So many stories........round two

Ok so all of the sudden Phil's side work has picked up. Which is good and bad. We already know the good, the bad is we see him so much less. I was excited because tonight was to be an early night and probably the only night we will see him at the dinner table for the next week.

We have also had some problems with our powder room toilet. Kaitlynn was helping me empty trash and noticed that there was water on the floor. Yes the tank on the toilet was leaking. So Katie and I called Daddy via radio. I described what I saw as to where the water looked like it was coming from and I turned the water off from the wall.

For days, We, Katie and I, kept reminding Phil to bring the parts home. When he finally did and looked at the toilet and tank, he had the wrong parts. Finally after some more reminders we now have the right parts. At the dinner table tonight, the kids were bugging him to fix the toilet so they did not have to run upstairs to use the bathroom. So after dinner Phil took his plate to the kitchen and headed out to his truck to get the parts.

All the sudden I hear, "Oh no, no, no, no, ........"

Phil can't find the keys to his work truck. It is about 7pm and dark. So Phil is walking around the house like he should be in a mental institution mumbling and what not. It took me a minute but I discovered he was re trailing his path from when he walked in the door and looking around for something.

That something would be our household flashlight to no avail.

Suddenly he asked Jack to go get his HOT WHEELS TOW TRUCK FLASHLIGHT..........YES......I SAID HOT WHEELS TOW TRUCK FLASHLIGHT. He wanted to borrow it. Jack comes downstairs and says, "Daddy I can't find it."

At this point Phil was extremely frustrated and had no idea how ridiculous he sounded but he said, "What do you mean you can't find it how can you not know where it is I need it."

This is coming from the man who needs it because he can't find his truck keys or the household flashlight to go look for the missing keys.

Hopefully I can word the next visual scene well enough.........

Phil finds Jacks flashlight and this is what I see.

A grown man in shorts, t-shirt and slippers walking out to his ginormous manly work truck with the blue hot wheels tow truck flashlight to find out if he locked his keys in the big truck.

There dangling from the ignition were the missing keys. To make matters worse he now has to take the family van in the same clothes described above, drive half way around the world to the shop so his boss could drive half way around the world from the other direction to meet him at the shop, open the shop to get the spare key. Phil's shop key was locked in the truck. The shop is about 5 mins from the airport and we live about 40-45 mins from the airport one way.

So much for my only family for the next 5-7 days.

At least there is laughter in everyday life to help make the blahs go away. More importantly it wasn't something I did he could tease me about.

Happy Weekend-Eve!!!!!!

TTFN~