When it rains...

On May 19, here in central Kentucky we had a series of bad thunderstorms that caused flash flooding and some property damage. This morning when I woke up I thought that we had escaped the flooding and property damage and were in the clear (actually partly cloudy). However, when trying to start my car ('95 Volvo) this morning I learned that my car was flooded. I knew it rained hard yesterday and last night, but give me a break. The sad thing is, this is not the first car we have owned that has had this problem. Tim seems to think that if today is rain-free then my car will be fine. I don't know. She's not exactly in tip top shape anyway, so I just don't know if she will recover. I've only had her since October, but I've grown accustomed to her quirky ways, and honestly, I just don't have the money to replace her right now.

I will say that my son, Joseph, was very cute this morning in the car. He knew something was wrong and kept asking questions like, "Is your care sick, Mommy?", and "can you just get another car?" He was so CUTE! After finally giving up on trying to revive the old girl, Joe asked if I had money in the house for a new car. I told him no and then he told me that he had money inside that I could have. Is he sweet or what? Granted he only has $2.27 and a button, but the gesture was great. When I told him that it would take about 5,000 bowls of change for a new car (okay, newer), he said, "Awh, but I only have one bowl, Mommy." It took a minute to calm him down and explain that it was okay that he only had one bowl, but when we dropped him off at school he was still a little sad about not having enough money. One of these days I will have enough money in the house to buy a new car, but for now we will just have to save up enough to get the old one fixed.