Well crap!

So today was supposed to be my first commute to work on my bike. Apparently the petrol gods decided they didn't like that idea. Yesterday morning me and my youngest son had a good 3.5 mile ride. After having a great lunch my oldest son decided to join us. We got about a half mile from the house and I started having trouble shifting my front derailleur onto the largest chain ring. Its not 100% clear to me what happened but in any case I believe the chain came off the large ring while shifting and bent my front derailleur to hell and back. I walked the bike back home and started working on it but the day just kept getting worse and worse. Finally after taking the chain apart, getting the broken derailleur off  and getting things reassembled I had myself a six speed bike. However I've got some chain slippage now that requires me to figure out how to fix. It was to late in the evening to continue working on it. At least this morning when I called Huffy to get replacement parts I got some good news. They are replacing my front derailleur and chain for free under warranty! Perhaps I can get some time to get it working as a six speed tonight and ride tomorrow.