Things Never Go as Planned

So the kids and I left late this afternoon to head out to B'ham. I changed my flight to arrive at 11:30 tomorrow and by doing that and paying the difference it motivated me to get going this afternoon. I also get a little extra time in Dallas and can explore a few things on my own. So we leave around 4:15ish and the traffic on the mid-Bay bridge was horrible. We sat on the bridge forever.

We get going and we're running later than I would have liked to have been, but things were fine. We were trucking along and it appeared we would get to B'ham around 8:30-9. The interstate gods had other plans. Around the Pintlala exit my tire blew out. Yup, right out. My cell phone was dying and I knew I could only make 1 call. It took forever to get a signal and I call Lee and tell him the exit I was at, etc.

I searched the van high and low for the spare tire. I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm literally crying on the side of the road at 6:45 at night knowing it's going to get dark, no one would stop, I couldn't use my cell phone. I thought we were stranded. Then after 30 mins or so a State Trooper pulls up. He had been heading up that way and stopped. He was my angel. He too looked high and low for the tired. Nope, he couldn't find it either. We call Lee and he tells me to call Toyota for road side assistance. Okay, that's not so easy to do w/ no phone. The trooper gave me his phone.

Needless to say 2 hrs later I was finally finished with getting my spare on. The trooper had a hard time too finding my spare. We made it to B'ham around 11. I'm exhausted. I'm ready for my trip though.

So... Eileen, I heard a tiny part of your message but my phone died. If you read this tomorrow morning just know I'll call you when I arrive tomrorow. I think I'm going to go to Lee's work first and put a note on his car to surprise him. Then I'll head over to FW to see Bonnie Solecki and y'all. Then when Lee gets off at 4 I'll be able to see him. :-)

We can all do dinner or something. I'll see everyone tomorrow!