a bad day turned good
Wow what a day this has been... I am talking about Friday wow.... let me tell you all about it. I went and Picked Abree up from school early in order to get on the road in time. I have to drive 2 hours to Ann arbor on Fridays and Sundays To meet her dad half way. He lives in Ohio with my son. We make the trip every weekend so that every other weekend they are with one of us and the kids get to see each other every weekend. Yes it is hard but I have to comprimise with matts decision to move to ohio dont like it but there are worse catastraphys in this world so I choke it up and take it...Well what seemed to be a normal day turned into a life lesson for Abree and I. Matt abree's dad called and informed me he was not going to bring kyle to me on fridays anymore but on saturday mornings because he works second shift. This upset me and I was in tears. I work third shift so I would have to get on the road at 6:00 am to meet him for 8;00 am with no sleep on sat mornings. Usually that would put us home about 10:00 pm with no traffic. By the time I would get to bed it will probably be about 11:00 or 12:00 p,m and I have to leave for work at 9:00 pm that night so you do the math. I dont think its hard to figure out that I would have absolultly no time with Kyle on his visit. I have to also work on Sunday and this is when he expects me to return him. HMMM I come home and sleep untill 11:00 so I can visit for a couple of hours before getting back on the road to Ohio and back home to michigan in time to go to work. I think I was most upset at the fact that he isnt thinking about the kids being in the car t hat long.... so I am thinking we have a battle on our hands that for two years I have avoided but its time...... wish me luck... okay so I am rambling but
somwthing amazing h appened to me after being upset and feeling like my world was shattered.... I get about 10 miles from ann arbor and think well we might as well grab something to eat and waste sometime because matt informed me he was running late. Abree and I agree to Taco bell and next to it is a subway. This is a fine time for me to get gas since I am now on Empty and my dumby light is on. seems pretty simple enough. I say Abree is my purse by your feet? Nope she says... uhhhhhhhhh hmmmmm I search the vehicle as if there is some hidden treasure. The vehicle is officially shaken down and no purse. I now know I left it in the living room 100 miles away. we have no money no gas 10 more miles to go to meet abrees dad and I still have to get home. I in desperation call Terry and tell him of my situation. He is calm and says honey just have the gas station call my credit card in. This seems simple enough so I with much enthusiasm trot into the shell gas station. The lady with a pleasant smile says,"may I help you"? I said yes mam and I proceed to tell her my situation. She says well sorry mam with no ID I cannot run a credit card we get in trouble. I know at that moment my optinisim was draining slowly.... I though hmmm maybe the bank can do something maybe they have western union and Terry can wire me some money. The gas attendant gives me directions to a first national bank. I say is really far? Oh no its right up the road.. okay I can make it afterall I have no other option at this point. Abree now has the same look of dissatisfaction in her eyes as I do. I can tell she like myself is trying to hang on to a positive thought that it will all work out. We arrive at this little bank. I walk in trying to be confident and hoping they are going to carry all the answers I need. Annie was the name of the bank teller that I approached. She was young , cheerful, and full of optinisim like I was about 20 minutes prior to now.She asked me "Can I help you"? Boy oh boy I dont think she had a clue what the quesion intaled at that point. I wanted to burst into tears. Yes I said. I explained my situation once again but this time I am assuming I sounded more pathetic and desperate. My option line was getting smaller. I seen her face drop and the cheerful ness in her voice was gone. She said mam there is nothing I can do with no ID but there is a farmer jacks up the street that has western union. I asked well will they do a western union check with no ID... HMMM she calls over marge her manager. She looked really sad and said mmm no sorry you have to have some kind of ID... Annie apologized once again and I could tell that all optinisim for my situation was gone. Abree says mom I have $3.00 in my pocket you could use. At this point I tell the ladies thank you and walk out holding back tears because now I am scared dont know what to do and am feeling so sorry for myself.As I walk out a lady is behind me and says are you stranded? well I guess yes I am and I had a tear come down my face. The lady without hesitation pulls out 20.00 and hands it to me. I try to refuse but she insists. She says i heard your story in the bank and If i was stranded i would hope someone could help me. Think of it as pay it forward. I instantly let all the tears come out that I had been holding in. Abree had tears in her eyes also almost as if she was just as relieved. The lady said my name is Nancy. I said Nancy I need your number and address so I can send this back. I feel bad taking your money. She said no that is not needed. I said please let me... she pulls out a piece of paper and starts to write her information. I turn around and hear comes Annie and Marge from inside the bank. They hand me 15.00 and say here this will make sure you make it home. Emotionally I am in awww at the generosity but also crying because I had a thought while I was fighting with matt earlier... I thought I am tired of being good to people and getting dumped on.... I am done being nice... wow was god talking to me when all of this happened... I thanked the ladies and hugged them all they smiled and said Merry christmas... Abree and I headed to the gas station and filled up 35.00 in gas. I cried for a few more minutes and Abree and I talked about how generous that was of those ladies. I hope that anyone reading this learns something out of this.... If you can do something for someone then dont hesitate just do it.... I am working on putting something together for these ladies because they defianatly deserve a good pat on the back.....
