FJV weekend

We had a full house this weekend!

On Friday, 5 of the 6 Camden JVs from last year converged on our house. Becca came to ERLH in the afternoon and was there for HW Club, and the plan was to meet everyone else at Hank’s, our usual Friday night dinner hangout. But we had to get there first, which turned out to be much more complicated than usual.

The Contour apparently doesn’t agree with Becca very much because she had lots of problems with it last year and it broke down on us on the way home. ;) I had been worrying about it since the day before because it needed an oil change, the check engine light had been on for a few days, and when I started it or went really slow it felt like it was going to turn off. Well, that’s what it finally did when I stopped at the intersection. Worse than that, the brake pedal got stuck and would not go down any farther. I managed to drive it with my flashers on to the Moorestown Pepboys, which was 3 stoplights away, without having to stop the car or brake quickly. Phew! Kevin and Charlie drove out to pick us up and take us back to Hank’s – we got there at 7:30.

On Saturday they went grocery shopping and come home and made us a delicious dinner with salmon – yum! On Sunday afternoon, we picked up the Contour: $875! They had to replace the idle plug and the front brakes plus a few other minor things including a wire tune-up. Wow. Glad I didn’t have to pay for it! Later, we all went to a co-worker’s house and enjoyed some good Puerto Rican food, two cute puppies, and another football game (this time with an unhappy ending for the Eagles).

By the time I got up on Monday morning, Becca was the only one left, so we spent the morning together talking. It was great to talk with someone who understands exactly what I’m going through at work and to discover that we have a lot more in common besides that!