Today I’m failing. I’ll admit it right now, at this point of the day, I am certain there were multiple moments I could have done a better job of being His love to those around me.
I have a list of several items that I need to take care of in order to get out of town (actually, out of the country) to have a week that I might call ‘vacation’. The issue is I have exactly one day, 24 hours, from the day we get back to make sure I am prepared to head out of town again for the International Christian Retail Show and make sure Seth is ready to leave for camp for a week.
We had this family vacation planned for an entire year so the dates of all the other events was not something I would have planned this way. However, it is what it is and I’m excited to attend both. I just need to be one step ahead and somehow not let my kids get to me! 😉
I was so ready for school to be ‘out’ and yet I forget how my day is disrupted by the constant call of “Mom!” followed by a question or complaint or a desire to tell me about a show they watched or a game they played. For the latter I try to be as attentive as possible (despite the looming list that has come to life pulsating on my desk). Today I obliged to take some time to take them to the store and let them spend some hard earned money they’ve saved through the year. Even though this took almost two hours I tried to do it with a pleasant attitude. 😉
This meant I needed to do three tasks at once when I got home. I was on the phone with someone who had set this exact time to speak with me over a week ago, organizing Seth’s camp trunk to see what needed to be purchased before we left and trying to ward off Seth’s consistent questions despite the fact that I was on the phone.
Before I knew it I was listening to a woman who was upset with her own family, needing to vent with me on the phone, hearing Seth complain because he didn’t realize the Pepperoni Hot Pockets had sauce in them (really??) and then Ryan telling Seth that he didn’t need to have syrup with his ego waffles because they were flavored! This erupted in a fight among them that I could not escape from no matter where I went in the house, which ended the phone call (the poor woman not getting the attention she deserved) and me yelling at the top of my lungs for both of them to STOP! and LEAVE EACH OTHER ALONE! only to leave me upset because I’ve managed to avoid yelling for quite a while. 🙁
Remind me again why I’m rushing around to get out of town for eight days? Oh yes, that’s right, to have a nice and peaceful family vacation. *sigh*
Top it all off, I think my ‘God moment’ was when Seth came to me just now and said, “Mom, I hope you get a good night sleep tonight. I think you just need some sleep.” 😀
If he weren’t so darn cute…
Nothing is so bad that you can’t find some humor in your day.
Blessings
Shannon