Gabe, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

You may have heard of the book by Judith Viorst called "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". On the other hand, maybe you have never heard of it. Well, it exists. It's about a little boy, Alexander, and as you may guess, not a very good day.

Gabe's experience last week reminded me of this book.

It started when he "ran to the office for a second." He just needed to run in ... the parking lot was full... so he pulled into a handicapped spot.... ching, ching.... $275

Now Gabe is like a 'bull in the China closet' with cell phones. I have no idea how many he has gone through. His latest one, he got insurance on. Fortunately he had it when he broke the phone in a good natured scuffle with some of his buddies. ching, ching ... $50.

Well, day before yesterday, with his new replacement phone in his pocket, he walked past his desk and .... well, you know I'm going to say he broke it, but HOW? Well, his phone was in his pocket and it hit the desk JUST RIGHT. ching, ching... $100. (If he gets another phone...he can only use the insurance twice...) (I think he said it'll work as long as it's plugged in...he broke the base.)

Apparently, he and Emily had come home from somewhere (?), Gabe was emptying the car, dropped Emily's digital camera...forgot...it was dark... uh - oh...

Came out later, started the car, took off........ and ran over and broke Emily's camera.

I think I have all this correct.......

Thus the title of this post.