widow maker.

You may not know this about me. I am a terrible driver.

I was asked to drive the Church van to transport children. What can I say about the Church van?

• That it was made in 1902 and has to be wound before the kids hop in the back? Okay, it's not that bad. (BUT)
• It has no rear view mirror.
• The cup holders are tin cans super glued onto the dash (that's not a joke).
• The front door does not unlock.
• Clouds of dirt and dust puff whenever you sit down.
• The shifter is broken so you have to count in your head to get to drive i.e. "Park (shift) reverse (shift) neutral (shift) drive... wait, did I shift three or four times?"
• It's the size of a Winnebago.
• I could go on and on.

check out the door. it's stuck like that.

Today I broke the widow maker. The door came unhinged. Still we drove on. The kids were happy- free a.c.! You may wonder how I broke it. Standard procedure to open the rear door is to let the kids climb in from the front and fling their bodies against the door while I pull with all my might. Then I kick it shut and we get on our way. Today... well, they threw themselves with a little too much gusto and it came off the track. Luckily the rusty metal was pretty much welded to the frame.

And I quote:

Me- "Everyone PRAY that the van door does not fly off on the highway! I'm SERIOUS!! PRAY!"

Kids- "We ARE!"

Hopefully the custodians can muscle the door back on and we can get back on the road by Wednesday.

gloomy day last week.

In other news, gloom and doom are over! The sun came out!