I loved every moment though because I was able to meet new friends and share Arbonne's amazing Clean Eating Challenge at a party in Bixby Friday night and then at a party in Richardson, TX, on Saturday night. And, of course, the girls loved having their friend stay the night on a school night! I can't remember a weekend where we crammed so much into such a short amount of time. It was fast and fun!
Back to today. I had to get four little girls (ages 2-6) up and ready this morning with three of them going to school. Everything was going smoothly. We all got strapped into my SUV, I turned the key, and ... nothing. Click, click, click. Nothing. Click, click, click. Nothing. I called my husband and he came straight home from work to drive the five of us to two different schools in record time. We got to the first school right on time (like to the minute) and we arrived at the second school with one minute to spare. Whew.
We came back home and my husband jump started my SUV and advised me to go to Goodyear to have the battery checked. He went back to work and I was incredibly grateful for his help, and the fact that his office is only 15 minutes away. Good thing I took my car in because the battery had a short in it and needed to be replaced. $130 later I was good to go. Ugh. This was not an expense we had planned for.
Today could have been terrible because:
- My SUV was dead and we were on a strict schedule to get three little girls to school.
- My attitude went down hill when I wasn't sure if the girls would arrive on time. We needed to be at two different schools, in two different directions, at approximately the same time.
- The new battery was expensive.
- My schedule was thrown off and I missed an important conference call this morning.
However, I counted my blessings because:
- The dead battery made sense after I recalled having trouble setting my cruise control on the turnpike driving home from my Arbonne party late Friday night. But, I made it home safely.
- The dead battery forced me to go to the auto shop. I've had to air up one of my tires twice in the past couple of weeks from what I assumed was a slow leak, but I had not stopped to take it in for a check up so I had it looked at along with the battery. Come to find out, the tire was coming off the rim. It's rare, but it happens. I wonder what could have happened if I kept driving on it?!
- The cruise control issue and leaking tire kept me from wanting to drive my car to Texas and back so I didn't argue when my husband wanted to take his truck even though our bags, etc would have fit better in my car.
- The battery was expensive, but it was on sale which saved us $20.
- Super dad (my husband), got all the girls to school on time.
- Thankfully, his job is only 15 minutes from our house. Last Spring, he applied for a job that was 45 minutes away, but he didn't take it when he was offered his current job while waiting to hear back from the first job.
- The conference call was recorded so I listened to it when my two year old took a nap.
To top it all off, during my daughters nap time, I received a delivery from the Susan G. Komen foundation and Panera bread. Here is my Facebook post from October 14th about this delivery.
"I had a voicemail from Susan G Komen when I got home from picking up the girls. The lady said that a small handful of survivors are chosen to receive a Panera basket for surviving cancer and that she'll deliver it next week. When I called back, I asked how I was chosen because I did the preventative surgeries and never had cancer. She said that was part of the criteria. I don't recall specifying any of that info when I signed up to do the walk last month. I certainly didn't choose the survivor box on the application. I told her that it's just another sign from God that I've made the right decisions, and she replied that I'm the 4th recipient to bring God into the conversation so she knows I'm the perfect person to receive this blessing. To God be the glory!"
The two ladies that delivered the basket were amazing! We connected right away and talked on the porch for about 15 minutes. I had completely forgotten about the basket coming this afternoon because my morning was such chaos. I was blessed and honored to receive the basket of "survivor" items.
Yup, I'd have to say it was a good day!
Philippians 4:4-9 - "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
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