A Day of Mixed Blessings

 At  6:40 am this morning, driving  west bound on I94 and preparing to  turn on the exit to  highway 45 north the car came toa  halt and not realizing that the car in front of me actually cam to a stop and not slowed down, I rearended him  at low speeds. I was driving the families 1997white Ford Areostar. well to put a long story short it was a three care accident and I don't know if he hit the car in front of him before I hit him. The Guy didn't have insurance and the police officer had his car towed. the impact  damaged my radiator and the grill was  knock in. Radiator fluid  spilled out. Well that ended the trip to work with the  Areostare I called my wife Angela to take me  in to work and  had my mechanic  deal with  getting the van to his shop. Not sure what the blue book is on the van but if it cost more then $300 to fix then it isn't worth it.
 So that is how my day started. I was  30 mins late to  work when I am usally 15 mins early. Now I was sore and working and  down one vehicle in a family of nine soon to be ten. because  I was the one that rear ended the car I  got the  ticket. that's another $200.
 Well  Now that the bad stuff got out of the way, I suppose we can get to  the good stuff.
 For the last two weeks I have been courting a maintenance position at a  food plant in  southern Wisconsin.  Yesterday Afternoon I went down to their plant for an interview and the HR called at 1:05 pm offering me a position on their maintenance team. hat is a $3 more an hour where I  am currently working at Briggs and Stratton. Well of course I accepted and since Briggs was only through a temp service I told them I would be able to start Monday.
  With the new wage and lots of overtime the Austin family will be able to  move forward  and bring our planes to fruitation.
 I give the glory to  our father in Heaven for allowing me to have this and many  other wonderful opportunities.......