If you need money...

BACKSTORY: Curtis has been blessed with opportunities to freelance which gives us a little extra (and much needed) income occasionally. Most of his "gigs" have been in Houston, Texas. Which is in fact where he is right now. The girls wonder why he keeps going to Texas, and I explained that when Daddy goes to Texas he is working so we can have some extra money.


So last night I finished rehearsal at 8:40. I ran upstairs and grabbed my kids from our church nursery and said, "We have to go!!!" Haley said, "Mom, I have to pee." "Too bad...you have to hold it." I am Mother of the Year. I know.

Why do I force my kid to hold her pee? Cause the Library closed at 9. It was 10 minutes away. And my books would be overdue if I didn't turn them in that night. (And Gina, before you tell me I could extend them over the phone, I lost my library card and so it won't work...) Anyway, yes, I am that cheap. I didn't want to wait another day to turn them in.

So we made it a fun game....

Knowing we would make it in time, I said, "If we can get to the library before it closes, I will take us all out to get yogurt" (Sounds nice, but it's was also a guilty treat because of the amount of time they have spent in the church nursery this week.) Anyway... they wondered if we could get yogurt if the library closed. I said, "No, because then my money would have to go to the Library and I won't have enough money for yogurt."

To which Haley replied:

"Mom, if we need money, we just have to go to Texas."

Now you know...