Missing in Action Again...

Well last week was a wash... 

I was planning on doing so much more with the Christmas crafts but I got a bit sidelined... 

so where have I been, well I've been here but gone, if that makes any sense... 

We have had another whirlwind week here, we had problems with our car while driving on the highway which prompted us to stay with my mom and step-dad for a few days as he is our car dude, and after trying everything we could possibly try to fix it short of pulling out the motor and replacing it we have let our "Beast" go. 

It's off to greener pastures or wherever cars go when they pass on... 

I'm sure it could be fixed but why put another grand or two into a car that only cost $2500 to start with... and on top of that it really did need to have more work done on it too, so really that couple grand could have been multiplied once all was said and done.

So for the last week we have been without a car and without a way to get a car just yet, and if you have a toddler and live somewhere without public transportation you know that its not easy to get done what you need to without a vehicle. Its do-able but not easy...

The one thing that surprises me is that everyone keeps saying to me is "Wow, your so calm about all this", or "How are you holding up, I'd be so upset." and yes I was upset when it happened, and I did have a full day of feeling sorry for our situation, I sat up for half the night  crying because well its a big deal when your pregnant with a toddler to have some sort of transportation in case of an emergency... but once that first day was over and I had, had my cry and gotten upset I really didn't see the point in crying and being stressed out about something like this. It is after all life, it has ups and downs, yes sometimes things work out perfectly but sometimes it surprises you and shocks you but what is crying and stressing out going to do to help? 

I saw this quote by Robert Frost on Pintrest the other day and pinned it right away because it sums up how I feel about getting upset over the little (or sometimes) big things that happen.

"In three words I can sum up what I know about Life: 

it goes on."

I hope that you have had a better week than I did but if you didn't I hope that if you had to faced a week like mine or worse... that you too can keep in mind that this is just life, it happens to us all and that while it's easy to get down and feel sorry for yourself (and sometimes we need to have a day or two of that) it will always get better, especially if you are open to it, and willing to remember that "It goes on."