Some Days
Some days you just have to pause and be thankful for what you have, and how things work out.
(Yes, dear reader, this is going to be an uncharacteristically sappy, but heartfelt, post.)
This morning didn’t start off so well. Sometime around 5:30 I decided to take the day off from work for a variety of reasons, not the least being that I started feeling rather sick by the end of yesterday and things didn’t improve until about 2 or 3 this afternoon. A few minutes later the wife got a call saying that her school was closed for the day.
Then she mentioned that her car was making a strange noise and vibrating. From the sound of her description, I figured her timing was off, but suggested we should take the car in for a checkup anyway, since we were not at work. Driving to the shop I was initially skeptical, but as soon as we made a sharp turn I heard the rattle.
Uh oh.
We pulled into the mechanic and 20 minutes later my suspicion was confirmed: bad CV joints in both wheels.
I can’t say how happy I am that the wife had today off. Just in case you don’t know what a CV joint is, here’s the basics: They transfer rotation to the wheels, and if they fail the wheels lock up. Not a good thing to happen on the highway.
So today’s main thought is simple: I am thankful to have my wife alive and well.
Random fate, conflux of events, hand of a merciful god….