I woke up late, and wanted to just sit on my bed and cry... But then, I thought to myself, "What would that accomplish?" I mean, really... I'd probably just become dehydrated from the loss of fluids, seeing as how I only drink Mt Dew! Anyhow, I say that to say this: Noah was late to school AGAIN, had to drive him there AGAIN, he got a tardy slip AGAIN.
(warning: tangent inserted here)
BUT -- he did have his homework done (score one for mom for staying up till 2am scouring the entire house looking for "magazine pics" that best represent my son)! I don't subscribe to magazines, nor do I buy them off the shelf. I cannot justify spending $4 on something that trivial, after all, that's ALMOST a small package of diapers at wal-mart. I do occasionally get a food magazine with recipes and coupons in the mail, which is cool. And the only mags I chose to buy are crochet magazines... Made his homework assignment a little tricky. So, here's what he ended up with: two pics of Noah and Ayanna (since he loves helping me take care of her, and she is part of his identity as a big brother), a pretty round pink circle (his fav color), I took a coupon/ad for HUGGIES and cut off the GGIES and wrote "Noah loves to give a... HUG!". Then there was a nutrition guide from the WIC office that had what resembled a box of crayons, and the crayons all had different cereals, explaining how to use all the colors of the rainbow to make healthy food choices... Well, Noah loves cereal AND coloring! BONUS! Also found one of his books that he doesn't like and colored all over had pics of elephants and doggies, and the BEST part was I colored a pic of Elmo holding a box of crayons. I WIN!
Anyways, let me venture back from my ADD tangent now and finish my thought for the day: I could have sat on my bed and cried like I did the other day, but the only thing that accomplished was to make me even later in getting him off to school, and as it happened, we were only 5 minutes late today! I could have stayed in my slump and chosen to wallow in my pity party about Ayanna's daddy not answering his text so I can't get my laundry done... AGAIN, but, I chose not to...
I sucked it up, got the kids up and dressed, Noah off to school, went to wal-mart for laundry detergent, and am back home to start another project I've been putting off for over a month now -- CLEANING! :)
Today is going to be a great day. And I know this, because I heard a friend of mine say once that you can start your day over at any time. I'm starting this day over RIGHT NOW, and I can start it over again later, too, if I need to. And a third and fourth time, should that be necessary (but let's hope not!). Hope that helps someone else who's having a bad day and just wants to have a pity party today. Live for the moment, for your next one is not a guarantee.
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