Yeah.
That's me, today.
My day started off okay. We had done a major clean-up the night before. It's great to wake up to a clean house. It is so NOT great to wake up to your very own version of Cars replaying itself in your living room, complete with a very authentic 'Mater drawling out all of his words. And every
Because we had a day off yesterday, (you know, the huge blizzard that blew through?) and lots of friends over to play, getting the kids to agree to school or breakfast or getting dressed this morning was requiring the negotiation skills of the FBI.
And then it was the little things:
The entire carton of grapefruit juice exploding all over the kitchen floor.
The fact that I had to repeat myself 5 times each time I give a math direction to DD #1. (no exaggeration here, I promise!)
The clingy-ness of DD #3, who cannot seem to shake this cold she has.
The computer cd-rom drive that was ornery, at best. Sometimes allowing a cd to be played, sometimes not. A royal pain on the day I decided to use the computer as part of schooling...as a "treat". HA.
No dry-erase marker to re-number my Mary Engelbreit magnetic fridge calendar.
And, the icing on the cake? Getting a newsletter e-mail from the BNL fan club announcing that BNL would be on Leno tonight! (YAY) And then finding out that they were actually on the night before. And I missed them.
Well, (sigh) this all could be so much worse. My husband could be deployed in Iraq, (not seriously, he is Canadian, after all). I could be in the hospital, waiting for my twin babies to grow in order to be safely delivered. I could have to pack and move myself to two different states in the next 6 months, with a visit home for the holidays. I could be fighting my own depression while dealing with my oldest child who is going through therapy.
And there are a million other intentions in my neck of the woods to offer up my sore jaw for. Thank God for my smallness and the miniscule crosses He has blessed me with.
My Advent resolution? How about no complaining.
Boy.
That is going to be tough.
:)
6 comments:
hang in there girl....I know exactly how you feel. I had a day like that last night =) Tomorrow is Saturday, yeah!
Awww, 'Meg--so sorry! You're one of the best Moms out there, though--and those kinds of day are proof!
The juice all over the floor would be a tough one, for sure! But you are certainly right about choosing to focus on all the good or all the bad around us. I think that this choice makes or breaks our day/week/month/life!
Hey, Nutmeg...sorry about your bad day! I've been there, hon! But as I was driving this morning, listening to NPR, I heard this interview with BNL, and of course thought of you. :) I don't know any of their music, but because I know you love them, I listened intently, and I have to say that I'm headed to iTunes right now to check them out, 'cuz they sounded so cool in this interview! :) Enjoy!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6567543
OF COURSE I listened to them this morning too!
I have a big smile on my face just thinking that I may convince SOMEONE out there that BNL is as great as I think it is!
:)
I'm sorry you had a bad day! How about a very easy question to take your mind off all the madness?
Here it is: how do you do a strike-through in Blogger? I've been wanting to learn that handy little trick for a while now.
You can e-mail me if you like, or just post your answer here.
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