somwthing amazing h appened to me after being upset and feeling like my world was shattered.... I get about 10 miles from ann arbor and think well we might as well grab something to eat and waste sometime because matt informed me he was running late. Abree and I agree to Taco bell and next to it is a subway. This is a fine time for me to get gas since I am now on Empty and my dumby light is on. seems pretty simple enough. I say Abree is my purse by your feet? Nope she says... uhhhhhhhhh hmmmmm I search the vehicle as if there is some hidden treasure. The vehicle is officially shaken down and no purse. I now know I left it in the living room 100 miles away. we have no money no gas 10 more miles to go to meet abrees dad and I still have to get home. I in desperation call Terry and tell him of my situation. He is calm and says honey just have the gas station call my credit card in. This seems simple enough so I with much enthusiasm trot into the shell gas station. The lady with a pleasant smile says,"may I help you"? I said yes mam and I proceed to tell her my situation. She says well sorry mam with no ID I cannot run a credit card we get in trouble. I know at that moment my optinisim was draining slowly.... I though hmmm maybe the bank can do something maybe they have western union and Terry can wire me some money. The gas attendant gives me directions to a first national bank. I say is really far? Oh no its right up the road.. okay I can make it afterall I have no other option at this point. Abree now has the same look of dissatisfaction in her eyes as I do. I can tell she like myself is trying to hang on to a positive thought that it will all work out. We arrive at this little bank. I walk in trying to be confident and hoping they are going to carry all the answers I need. Annie was the name of the bank teller that I approached. She was young , cheerful, and full of optinisim like I was about 20 minutes prior to now.She asked me "Can I help you"? Boy oh boy I dont think she had a clue what the quesion intaled at that point. I wanted to burst into tears. Yes I said. I explained my situation once again but this time I am assuming I sounded more pathetic and desperate. My option line was getting smaller. I seen her face drop and the cheerful ness in her voice was gone. She said mam there is nothing I can do with no ID but there is a farmer jacks up the street that has western union. I asked well will they do a western union check with no ID... HMMM she calls over marge her manager. She looked really sad and said mmm no sorry you have to have some kind of ID... Annie apologized once again and I could tell that all optinisim for my situation was gone. Abree says mom I have $3.00 in my pocket you could use. At this point I tell the ladies thank you and walk out holding back tears because now I am scared dont know what to do and am feeling so sorry for myself.As I walk out a lady is behind me and says are you stranded? well I guess yes I am and I had a tear come down my face. The lady without hesitation pulls out 20.00 and hands it to me. I try to refuse but she insists. She says i heard your story in the bank and If i was stranded i would hope someone could help me. Think of it as pay it forward. I instantly let all the tears come out that I had been holding in. Abree had tears in her eyes also almost as if she was just as relieved. The lady said my name is Nancy. I said Nancy I need your number and address so I can send this back. I feel bad taking your money. She said no that is not needed. I said please let me... she pulls out a piece of paper and starts to write her information. I turn around and hear comes Annie and Marge from inside the bank. They hand me 15.00 and say here this will make sure you make it home. Emotionally I am in awww at the generosity but also crying because I had a thought while I was fighting with matt earlier... I thought I am tired of being good to people and getting dumped on.... I am done being nice... wow was god talking to me when all of this happened... I thanked the ladies and hugged them all they smiled and said Merry christmas... Abree and I headed to the gas station and filled up 35.00 in gas. I cried for a few more minutes and Abree and I talked about how generous that was of those ladies. I hope that anyone reading this learns something out of this.... If you can do something for someone then dont hesitate just do it.... I am working on putting something together for these ladies because they defianatly deserve a good pat on the back.....
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