Today was a school holiday for the kids. I had a court appearance at 930 (1130am) my time. I was unable to use the phone number assigned, and ended up having to call the court to explain why I’m not coming through. It cost $96 to sign up for a courtcall appearance that didn’t work. So the court placed me on hold for an hour and then called the case. I wasn’t too pleased with the outcome, but it’s better than a judge scheduling a hearing called “an Order to Show Cause” basically a hearing where a judge needs you to explain why you did something wrong.
Getting the kids out of the house is very tough. We now don’t have a car until the one we are buying is ready for us to pick up. We were supposed to pick it up today, but they never called. The kids haven’t gone to a park in a few days, and just when we were about to leave, the sky tore open with torrential rain.
The next best thing is to take an Uber to a restaurant close by that has an indoor kids playground. The restaurant is pretty good, ok seafood, and the staff are getting to know us pretty well. I’m also getting down conversational restaurant speak, so I can order food in Spanish, and I am great at yelling at my kids in English.
The kids were really taken aback about all the stray dogs that were outside of the restaurant trying to keep dry. *
Our Family Adventure 