I made it!

Oh, my gosh! What was supposed to be a one day drive to pick up my friend's little boy in Sevierville, TN turnd into a nightmare! Things I have learned...1) when your friend says everything will be fine and her car is 15 years old, well.....rethink your choices! 2) Thank God for AAA! 3) Always carry a change of clothes and toothbrush with you whenever you take a road trip! We did find a hotel, but I really don't recommend wearing the same clothes for two days straight! eww! Anyway, my friend's car ended up with a severly blown transmission, so she chose not put a transmission in a car that wasn't worth fixing. ok, that's fine. Not a decision you want to make when you are five hours from home! The AAA tow truck people actually salvaged the car and paid her for it! Anyway, we managed to end up in town that had a rental car place that didn't open up until Monday! This town had no taxi, no bus, not even one nice person we could pay to drive us to the next nearest car rental place! We ended up in a hotel waitng for my friend's wonderful boyfriend to come and pick us up! So...48 hrs later my friend has no car and I can say that I have now ridden in the cab of a tow truck! My poor husband. Not only was his baby girl away on father's day, but his wife was stranded in a very unfriendly town in TN! His manager was very nice and decicided to let them come in a little later today since it was father's day! Believe it or not I actually walked in the door five minutes before he needed to leave! YAY! Now he is at work and I am here still sitting in two day old clothes sharing my adventures!

Update on Lauren: She is having a blast. She got to vist the Smithsonian with her grandparents! My heart strings tugged a little when I heard her say she missed her mommy!