Well,
there was a wonderful way to start a day when you are a few hundred miles away
from home. Yesterday we took the car in
for Josh’s mechanic to take a look at it.
The check engine light was staying on, and that pesky brake light came
back on as well. Josh trusts these
mechanics, though, so I will too. It was
a real old school place. Even gave me a
ride back to Josh’s house so I wouldn’t have to wait. To make this long story short, neither
warning light was anything we needed to worry about. The brake thing appeared to be a sensor of
some kind, but the brakes looked fine.
So did the alternator and battery.
Possibly an electrical system issue.
The engine light was totally unrelated.
That code pointed to a valve issue, but when they checked it out, that
valve was “clean as a whistle. Somebody
either just replaced it or took it out and cleaned it.” Good call, guys. Our mechanic Dennis just replaced it not long
ago. Anyway, he said we should be good
to get to Galveston with no problems, but if the engine light stays on we
should let Dennis check it again.
After
the kids finished their schoolwork, we watched them play some video games. Oh, and I read to AnnaGrace. Chris took a photo of that action that made
its way into the Short Cut Vacation FaceBook documentation.
As
of last night the requested babysitting has been completed. Chris saw Luke play his soccer game. He scored his team’s only goal. Zak took his fishing pole and went fishing in
the nearby river. I drew the Caleb
baseball game. He led off the batting
order and was two for two … in the first inning. Josh took Christi and AnnaGrace with him to
his senior adult banquet. Gave him
something beautiful to show off. Nice
move, Josh.
I
did record one Calebism for posterity.
He announced randomly that he could say the word “Hello” backwards. Challenged to do so, he complied with, “Low
Hell.” Yes it is, Caleb. Yes, it is.
Psalms
50:23 says, “He who sacrifices thank
offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the
salvation of God.”
Father,
thank you for first goals and two for twos and chances to go fishing and
banquets with Mommy and Daddy. Love in
action. Amen.
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