Making Lemonade

Why is it that things seem to happen in bunches? In the span of a week the dryer broke, the truck wouldn't start, the stove took forever to boil water and an idiot light came on in my car. Of course all this happened right before Christmas and just when both my sons were coming home for the holidays and my elderly mother was hospitalized and then sent to rehab. It should have been enough to put me over the edge, but actually there was a bright side. Two vehicles and four drivers meant having to travel together to shop and do other errands - lots of visiting can be done in the car. And, believe it or not, the broken dryer meant taking the wet clothes to the laudromat and an hour of uninterrupted knitting. All in all, not a bad deal. My mom is out of rehab and both vehicles will be back from repair today and the stove is being repaired as I write this. That still leaves quiet time at the laundromat. Maybe I'll finish Daniel' sweater.