Tires Blow!

We were driving to small group last Tuesday when we suddenly notice an odd sound. This was shortly followed by a "ding" in the van. Yep, our suspicions were confirmed....we just blew a tire. Lovely.

I call around to get a decent price and find $116 to be it. Lovely.

It's Thursday, we're driving to drop off the van (which requires the hubby to follow behind) and low-and-behold a tire on the car goes out! Are you kidding me?!?!

Change of plans. We take both vehicles back home and decide to get the work done at the same place.

Jeremy's car was first on the list. Turns out the other 3 tires are in poor shape and it's not smart to continue too much longer on them. [We completely trust this guy, by the way.] Final bill - $200. Lovely.

Next we drop off the bad tire from the van to see if they can get that particular type. They can, and once the tire is put on we have a second total of $140. Lovely.

We hear similar news about the tires on the van. We'd probably be fine for a while....except that we're planning a trip to Texas in a month. So 3 more tires it is. The bill will be around $400. This brings our grand total to approximately $750. Lovely.

It's not like the tires on the van are old, either. We just bought the thing 2.5 years ago off the lot.

This is not the best of times to be facing a $700 expense. Taking three months off of work has really affected our monthly income....yet our daycare expenses have more than doubled to a whopping $900/month!! Things have been tight, to say the least. It won't change until September when the new pay-year begins, either. Lovely.

So are we really trying to sell our house in order to move into a bigger house with a bigger payment??? Maybe God really does know what He's doing with the timing of our house.

The feeling I felt as we were driving around south of town today makes me want to move regardless. I could literally feel my stress levels drop. It just feels so much more calm down there. There is room to move around. Streets are great for long runs. The wind blows freely through nature and only a few structures - quite the opposite of our current location. It was quiet. It was lovely.

But before I go on & on about something I can't control, how about I focus on this $700 pain in my side. Boy, do tires blow!