Unexpected Blessing

We arrived in Muncie Monday evening and had planned to do our usual running around that do while up there yesterday, but when we went out to the car, it wouldn't start. The boys and I played in the hotel pool while Jim called his dad. Thanks to the fact we had a refrigerator and microwave in our room and we had picked up a couple of lunchables and microwaveable things at Wal-Mart the night before, I was able to give the boys lunch in our room. Jim and his dad got our car towed to a repair shop thinking that the fuel pump was out. So instead of running around like we usually do, we spent the day hanging out in our room and at Jim's dad's house, reading, watching tv, and playing games on our phones. The boys also had fun with the PaperJamz guitars that Jim's sister had left for them for Christmas. Late in the afternoon Jim and his dad dropped the boys and I off at the hotel so the boys could eat while they checked on the car. Just a little while later, they were back, letting me know that the fuel pump was fine. There had just been some water in the lines that had frozen. The car was going to stay at the shop overnight so they could finish thawing it out, but we were not going to be faced with a huge repair bill after all. Jim left with his dad to go pick up some supper for the two of us, and then was back. We spent the rest of the evening swimming and watching tv, ane just enjoying time together. In hindsight, being without the car was the best thing for us because we just rested and spent time together without the craziness of trying to run around and visit a lot of people and without the distractions of work that needs doing at home. We are now headed home, much more rested than we would have been, and with good memories of time spent together.

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