Memories.....

Well, everybody the last few days have been quite exciting to say the least....Renee (my friend from Ohio) is here visiting and loving Kansas.(Well, at least until yesterday) Yesterday morning, we were sitting at the house deciding what to do when we both decided we'd like to go out for the day and find some good shopping spots! Just a few weeks ago Chris had taken me to Town East Mall in Wichita and I loved it. Now, I have been to Wichita a few times since we've moved here but NEVER by myself and Diana tends to be a little directionally challenged.I very boldly told Renee that I could get us there easily even though I had never drove it by myself. I called a friend who got me going in the general direction and so as quick as that, we were headed for a fun day in Wichita. As we were heading out of Park City, who should I pass but David, whom most of you know is Chris' brother who is a state trooper. I was tempted to stop and ask the exact directions to the mall, but realized that doing that might have caused more trouble than it was worth. It was at that moment, as I reached for my phone to call someone who could have helped me that I realized with a dreaded pit in my stomach, that I had left my phone at home. As I started passing exits one by one, I knew I had no idea where I was going, but I just decided in my mind that as soon as I took an exit, I would recognize something that would hopefully take me to the mall. I ended up taking some exit called Hydraulic and to say the least, that was NOT the right one. I just ended up between a lot of factories and it did NOT look like the some place I wanted to be. I got back on the freeway and headed the other direction. I passed David again, wishing I could get his attention and was trying to call Chris at the same time from Renee's phone because his was the only phone number I had memorized. Of course, he wasn't answering. I continued driving, aggravated at myself, for not remembering my phone until I remembered hearing people talk about Kellogg Street and thought that that idea might have some promise to it. Eventually, after I had found Kellogg we stopped at a gas station to ask for help (in which, I felt like a moron) and got going in the right direction..Well, an hour and several headaches later we were pulling into the mall. It ended up being a fun day. We got some stuff for Chris' birthday and had a good time. We ran into a little trouble again on the way home but nothing major and ended up getting home just fine.

Now on to today........

Actually this scenario started yesterday. Before I got in the shower yesterday, I decided to do some dishes and Renee threw a load of laundry in...after all of this I went to take a shower and had no hot water- nope, not a stitch. I decided to wait for an hour and see if that helped , but it didn't and so I reluctantly left for Wichita without a shower. That night, when we got home, Chris got in the shower only to find that we still had NO hot water. He tried to reset the hot water heater, but that didn't do any good. We woke up this morning- STILL no hot water. Grr.. that's aggravating. I don't know how people ever lived like this back in the old days....but I've decided that I'm going to venture out and take an old-fashioned bath. Yes, I do mean where you boil water on the stove and bathe in it. We'll see how it goes :) I just keep trying to tell myself that these kind of things help make memories......whether good or bad, at least they're memories!~