pick me up. I called Randy and he and Jeremy brought a board to set the jack on and took off the flat and put the donut on. They then brought the car up to me at work. I had to get 2 new front tires put on after work. Cost me $137, which I could ill afford. The other tire was actually ok, and I had it rotated to the back. The car needs a front end alignment, or the problem will continue to occur. I'll have to see if I can find a way to budget for that, because these tires only had 20,000 mile on them. The one that went flat was fine to look at, but when we removed it, you could see the steel where the tire was worn on the side closest to the engine. I certainly can't afford to replace tires every 20,000, if I can help it.

As if there weren't enough drains on our limited resources, Jeremy got a ticket a couple of weeks ago, because the insurance had lapsed on the CRX and we weren't been able to renew it immediately. They considered it as driving un-insured and the ticket is going to cost $108.

Meanwhile, Randy is trying to repair the CRX so that Jeremy can have a way back and forth to school. Right now he rides with me on Monday morning and Randy takes him on Tuesday and Thursday. He rides home with me, since he gets out at 3:00 and I work until 4:00. He just walks from the college to my work. Takes him about 10 minutes. Wednesdays are going to be a real inconvenience, because he has class but I don't have to work, so I have to make 2 special trips to Hamilton. With gas being almost $3.00/gallon this is not my idea of a good way to save gas and money.

Jeremy has applied to the Wal-mart supercenter in Hamilton, maybe they'll call him soon. He doesn't have school on Friday, so he could work Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I don't expect him to work full time, but it would be great if he could help out with gas and his lunch expenses.