We woke up extra early today and drove Justin to the airport for his flight to OKC to pick up our truck and drive it to McAllen. His flight was at 7:30 a.m. so we had to be at the airport by 6:30 a.m. Annabelle wasn't too thrilled about the 20 minute early morning drive to the airport but she was wide awake by the time we got home. Justin called around 6 p.m. to say he was stopping at a gas station and he was in Austin, he would be home around midnight, 10 minutes later he called to say he was on the side of the road, the truck would not accelerate. Luckily there was a hotel just a few miles down the road, he limped the truck to the hotel & he was able to get a room for the night. He had had this same problem once before with the truck and usually if he lets it cool down for a couple hours it runs fine again. So, he called again at 8 p.m. to say the truck was now running fine and he will be leaving Austin in the morning and heading toward McAllen, hopefully the truck will continue to run long enough to make it to McAllen tomorrow. If not, I will be making a quick road trip to pick him up! The worst part of the drive will be the last three hours driving through desert terrain with nothing out there and nowhere to stop, I'm hoping the truck doesn't quit in the middle of the dessert in 109 degree heat. Justin will have his cell phone and I've instructed him to call me every hour so I can know where he's located in case there are no cell phone towers out in the middle of nowhere! Oh, and I forgot to mention, the truck has no fuel gage so Justin has to stop every 250 miles to fill it up...we probably should've just sold the truck and bought a new one!! Oh well, live and learn!
I've been working on unpacking, very challenging with a 2 year old who thinks everything is hers! I've also been trying to work on my ads at night and during naptime which can be a challenge too, but so far, so good with that!
Say a little prayer that Justin makes it home safely tomorrow afternoon!
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