I was never a huge John Lennon fan. There are a few of his songs that I've really enjoyed. There was a track entitled Beautiful Boy that included the lyric "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." Through the years, that lyric has become our family credo.
We're laughing and again quoting that today as we continue to fumble through the ongoing debacle of our 2005 Saturn VUE. Here's a little homemade video of Eric recounting our tale to date:
We're wondering what will come next -- a decision that they need to replace the whole transmission? Looks likely that we'll be driving a rental through the weekend. It's been a little stressful and inconvenient. We shared a car for a few days before requesting they provide a rental. We've been waiting around all day for "the call" to come pick up the car, not wanting to go anywhere or do anything because we weren't sure when we'd be contacted.
The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, our little pond is bubbling and our buoy bell is gently chiming. This is the moment! The life stuff -- the car stuff -- it all can wait. Right now, we're going to focus on how blessed we are and enjoy our little afternoon oasis before we step back into the fray.
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I am pretty sure the Vue is a car my friend has that is always having some sort of problem. Ugh. There's a book that opens with a line from that Lennon song called "Beautiful Boy". I cannot hear that song now without thinking of that book, it was heart-wrenching (and not a very happy book, but touched me). Anyway, good luck with the car. I hate hate hate hate when my car breaks down and having to share a car is just ugh.
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