Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The Paper Route

Allright everyone we have started our latest adventure - a paper route. Its our summer opportunity to help us get out of debt faster. We are living like no one else so later we can live like no one else. I mean really who wakes up everyday at 2:15ish, loads 2 toddlers into a car and commences to spend the next 2 hours tossing papers at houses of total strangers? I know, I know...WE DO!!! Yup, everymorning for the past 5 days. We are only at the beginning here but the prospect of an extra $200 a week to throw at the debt ratio we have is great motivation!
The girls are such troopers too! They have actually been more awake during the paper route than I thought they would be. Its okay though because it means that when we get home we can all go back to sleep for however long we feel like. (The girls and I that is, Eric had his last day of school today so now he can join us!) This is forcing us to attempt earlier bedtimes, hopefully one of these days we'll get it all figured out. Happy summer to us!
Funny/weird sidenote: Apparently I'm just motion sick enough that the constant motion while looking down rolling papers in the front seat got to me the 2nd day. Eric jumped out to porch deliver a paper and I opened the passenger door to empty my empty stomach. Eric gets back in the car and says, "Can we at least get out of the driveway?" Uhm, well let me think? If looks could do harm mine just might have. Let me finish my business and pour my water bottle on the driveway and then we can leave. Now we call that house the puke house very morning. :)

5 comments:

Douglas Lai said...

Thanks for the great laugh!!!

Erin said...

Wow! You guys are amazing!

My family had a paper route growing up too...ahhh, the memories.

wind runner said...

You go gazelles!

Jared and Holly said...

You are so ambitious! That would be tough even without 2 toddlers!

nanci said...

WHO??? the Haffners that is who! No suprise there. I am so glad you are blogging, I miss you guys.