Above Ground

• I've discovered it takes a certain type of humor to appreciate this Irish proverb, which I've paired with one of the naturals from FL-08 Bluet.  If you don't like it, I'm sorry.  For me, however, some days,  I feel as if being "above ground" is one of the few things I have going for me.  This happens to be one of those days...  It started out all wrong, and has progressed in that vein.
• First day back to school, and no sandwich bread in the freezer (not due to poor planning, just an oversight).
• Because I was so sure there was one more loaf of "that" bread, and had to prove what I could not, the old-fashioned, long-cooking oatmeal got a late start. (Oh, we were out of cold cereal due to very poor planning.)
• Then the newly turned eighteen year old came home from an early morning gym session, buffer than life, and decided he had the option to disregard his bathroom time slot... Note:  Even princesses do not take as long getting ready to greet their general public as eighteen year old "I am the world," stud muffins do... Need I say more?
• Hubby, running late, and we know why, headed off to work, only to return within minutes and announce, "My truck won't start.  Won't even turn over."
• Hubby now has the car I rarely NEED on any given day, but guess what today was?!?  Yup, I have a Pioneer Girls function to attend this evening, and NEED to take along an age appropriate gift... I also needed to pick up sandwich bread and cold cereal.
• Next, Eli, completely ready, and watching out the window, missed the bus because for whatever crazy reason, we could not get the door to unlatch.
• Being I was without the car, Eli and I had to run cross-country to a house on an adjacent road where he could catch "Jerri" on the "back-by."  I, by the way, having just washed my hair, was wearing a towel turban and no make-up, and being very afraid the driver wouldn't see us in the fog, started flailing my arms around like a lunatic as soon as I saw "yellow."  The entire bus load of kids gawked at me as if they had front row seats at a freak show.  Childishly, I wanted to stick my tongue out at them, but contained myself, and blew Eli a kiss instead... Thankfully, he still claims me as his, no matter what.
• After getting back home, and changing out of my drenched sneakers and soaked socks,~yuk! I accidentally tipped over an uncovered jelly jar.
• Although the jar didn't break, the entire contents of a half jar of "costs-an-arm and-a-leg," fruit-only jelly, plopped out onto the floor -- Not that one needs jelly if one doesn't have bread, but our dog only walked over and sniffed.  I told her it was "Mmmmm, mmm, good," but she wouldn't even try it, so I had to clean it up.
• Then I went to e-mail my promised, but late May/June class write-ups to Stamp 'n Scrap, where I teach, and realized I never cleared my chosen dates with hubby before he left for work. 
• Simultaneously, I started with terrible cramps, and wondered if I could possibly be coming down with something...
• Turned out to be just my monthly "something." Still, I can tell it's going to be one of those difficult first days, and I have about fifty trips to make up and down the stairs (laundry up the wazoo, and an over-school-vacation organizing project to finish).

Being only ten o'clock I don't even dare think about the rest of the day... but I have prayed,

Please, God, just get me through, help me find the good in the bad, see your provision and care in all things, and keep me thankful to be above ground...Oh, and thank you for blessing me with a quirky sense of humor.  I think you must have known with my life, I was going to need it.

The cardworks are once again, very basic -- Flower image: Misted direct-to-rubber Lyra crayons stamped on edge-torn watercolor paper. Panel then spattered with Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress Ink. When dry, saying overstamped in Versafine Onyx Black, and panel layered on black to a Bazzill card.

All for now,

Susan T.

Comments

[Mary]

DH and I are retired now. 5 kids are now 10 plus 8 smaller ones. Your saga is so remeniscent of days past. Sadly I must report that the same scenarios still present even though we are only 2 now!

[dini]

Bless your heart, what a day. And I know there was even more that had potential to put you over the edge. Praying for you. God is bigger. Period.

Dina