Today did not turn out as I had planned. I did end up accomplishing everything I wanted to, but there was a glitch that I wasn't expecting. God is so good and He decided that I deserved some time to just sit and relax for a little while this afternoon. This morning I got up a little earlier than usual, yes Trint, earlier than the normal wake up for school time. And again yes, it was voluntary. hehe A friend of mine had an appt. this morning and our other friend volunteered to go with her, so I volunteered to stay at her house and watch their little ones. It was a good morning. The girls and I played catch while counting and saying the alphabet and we pretended to be animals. R cracked me up with her snake and frog. A's favorite animal seemed to be a lion today. I just played along and pretended to be what they were. The baby was in his bouncer looking at us like we were crazy. I admit he was probably right, but we had fun so just call us crazy! Thanks for letting me spend the morning with your kiddos, my friends! It's not very often I get to crawl around on the floor and hear the giggles of little ones. Some days I miss my kids being that little, but then I remember that they are now self sufficient, potty trained, and they sleep through the night. I'll just stick with borrowing my friends little ones for a few hours. I love you guys!
I was just about home from watching the kids when I saw a sign in the middle of the street indicating that the street was closed. The sign was just a few houses down from my driveway. UGH! I turned around to go around the block and come in from the other direction hoping and praying that I would be able to get to my house from that way. Luckily I was still able to park in front of my house. I had to squeeze the car between the road closed sign and the curb, but I made it with no scratches or dents. Good thing because I'm still driving my friends car. I would have felt horrible if I scratched it. I'm glad I had his car though because my Armada would not have squeezed throught that space. I would have had to park down the street and walked home. Anyhow, I decided that if the construction crew didn't like me squeezing past their sign then they could move it to the other side of my driveway. (Just kidding it wasn't that big of a deal.) I didn't go all the way around it anyhow. I was parked right next to it so technically I was only partially in the section that was closed. HeHe
Apparently, the reason for the street being closed was a water line break. When I got to my front door there was a paper stuck to it explaining that our water would be shut off for a while. I was so glad that I stopped for soda on my way home because I was thirsty. The only thing in my fridge was a small amount of orange juice and milk. I would have gone with the milk so Tristan could have his orange juice for breakfast, but I wasn't in the mood for milk. Actually I wasn't even wanting the soda at the time. Water sure did sound good. Of course it would since I couldn't have it. hehe Here's where God's plan intervened. I was planning on doing laundry and cleaning house even though a nap sounded really nice after such an early morning. We all know what it takes to do those things...that's right, water. No water, no cleaning. I picked up a few things and decided that God was telling me to sit down and relax for a little while before I had to pick up my girls from school. So that's just what I did! After I picked up the girls the water was back on. I still accomplished the cleaning I wanted to get done and the laundry. My mission was accomplished despite the road block, literally! HeHe
