Sat.-I left the Emergency break on the van and forgot to tell Gary so we were going 75mph with the EB on. Yes the van was smoking awful.....prob drove 20 miles or so.
Sunday I had a migraine that wouldn't go away, ended the day in bed.
Monday night, Dayton.
Tues.
-Somebody left my keys in the ignition of my van, and somebody locked the doors thinking I wanted them locked not knowing the keys were in the ignition. (Both different "somebodies" neither of them was me!)
-Van Battery went dead in a scary area of Dayton I was by myself with 4 kids & a scary Guard walking the parking lot patrolling, he was so rough looking I was afraid to ask him to jump the van.
Wed-Spent the whole day till 1am Thurs preparing for the Yard sale
Thurs- Yard sale= Exhausted!
Friday- Yard Sale, more exhausted closed early. Discovered my bank card had been hacked and used for internet purchases and have no idea what will happen with that.
Yes this is the cleaned up and short version.
To be honest I don't like to share EVERYTHING I feel or go through on my blog or Facebook. I would rather be an encouragement or make you laugh at Life, or make you realize we all go through things in life good, bad, funny, sad, but it's how we choose to handle them that really matters, and most days I blog to myself more than any body else, it's like sometimes my blogging is more of my prayer to God, or a letter to Him.
So here's a story for you, if you know me you will probably be laughing.....extremely so, at the thought of this happening to me and knowing how I am about some things.....but might as well laugh! ;)
I will tell you, there are some things I am probably OCD about and my keys r on the top 10 of that list. Driving in unknown Construction is another one. Another one is food noises/eating, that one is very bad have always had it since I was a kid, I can't explain why but I can snap over that one, or get really sick! So let me tell you about today. Ethan had a Lemonade stand at the yard sale him & Jadyn. Today they had PB Cookies, 2 for .50 cents, a mentally challenged person comes up to the table, wants to know what they were, how much they were, he wants to buy one, then asks if he can buy it for .25 cents. I say sure, thinking he will walk away. Nope! He stands there, opens the bag and proceeds to eat them.....He has cookies falling out of his mouth, and he starts asking me who made them, I tell him I did, he takes another bite and keeps talking telling me how GOOOOOOD they were, all the while cookies are falling out of his mouth, and he is chewing with his mouth open, to be honest I don't remember what all he said because I was horrified at the cookies falling out of his mouth.....then as he decides to leave.....He holds out his hand to shake my hand. I went into blankness for a second then I had to shake his hand, he was a sweet little guy and I wouldn't want to hurt his feelings.So I smile and wish him a good day. After he is gone, I rush in the house get a handful of soap only to realize Gary had shut off the water because he was trying to fix a leak in the shower! Thankfully, the leak had been dropping in a bucket so there was clean water to wash my hands! Cayden goes outside and ask Tre` what was going on with mom and Tre` tells him," It was hilarious you should have seen mom, when he shook her hand!!!"
Anyways, I am leaving out a lot of this week and my feelings but I will leave you with my prayer this week,
it has been for, Peace. God's Peace, it's that calmness in your heart when your world is turning upside down, it's that feeling of ,Yes, I am broken or hurt, weary, discouraged, so tired of fighting this battle, disappointed, disillusioned, my dreams have turned into nightmares, and I may cry myself to sleep at night, BUT, my heart and my soul are calm, resolved and no matter how bad Life may get, I know God will work it for my good, it doesn't mean I won't question and it doesn't mean I won't be hurt, but that goes for the Sinner and the Saint, I would rather face Life knowing that there is one who can hide me under His wings, who will bottle my tears, and who will one day answer my every question, until then I have to trust and I have peace in knowing that somehow it will be all right in the end. Until then I am praying, for Peace in the waiting.
I can't say it any better than the song
I want a Peace beyond my understanding,
I want to feel it fall like rain, in the middle of my hurting
I want to feel your arms as they surround me
Let me know that it's okay, to be here in this place
Resting in the Peace that only Comes, In the waiting.
You have had quite the week! Reminds me of the statement, what doesn't break you makes you stronger. Looking back at the last few weeks here at our house, I ought to be stronger than I've ever been ;) So great to know, though, where our real strength comes from. Here's to hoping your {& my} next week is less eventful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela! I think my week this week was more normal, with the exception of some small things but I can cope with just a few at a time better than an overload! lol!
ReplyDeleteI hope your week was a less stressful one as well!