18 degree adventure

so this morning the boys and i hovered around the house until it was time to head out to my doctor's appointment. we got all bundled up with hats, gloves, sweaters, extra shirts. it was 18 degrees outside. we left early because parking by my doctor can be non-existent. we got ourselves loaded in the car that we have been hosting all winter. as we pulled out of our street, we saw our favorite UPS delivery man, carl. i rolled down the driver's side window (the only one of the four that works) to wave hi. of course, we exchange pleasantries of how long till i am due (4 weeks), how are the boys (fine), and see you soon. we turn the corner and i try and roll up the window.

it doesn't.
all i can do i laugh... i mean really?!
i call my husband to see what i should do.
without being able to offer any help, he suggests i come by his office to see if he can pull it up somehow since i am limited in my ability to exert any energy or any leverage.

he couldn't do it...... what am i supposed to do?
i had 45 minutes until my appointment.
all i can hear from the backseat..... "mommy, i'm freezing!"

so, i head back home (a good 15 minutes) to park the car in the partial driveway since i can't actually pull it into our full driveway because the lock to our gate is frozen. of course to make things better and more laughable, little bit falls asleep in the car about 10 blocks from home. i can only keep laughing in part to keep from crying.

i call a car (almost like a taxi) to come and pick us up.
well, i was 20 minutes early to my appointment (i had the time wrong), 15 dollars poorer, but an awful lot warmer.
peanut had a playdate, i had a great check-up, little bit & i had a lunch date.
not such a bad day despite a little bit of humor to get things going.