Today is Friday - it's the start of the
weekend and the sun is shining! It should be awesome... but the day didn't
start that way for us...
I slept well last
night and woke up just before my alarm at 5:35 am. So far so good. I got up and started getting ready and
checked the temperature outside -- a very chilly 41 degrees! Brrrrrr! I put together a warmer outfit for
the day complete with a nice warm red sweater (for Red Friday - in honor of those who are deployed and are serving far from home in harm's way) and a scarf
because it's time to wear scarves every day now in Belgium! I even chose my
brown suede boots because there is 0% precipitation predicted for today and
that a reason to celebrate all on its own!
Then the rest of
the family started to stir and get ready. My son was showering and my husband
was up and about. I put my lunch together (yummy cauliflower soup) and was
ahead of schedule. My husband was ironing our son's JROTC shirt for his inspection
today and packed it up (I say the retired military dude can do it better than I can ;-) ). Men can iron and I happily love this fact! Don't judge
me! Almost ready to go. Little things can be distractions for those of us who
have ADHD in their family (maybe all of us have it???)
Those little things were the undoing of us
this morning...
The unpacking of
the overnight bag from the golf match the day before unearthed necessary things
like toothbrushes - one of the last steps before leaving around 7 am on our hour
long trek to school and work. Of course, 3 excited doggies milling around in our small kitchen also added to the chaos!
We packed the car
and were on the road. Normal morning conversation followed along with a few
comments on the wonderful driving skills of those around me. When driving for
at least 30 minutes, my son turns and looks in the back seat and realizes - NO
UNIFORM BAG!!!!! And the morning unraveled from there... It's so frustrating to
see your kids realize they forgot something important and the effect the item
forgotten will have on their day and maybe their grades, etc. We couldn't turn
around. Not enough time to do so and make it to school and work on time. For those
of you with ADHD or someone in your family with it, you know that systems and
routines are the only way to be successful. So, of course, I'm planning (while
driving about 120 kph) how we can never have this happen again... Because I'm a
fixer, a helper, a bit of a control freak...
We talk about the
day and other things and he mentions I need to sign a permission slip for today
which he got on Wednesday (he wasn't home since then because of the away golf
match). I said, yep - I'll sign it! But, of course, I'm still driving about
120kph! We finally reach the school and he grabs his stuff and heads in. I turn
on my audiobook on my ipad which is my best friend when driving alone and head
to work. Only 2 minutes later, after reaching the turn off point to head to my
office, I realize I DIDN'T SIGN THE PERMISSION SLIP!!!!!! So I take the
roundabout option to go back the way I came and pulled to the curb by the
school. Cell phone out and son answered -- yay for small miracles! Out he came
and permission slip signed. Now I could drive to work and hopefully have an
awesome day.
It's up to me how I will let this day unravel
from this point on. I plan to have an awesome day. A great Friday spent partly
in the office and then happily free to enjoy the weekend. Little challenges can
either derail us or spur us on to try harder to see the good things that God
puts in our path. I pick looking for the good things today!
This verse is very helpful on days like
today:
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