One of Those Days!!

Do you ever have one of those days...you know the ones that you just wish you never got out of bed? Today is one of those days for me. Today is my son's preschool Christmas party, he goes to preschool in the afternoon which is great for us because we don't have to worry about getting him ready in a rush. He loves to take his time doing things and it never seems to fail the less time you have the longer he likes to take to do them. And my older son loves to be in the shower for an hour every morning it doesn't matter the situation. So we start the day off with a bath in barely warm enough water, and rushing to get dressed and out the door. Then after we finally get in the van and ready to go their is something wrong with the van...the power steering fluid is all over my driveway which I found out later. So struggling to drive the van to the preschool needing the strength of Hercules to steer.

So after a crazy start we make it to the preschool. We have 25+ preschooler all 4 years old in this building running around and excited. And I am thinking "man I need some tylenol". After a crazy 2 hours they bring in Santa Claus...well you have never witnessed chaos until you let 25, 4 year olds loose on Santa. By the time the party was over mommy was ready for a nap. Then we get home and tackle the removal of all the clothes (it is -28 with a wind chill of -38 here this morning) and I remember my purse...in the office of the preschool. Since the van is not working at all it is best I not return to the school so I call to ask how long they will be there so that I can get my husband to pick it up after work...they are leaving in an hour and my husband won't be home for another 4...so much for that.

I just wonder do we bring these days on ourselves? Does all the stress of trying to do too much at one time give us these days were everything goes wrong? Or do these days happen because of the cycle of the moon as some people would say? What about the woman's monthly cycle? What causes these days when no matter what you do it all seems to go wrong? I am sure there is a lesson to be learnt in all of this, if I only had the time to slow down and lisaten...or is that the lesson, just slow down.

As I edit the pictures from my son's Christmas party, think about what to make for supper, wonder if my husband will be able to fix the van, while picking my daughter's clothes for her Christmas concert tonight...I wonder will the day get any better or will it be that way all day???