“My Sunday Afternoon”

Sunday afternoons. Anyone who knows me knows how much I need my Sunday afternoon down time. I refer to the hours  between 4pm and 8pm on Sunday as the “danger zone”, meaning that my Monday mornings are severely compromised if I don’t use my Sunday afternoons wisely.

This past Sunday, July 14, 2024, I had planned to be completely selfish with my time. My two consecutive prior Saturdays were planned before I could even dream of what I wanted to do.

So, this past Sunday was supposed to be spent playing music, eating ice cream and  being as passively hedonistic as possible.

Until my son walks in and says, “Dad something unfortunate happened while I was driving. My car engine light came on and my car is shaking badly. At 2:30pm. On my Sunday. While I was finishing my dinner on the grill. Well……danger zone. I announce to my sons that we have a job to do. 

So after dinner. At 5pm. On Sunday. I had to assist in a car repair. 6pm at the auto parts store. 6:30pm under the hood. And then something unexpected happened. My son came and took over the repair. We ran a diagnostic and determined the issue. Bad spark plug coil. I supplied the tools and gave direction. My son decided to replace all 4 plugs and the bad coil. Done by 7:30.

No engine shake. No repair bill. I get my ice cream of choice. But most importantly……

I got to share my Sunday afternoon with my sons and teach them a little bit about car repair. And save money in the process. 

We just might do this every Sunday. I got you this time Monday……