really...

let's start with my 5:30am alarm. got up. got dressed & headed to uncommon athlete. nothing but green lights the whole way! seemed like a promising morning. then i read the board. sprints, burpees, awesome. 10 rounds of burpees, 10. uncalled for! haha.

then ran an easy 6 miles with madison. perfect.

came in, chugged my liter of water and started on breakfast. should've known things were headed downhill when i was standing at the toaster waiting/wondering why my toast wasn't popping up...only to realize i hadn't put it in yet. cool.

started my coffee.

i was just telling madison on our run that EVERYWHERE i go i have the change the toilet paper roll. it's humorous at this point. i mean, everywhere i go.

reached over for paper towel. you know it. end of the roll. had to change it.

things seemed a little better. started eating, watching the news, watching gabe play.

hmm, gabe.

he got a little fussy just before jay left. so we figured he might be getting ready for a morning nap. jay put him in the swing and left for work. ahhhh. silence. i couldn't believe it.

that lasted all of 2 minutes. gabe was up and mad about it. from the living room i heard his bottle hit the ground. homeboy threw it!? gabe...?!

thankfully most days i can look homeless at work. but today i have to go to a school so i had to put on makeup, shower and look like an adult.

gabe was NOT having it. he cried the entire time i was in the shower. i mean CRIED. he wouldn't let up. i tried to keep one knee propped keeping him from sliding open the shower door but he slid his fingers in. so i just let him hang half in the shower. his hair and arms were drenched. i was showering as fast as possible. i don't know if i rinsed shampoo out of my hair or not...heck if i know.

got out, threw on a towel. then i needed to put on makeup. oh.my. he wouldn't let me put him down so he sat in my lap while i put on makeup. needless to say, my eyelashes look ridiculous. i had mascara ALL over my eyelids. he grabbed the mascara at one point so it was all over his hands, my legs, the towel...everywhere. it's probably still on me...

so i got up (still not dressed...who has time?!) and grabbed the baby wipes to get mascara off of him & myself. while i was cleaning it off of me...he pulled half the box of wipes out and threw them around his room. awesome. they are now in a ziploc in the kitchen if anybody needs one.

after all of this. i stood holding gabe, in a towel, by the door and waited/praying/begging for my mom to show up. she's always early. today she was late. imagine that.

so it's 10:25am and i feel like i have wrestled a bear. i need to go grocery shopping after work. not happening. dinner...wonder what jay is picking up? i am not doing either one.

oh best part - when my mom got there i kissed gabe and handed him to her. (gladly, haha.) and gabe waved bye bye. hilarious kid. he knew he had me!

so that was this morning... let's talk about yesterday, want to?

i had been planning for several days to take a sabbatical day yesterday. it's a fabulous gift that TAs gives us every now & then to get away and spend one-on-one time with the Lord. i was desperately needing it.

jay was going to take a comp day as well and we had fun plans to spend time with the Lord (separately) in the morning and then come together in the afternoon and talk about what we read, prayed, etc. sounds delightful.

well, monday evening jay went take Joseph to the airport to fly back to Australia and his flight was cancelled.  Joseph would now need a ride to atlanta for a tuesday afternoon flight. there goes our plans. (no problem though b/c we love joseph!!)

then i thought well no big deal. we'll just spend time with God while driving to atlanta, sharing godly conversations, maybe listen to some sermons, etc. long story short - i missed the boat. didn't get ready in time so they left without me.

i said out loud to God, "guess that's not what you had planned for me today."

i almost went to work. but then i thought, nah...i need this day with God.

so (luckily) i grabbed my moms kindle when she came to keep G. i took it and headed to the library to vote early! such a peaceful time waiting in line just reading this great book. (a book about praising God when things suck...timely.)

finished voting, came out. yep, FLAT TIRE. really????????? i laughed out loud. jays out of town, i have a flat tire, i just want to eat/read/and sit with Jesus.

called jay. he called jimmy to come change it :) thanks jimmy!!!

(ps - i called my dad b/c isnt that what girls do?! ha. he said, "want me to come pick you up?"  hahaha - notice he did NOT ask if he could come change the tire. i love norman!!)

finally around 1:30 the tire was changed and i was back in business.

headed to eat lunch, drink tea til i burst and read.

then like a good wife, i went to the tire place to get them to check things out. i was there for 2.5 hours. yes, you read that right, 2.5. but honestly, it was the most delightful afternoon!!

i sat outside and read the entire book. the weather was perfect. it was quiet, peaceful and just what He had in mind for me.

i know that had i had my car i would've filled my day with other things and not read that book. my mind would've been focused on all the other things i could have been doing...sure they would have been good things, work related! but He wanted me to BE STILL and BE with Him.

i love that. i love that God cares enough to inconvenience me if it's going to make me better. somehow, grace i'm sure, i laughed through the whole, messy day. even the $200 bill for a new tire. i trust God to take care of it.

i probably wouldn't have handled my "bear wrestling" morning had i not had that sweet time with the Lord yesterday.

who knows what today has in store. i pray i'll keep smiling & trusting no matter what.

(i'm still not grocery shopping or cooking...that's ok, right?!)