You don't know what you got 'til it's gone!

That seems to be the theme of the spring!

Don't appreciate your enclosed sewer pipes?  Uncover them for a few days and sleep with one eye open in case sewer gas starts to seep into the house.
Don't appreciate your washing machine?  Take it away for two days.  (Really, that was not as traumatic as I had thought it would be.)
. . . the concrete floor?  Take it away for a few weeks!
. . . the mini van?  Hit a deer.
Yes, that's right.  We hit a deer returning from a graduation party a week ago yesterday.  We saw it running at us and braced for the impact.  Thankfully, the deer was not too large and all it did was dent the entire passenger side.  We were all OK.

We had not visited our favorite auto body shop in awhile, so it was time to stop in again.  I dropped our van off on Wednesday, and came home in a gold Honda Accord.
I was thankful to have wheels in the interim.  I did not anticipate the kids' excitement.
That car was the best thing they had seen in quite awhile!
They explored the car inside and out, checking out every button and knob.  It was so much fun, they packed the trunk for baseball practice hours before we had to leave.  (I was not complaining.) 
Yes, driving a CAR is quite exciting, but there is a problem with a 5-passenger car and a 6-member family.  Thankfully, we also have a pickup that seats 6.  We are packed like sardines, but we can get where we need to go.
Hopefully we will be renunited with our van in a few days. 
It will be nice to stretch our legs and arms again!