Norris Family Blog

Baby Sitting Julie

We left home a little after 9 AM headed for Smith's Grove. We were about 5 miles from home when I noticed that the HHR's Driver Information Center was indicating a problem with the engine. I kept going towards Columbia and as we neared the Cumberland Parkway our progress was halted by traffic being stopped. There had been a wreck and traffic was completely stopped in both directions. After about 20 minutes we were able to continue and as we passed the wreck we could see it was a pickup truck that had hit a tree almost head on. We turned on the parkway and continued to Glasgow, where we exited to eat at Hardee's. I filled up with gas while Linda and Stacey went in and ordered, then I joined them. We left Missy in the car and after about 10 minutes I used the remote start feature to start the HHR. We quickly finished eating and went outside to find the car had not started. Missy was OK as it was still cool inside the car. We continued on to Pauline and Brent's house. Brent was working and Pauline and Julie were at home. Linda immediately picked up Julie and began playing with her while Pauline went to shower and get ready for her eye appointment. Pauline told us that Brent and her had taken Julie back to the doctor for her two month checkup and the report was good. It was decided that we would take two cars to Bowling Green. I was to take the HHR to the Chevy dealership to have it checked out and Linda, Stacey, and Julie would ride with Pauline in her car. We loaded the cars and everyone, then left for Bowling Green. I drove to the Campbell Chevrolet Dealership and was told quickly that they could check out the HHR, a week later on Wednesday. I told them that was ridiculous and that I was not going to drive 90 miles in one direction in order to come back in a week. I left and drove to the mall and met the others as they were unloading the stroller and Julie. We went inside the mall and Pauline went to the eye appointment. We went shopping in the mall and made a lap of the stores fairly quickly. Pauline had told us it would be about a half hour, so we were back and sitting in the mall area outside the optometrists. We had to feed Julie a bottle and Linda changed a diaper. No big deal, but Pauline was apologizing when she came out after the examination that had taken an hour and forty minutes. We ate a late dinner at the food court, then left the mall. My work was done, I guess, so they told me to go back to the house and they were going a few more places before coming back. Back at the house, I waited and Brent came home from working. We talked and watched TV until the girls came in from shopping. Pauline had taken pictures of Julie and Brent and I edited those pictures and everyone looked at them on the big screen TV.
  
  
Did you notice in one of the pictures there is a real live animal? Too cute! We stayed a little longer, then Linda drove the Triump TR3 and followed us home in the HHR. We made it home a little after dark without any problems.