Rescue, Relief, and Racing!

Ok, so Caleb and I got home late Thursday night, and we hadn't gotten the mail yet. I sent Caleb out to get the mail, because we have one of those communal mail boxes where you open them with a key and everything. A few minutes go by, and Caleb comes tearing in the house. I asked him what was wrong, and there was a cat that had gotten stuck in those plastic grid construction fences. (The house across the street from us is still being built.) So he asks me to come out and help him cut this little kitty free. I held the flashlight, and helped him find where he needed to cut the plastic. The poor little kitty was so tired by then he didn't fight us at all, and we talked all nice to it to help it know that we weren't going to hurt it. There are a lot of people in our neighborhood who let their cats roam at night, and we were pretty sure this little one had gotten in a cat fight and was trying to run away and got caught in the fence the way it was all caught up. Anyway, so we get the cat free, and we don't know who to call. We called county dispatch to see what we could do. They sent an officer over to make sure the cat didn't need to be euthanized (spelling on that?? I dunno) and then had us take it to the animal shelter. So, thanks to my tender hearted husband, we saved a little kitty, and made sure it would be safe for the night.

Friday started off with good news. It looks like Caleb has gotten a different trucking job that will pay him a little better! :D We are really excited. As long as everything checks out, he will be starting on Wednesday! It's at a local trucking outfit that runs 98% of their loads in state, which means Caleb will be home most nights! I like this idea! :D I'm just glad that my husband is happy with his work. I don't like when he comes home and he's had a not so good day at work. He's sad and there isn't much I can do to cheer him up. He's excited to get driving again.

We spent the rest of Friday out at Miller Sportspark in Tooele watching the races! It was a lot of fun! I hadn't ever gone to the races. Caleb and his dad like to go to the drag races in Vegas every year, so he's seen some of this. The track at Miller Sportspark isn't just the typical round track like you are used to seeing on Nascar. There are all sorts of sharp twists and turns in this track. It's really cool! Apparently Nascar is looking into making it one of their regular stops because it's such a difficult track. It's 3 miles around the perimiter. It's crazy big! If you ever get a chance to go out and watch, do it! We just watched practices and still had a blast.

We ended Friday with a movie. We went and saw Ironman! It was really quite good! We were really surprised! It was a bit intense, because it very much has a war tone to it. But if you go in knowing that, you can really enjoy it. I personally think it would be too intense for little ones.