Storytime at our local library starts at 10:30 on Tuesday mornings. We try to go to as many of these as we can. The library is roughly a little less than a mile from our house, and i often note how wonderful it would be to walk it. But we have never done this (even though it was actually one of the reasons we bought our house- the walkability to everything, which we have yet to walk to most of, except the bars and restaurants, of course.)
I woke up today after a night of very sporadic, and not very deep when it did come, sleep. i haven't been able to run/walk/jog/whatever in a week and i felt very lazy. I decided that today we would take our new $10 double jogging stroller out for its maiden voyage to the library!
We worked in such a graceful manner this morning (not natural for my house) to make sure that we were all fed, dressed, and ready to go by 10. We did it (honestly, first time ever!) I packed the girls into the double jogger. i transferred my 'stroller straps' (heavy-duty velcro straps that hold your diaper bag in place on your stroller handles) and opened the front door. I strolled us out and over the threshold only to hear, "thump barump." The sound was alarming, and the feeling of deflated tires was almost enough to deflate my moxie. But i did not let it. Although i was slightly upset at myself for not checking the tires on a used and cheep stroller, but i plowed on. i found our hand air pump, but it was missing a piece, so therefore it didn't work. It was now nearing 10:28. So much for being on-time to storytime.
So, i strolled the girls down to the car, repacked them in and packed the jogger into the trunk, to have its tires filled at the gas station later on.
And so, our maiden voyage was somewhat of a sunken journey, but tomorrow is another day. a day that will begin with tires full of air, and hopefully bodies full of sleep! we shall venture out for a second maiden voyage and see what this baby can really do!
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