Sweetie VS. the rain/ I (heart) Brothers!

It was Sweetiegirlz vs. the rain yesterday and the rain WON. As I walked my little 9 y/o "A"around raging puddles and mini rivers of water,my pants were soaked instantly.
"A" took a peek at the drainage channel which was raging with a torrential stream of muddy run off. Typical child like "A" ran from puddle to puddle. "WhOA!!" she laughs
The fake fur trim on her coat is soaked.

After, I walk her to school. I tramp home. water squishing through my sneakers. For the first time in a long time, I cry because I haven't had a car for a couple of years.

I cry and cry and cry. My kidney infection is hurting at this point. I can't go grocery shopping in the rain. I'm cranky. The rain swallows my tears.

Then.....

My Brother called me yesterday. That in of itself is unusual . Jeff calls when something big is up. Usually I do the calling and call his wife, who I adore and we talk forever.

Jeff called. He had heard I was sick and having a bad day otherwise.

Surprisingly, once I told him my problems, Jeff pulled a 180 on me. He wasn't on the phone to patty cake with me. He was on the phone to pull me out of the muck so to speak.

He got me talking about my future and continuing school. He got my mind off my problem at hand.

He knew I was upset about graduating vocational school with High Honors only to have to work in a store at night because of lack of a car.

He asked me what step was next after Medical assisting school.
I told him nursing school.

He told me "what do you need to do to make that happen?"

I told him.

Well, he says, you need to plan to make it happen, or it's going to happen without you....

WOW....

When I got off the phone, essentially I was more focused on the answers now instead of the problem.

I love brothers.