"Mañana"

You know, tomorrow never comes down here. It's quite the word actually. It gives hope. Be it a false hope, but hope nonetheless. Our car has been in the shop for over a month now. I've been quite the homebound mommy these days, which is not all bad. But....little things....like groceries....are nice to have every now and then!!! and with the traffic the way it is in this city...it takes several hours to just go to the grocery store. Seriously. I would have to have the car back to Alex in time for him to do what he needs to do. Therefore....bare cupboards.

But that is not the issue here. The issue here is.....why is it so hard to tell the truth??? The WHOLE truth. The car was supposed to be ready last Thursday. We have been hearing the word "mañana" ever since. Today was really going to be the real mañana though. So we load up the whole fam in the car....and go clear to the other part of town (for those of you who have been here...past the airport) during rush hour mind you.......to pick that puppy up. It was supposed to be done by 1:00. We knew better. So we showed up at 4:00. We wait. We wait some more. Then we see one of the helper mechanics go out to the car to try to start it up. Did you catch the word TRY there? Yep. Didn't start. So....they recharge the battery...etc...and to make a LONG story short. We will go back and get the car.....well.....yep....you guessed it.....mañana.