This place is weird

Today, we had to run some errands in the Des Moines area which turned out to be both frustrating and exciting for Kina and I. Frustrating because we are both so tired that we have lost all of our cognatitive ability to make logical decisions, and exciting because we achieved a seemingly difficult task rather easily.

We had to get tires on our vehicle and so we went to the local Penske which sent us to a tire and auto shop. He told us that the shop was close by and easy to find and gave us the address. We put this address into our GPS and headed into a 35 minute trip to the burbs never realizing that this destination was neither close by nor easy to find. We didnt catch on until we started driving on gravel roads and then frustratedly moved on to our next task, leaving the tires for later.

Our second task was to replace our Auxillary cord so we could plug in our Ipods and quit listening to the obnoxious techno CD that we found in the GTV. This was the one win for the day. The score is now: Des Moines: 11 Kina and Allison: 1. Anyway, it took us 2 best buys and a Walmart but we finally located the tool that we needed to get our stereo out of the dash (note: Best Buy will let you borrow this tool if you have Kina Coutavas shoot a smile at the creepy sales associate). We then successfully pulled out the stereo (easy part) and fished the new wire through to connect to the stereo and come out of the perfectly placed hole next to the steering wheel. This may sound unexciting to you, but we are thorougly pleased with ourselves.

More than likely, if you follow our blog regularly (which is what we are hoping for), you will have the pleasure of reading about our vehicle, which is slowly losing the battle with life. When we recieved the GTV we had a lot of issues with it but the most frustrating by far was the bungee cord that was holding the glove box shut...luckily, we have found a positive use for this bungee cord. It is now our in-car office. It holds papers, pens, our wifi hotspot, and notes as we research in the GTV. This is the one negative that we have been able to turn into a positive. We are hoping to find many more of these situations. At least we have our team mascots to entertain us everytime we get in the GTV.

We have started a perpetual game of "My Cow." A game played mostly by my friends that have been forced to travel between Saint Louis and Springfield. So far, Kina has 3 cows....unfortunately I only have 1. I will certainly prevail given my experience and impeccable vision. We will keep you updated over the weeks.

I leave you with a request to pray to any God that you may believe in (or to just keep in your thoughts if God isnt your thing) the family and friends of Stephen West as they celebrate his life this weekend. At least we can be sure that there is one more angel smiling upon us and waiting to greet us all when our time comes.


Peace and Rainbows,
Allison