So Many Firsts, So Little Amount of Time

Some people make resolutions to try something new every day. I say good for them! It’s a great idea and all, it’s just not for me. Coming up with something new every day? Sounds fairly daunting if you ask me.

Except for today. Today, I had several firsts! And the span of time it took to do all of them was relatively small. The Try Something New mentality seemed like it could actually work today.

1. For the first time ever, I spilled a crock pot full of homemade chili in my van. (I was driving down the street with said crock pot on the floor in the back of my van. When I turned a corner, BAM! The pot tipped, and chili crashed against the door. I pulled over to see what I could do about it, and found that there was chili EVERYWHERE. Even in the track for the door.)

2. For the first time ever, I went to the car wash while sleet was falling from the sky, after spilling a crock pot full of chili in my van.

3. For the first time ever, I used the wash-your-car-yourself-sprayer to spray out the INSIDE of my car, while sleet was falling from the sky, after spilling a crock pot full of chili in my van.


4. For the first time ever, I wore a bat costume to the carwash, where I used the wash-your-car-yourself-sprayer to spray out the INSIDE of my car, while sleet was falling from the sky, after spilling a crock pot full of chili in my van.


It was all good times.

My kids and I decided that feeding the sewer dwellers a pot of seriously rockin' chili was a very appropriately Halloween thing to do. We left the car wash feeling great about our service to a group of creatures that probably don't get services done for them any more often than they see sunlight or smell freshly baked bread.

Maybe we'll make it a Halloween tradition.