*Warning- very long post ahead!*
Up: Friday was quite an adventure for me. My sister invited me to come to the State Fair and the zoo with her, my mom, and my grandma and I was pretty excited to get out of the house and spend time with them.
Down: Kaylee and I were driving along I-15 when suddenly the truck in the lane next to me ran over a blown tire on the road and flipped it into my lane. I didn't have time to move out of the way and ran over it as well. I didn't think much of it until I heard a funny sound coming from the right side of my car. I assumed the tire had gotten stuck under my car so I pulled into a gas station to get it out and continue on my way. When I rounded the front of my car I gasped out loud because I couldn't believe the damage to my car. The whole front bumper was scratched and dented, the license plate cover had been completely ripped off, the license plate was warped, the bumper had shifted and was cracked on the bottom, the inner fender on the passenger side had ripped off and was hanging off my car by a single bolt, and there was a dent on the side!! I couldn't believe that a piece of rubber could do all of that. I quickly drove across the street to a Goodyear to have them see if I could still drive the car. Of course, as soon as I got Kaylee out of the carseat and was walking in, she exploded out of her diaper and I had to go back to the car and change her diaper and outfit. That did not help my mood, that's for sure! They tore off the rest of the inner fender and said it looked good enough to drive.
Up: I continued on to the fair and had fun with my family but was still a little shaken up. We walked around and looked at the booths and animals and I calmed down a little bit.
Because I had to switch Kaylee's outfits and all I had in the car was a green onesie, I was worried about her legs getting sunburned. I had to borrow my nephew's shorts to cover her little legs and got a lot of weird looks from people who thought I had given my little boy a pink binki... Oh well, at least Kaylee won't remember it.
Down: We then walked over to have lunch at McDonald's. I needed to feed Kaylee and was trying to find a booth to do it in for a little more privacy. All the booths were taken except one, which just had a bag reserving it. It belonged to a young girl who was by herself so my sister got brave and asked her if she would mind moving so that I could feed my baby. She said, "sure! Do you mind if I just put my bags on the other side?" We assumed she meant she would just set her bags down until she got her food so we said that was fine. However, after she picked up her food, she came and sat down right across from me in the confined booth where I was trying to feed Kaylee, who at this point was screaming her head off. This girl and I tried very hard to avoid eye contact and my whole family, sitting at the next table, was trying very hard not to laugh. Finally the girl looked at me and said, "my mom had a baby". I tried to figure out for a minute what to say, after all I didn't know if she meant her mom had a new baby recently or if she was referring to herself a long time ago....it just added to the awkwardness of it all. We had a short awkward conversation about babies while I was trying to get Kaylee to stop screaming and eat and then I quickly thanked her and rushed off to the table where my family was. It was probably the most awkward 10 mins of my life. My grandma asked me where I had gone and I replied, "oh I was just sitting at that booth over there with my new friend", to which my mom and sister busted up laughing. Look at me, making friends everywhere I go. (insert sarcasm here)
Up: After that I headed off to the zoo with my mom and two of my sisters. Later I realized that I did not take one picture at the zoo but we had fun! It was fun to see how excited the little kids got about every animal, even ones they have seen a million times. We also got to go to my sister's stake dinner where they went ALL out. They had a catered dinner, TONS of games for the little kids, and popcorn, cotton candy, candy bars, and nachos. Don't worry, we didn't let any of it go to waste!
Down: As I headed home from a fun day, I heard another funny noise coming from the front of my car. At this point, it was pitch black and I was terrified to drive home by myself with the car in less than perfect condition. I pulled off the road into a dark neighborhood (haven't these people ever heard of streetlights?) and called my mom to have her come pick me up. There I was, all alone with my little girl in a sketchy neighborhood with a broken car. Needless to say, I was pretty scared and fighting tears the whole time. Luckily, my mom came and drove behind me all the way to her house (thanks mom!!!). Richard drove up from Provo to bring necessities for Kaylee and I and we spent the night at my parent's. Which was "perfect" timing because his birthday was the next day so it threw off all my plan's for him. ~sigh~
Down: It was a very emotional day and I was exhausted. Unfortunately, Kaylee must have been traumatized as well and didn't sleep very well that night so Richard and I were both zombies the next day. We finally got our car to the shop and found out that stupid tire caused almost $3000 worth of damage to our car! Luckily we won't have to pay for all of it but who would have thought that so much could happen in one crazy day?!
