It was one of those… you know. I woke up late- and at the same time as my daughter, which is never good . Her little bassinet thing is right outside our bathroom door, so I took a shower with my head out, trying to keep her from realizing she hadn’t eaten yet. Then of course the one dress I just had to wear to work, was the one dress that was still downstairs in the laundry. So I bring crying Lucy downstairs in the dark- I can’t turn the lights on because then the neighbors would see that I was scantily clad- and I don’t have shoes on because I left them in the car.
Ok- find the dress- throw said kid in car seat and proceed to the babysitters without the bouncer and medicine that she will need for the day.
Now half way to the babysitters, I start to smell throw-up. It’s still dark out so I’m hoping my daughter, still crying, isn’t yacking as well, when I realize that the throw-up smell is coming from me. Yes, I have Lucy lunch on my dress- which, if you were wondering, is why it was in the laundry in the first place. And where are my shoes that are supposed to be in the car? Yep. No shoes.
Of course I park outside the babysitters in the middle of what could only have been an all out acorn battle between the two rivaling squirrel gangs in the neighborhood- because there are shards of acorn shrapnel everywhere. And I have no shoes. And if you have ever tried to get a car seat out of a car- you know that you really need a good sensible pair of shoes on.
Point is… my brain is telling me to slow down. My schedule, however, has other plans. I know that God doesn’t have time management problems. He’s not going to make a mistake in how much we can handle. The mistake is ALWAYS on our end- So my question to you is what have you had to give up? Or what are you holding onto?
I would also love to hear something dumb you might have done trying to rush around in the morning. It would sure make me feel a lot better ☺
Monday, October 8, 2007
This Really Happened.
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Okay... I'm a tailgater. I admit it. And nothing drives me more crazy that someone who pulls out in front of me and then crawls. Ugh. My wife is constantly on my case about it. (Because she cares so much... lol)
When my son was 18 months or so... one cold morning I was rushing to drop him off to daycare and wouldn't you know, somebody pulls out right in front of me... well because they were just entering the chaos of the day... their car wasn't warmed up... and they were barely chugging along. Morning steam rolling out... windows not defrosted... you've seen the type.
I was ticked, so I decided to "encourage them along" a little and did not let up one bit. Well... the Cop who witnessed all of this, showed me the same grace.
He pulled me over... gave me a ticket for "driving way to close" to the car in front of me. I tried to explain it was their fault... they pulled out in front of me... then came to a crawl. When the nice officer mentioned that I was also going a little too fast on that street... I decided to leave it alone.
It was actually hilarious... the cop shining his flashlight into the face of my baby food covered toddler innocently sucking on a pacifier. He just flashed those baby blues... and it was over. Little did the policeman know.
What was not so funny... is my wife... who just happened to drive by at that moment... and yes honked her horn and waved. Ugh.
Ok - so I don't have kids or have a really great story like these, but I am the QUEEN of crazy mornings! I am ALWAYS running late in the mornings and so often I have one of those "if it can go wrong, it will go wrong" mornings! I totally sympathize Amy!
DavidC- i got pulled over in Georgia in a construction zone because i was going to fast... but the thing is that I was going along with the traffic.
What was i going to do slam on my breaks and smash into the scarey side rail?
ok i was going 23 over- but everybody else was too. :)
HA! HAHA! I haven't been able to stop chanting "I'm glad I'm not the only one" since I read this post on Monday!
Alas, I too struggle to find the work/life/time for spirituality balance. Does it even exist? I can find it only occasionally, and when I do it slips away just as quickly. I keep focusing on busy-ness vs. hurriedness.
My biggest problem is a difficulty in saying "no". I am superwoman, right? I can juggle 2 kids in academics, multiple sports, and music lessons, manage to get homecooked meals together in the flash of a lightning bolt, make sure the bills are paid and the laundry is done. I can't however, seem to get the laundry put away (so it ends up in piles on the laundry room floor that the kids paw through until there is no floor left to be seen), the car needs shoveling out just to find what color carpet is in there, and I can never find the time I know is required to *HEAR* the things I know God is telling me.
So, I guess I'm giving up "me" time, time to reflect and focus on God and his message to *me*. I can't always hear Him through all the other "voices" in my head reminding me of all the things I have to accomplish that day. And I'm holding on to the people-pleasing I-have-to-do-it-all-the-world-would-fall-apart-if-I-said-no thing. Man, I really need to work on that!
Since everyone is talking about traffic tickets, I'll tell one too. I was taking my daughter to camp in the hills of NC this summer when I was pulled over in the thriving metropolis of Elizabethton TN. I had just put in the "Hannah Montana" CD at my kids' request and we were all singing at the top of our lungs and "car dancing". Simultaneously, I was making a little stuffed penguin dance on the dashboard to amuse my 8 year old who was tired and hungry and quickly turning into Ms Cranky Pants. Apparently, not only did the officer clock me at 82 in a 55 zone, he also saw me using one hand to make the penguin dance. How embarrassing!
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