You take the good, you take the bad...

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I find it mildly annoying that the bad moments in life seem to stick with you a bit more than the good ones do. I was watching a show lately where they inferred it was because the bad times are teaching moments for you. There is something to learn there and that makes them more important. While that might be true, it doesn't make them any less crappy. As I mentioned in my post last week, those left turns that life was throwing at me, continued into the weekend.

Which sucks, because it was primed to be a really awesome weekend. That's not to say that I didn't have some great times this weekend, but unfortunately, those crappy moments overshadowed a lot of the good ones. I'm sure some would argue that it's all a matter of perspective, and while that might be true, it also doesn't make it any less annoying. In fact, I would argue, it makes it a bit more annoying because it's those little things in life that you have zero control over. If you at least had a bit of control, it would make more sense or be a bit more manageable.

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We had the immense pleasure of babysitting our great niece this past weekend, so you would think it would have been a pretty awesome weekend. While there were some really amazing moments, there were also some others that just seemed to overshadow the rest. I got a call earlier in the week that my parents needed a new washer and dryer and after doing a bit of research, I wasn't confident they had purchased the best replacement units. Sure enough, when the people came to deliver them on Thursday, there was an issue.

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It turns out their existing dryer was a bottom vent and their new dryer was rear vent only. Rather than returning the unit, they decided to try and make it work with what they had. So instead of spending the morning at work or with @mrsbozz and our great niece I headed over there to sort things out for them. Trust me, I know at my age and their age I am lucky to have both of my parents. On top of that, the fact that they are still together is a miracle these days, but it still wasn't my idea of fun.

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On top of that, I had to go down into the crawlspace, so that is never fun. In the end, I got something usable for them that they seem to be happy with. I am not entirely happy with it, but I did the best I could with what I had.

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Later that day we had my parents in law over (also still around and still married), and we grilled up some bratwurst for dinner Can you pick out the chicken brat for @mrsbozz in the photo above? My brother in law also came over to spend a bit of time with his great niece and his parents. It was a really nice evening out on our deck. It's probably the most people we have had on our deck since we had it built close to ten years ago.

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Saturday we got up and had breakfast with the same group of people we had hung out with the night before, then we went over to my parent in laws house and spent the day there helping them continue to move in and just hanging out. It was fun, but I couldn't help sitting and thinking about all the things I should be working on back at our house.

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Sunday morning we were slated to meet up with my sister in law to hand our great niece back over while our niece (her mom) and her dad (sister in laws husband) were coaching their softball team up in Cleveland, Ohio. We had agreed to meet up in Dundee, MI, but unfortunately, about 45 minutes outside of Columbus, OH where they live, she got a flat tire. With an estimated wait time of 2 hours before roadside service could get there we told her we would just keep driving and meet up where it made the most sense.

Meanwhile, the softball team lost their bracket play game on Sunday morning, so they called and said they would meet us somewhere between Cleveland and Toledo to pick up "nugget". We met up at a park in Fremont, OH which was kind of in a sketchy part of town, but our great niece didn't seem to mind. We had to wait about an hour for them to get there and make the hand off. She was not happy to leave her "TT" which made it a bit harder.

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With another two hours added to our travel time, I was pretty tired, and didn't notice the pothole that absolutely devastated our tire and rim when we were just about home. No big deal, I know how to change a tire. Unfortunately, I had forgotten to engage the parking brake (we don't use them over here as much as they do in other countries). As soon as I had the bad tire off, the jack collapsed and the rotor slammed into the ground.

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I was able to get the spare tire on, but now I am working with the insurance company to see what my options are for getting the tire replaced and the rim checked out to see if it needs to be replaced. I'm sure my premium is going to get jacked up due to this. The good thing is, my wife doesn't need her car right away. It's still annoying though, especially since I just bought these tires.

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Hopefully I didn't damage the rotor too bad either. The front still looked fine, but it took a nice chunk out of the asphalt, so who knows if there is damage I can't see. Then I come into work this morning and our Internet isn't working! I hope this isn't an indication of how my week is going to go! All I can do is just hold onto the good memories from the past weekend I guess...

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