Comments on the post without words

Sounds kinda like a piece of prose doesn't it...."Comment on the post without words"?? The funny thing is, that post about sums up my week the last couple of weeks. It has been an amazingly crazy busy couple of weeks, going on month. My schedule has actually rivaled a normal "Cheryl Hagen" schedule....which means lots of trips here there and everywhere. I've even coined the term "auto gypsy" because the last two weeks that's how I've felt. We've been somewhere for hours at a time every day for the last two weeks and five days out of the last two weeks we've been gone from home for more than 12 hours each day! So, I'm not at all surprised that somehow I've posted a blog post with no words. In fact, I'm surprised by the fact that we've made it everywhere we were supposed to be with shoes on (that doesn't always happen) and dressed....well, there was Josiah's horrible nosebleed in the car on the way to Classical Conversations (which is 45 minutes from home), but the "GO bag" saved the day on that one. We've not left anyone anywhere accidently, but we've come close, remembering at just the right time (thank you, Jesus!). And we've even gotten SOME schoolwork done. But it's been stressful. I'm teetering on the edge of a cold, but thankfully am not going over. I've been chugging Throat Coat and HerbaTussin herbal teas and Berry Well by Beeyoutiful and so far it's really helped. Who has time to get sick??!! Our laundry pile is higher than it's been in I don't know how long and the dog hair is taking over the corners of many of the rooms in the house, and admittedly, there are times I just want to plop on my bed and cry. But I choose to be thankful! I'm thankful that my boys never complain about being in the car...and no one's crying in a car seat because it's time for a nap...other than me :-) I'm thankful that no one is sick at our house, beyond a mild sore throat or stuffy nose. I'm thankful that we have a wonderful home, even if it is far away from where we do most of our "stuff". I'm thankful (SOOOO thankful) for a husband who is so actively involved in what the boys are doing. I'm thankful for moments that God gives in all the business that just make me laugh. Here's one...on Tuesday we left the home for an orthodontist appt. at 9:45, knowing that we wouldn't return home until probably 8:00 or 8:30 that night. It was a full day and the boys all had a backpack full of schoolwork. We arrived for football practice about an hour early and got all of our stuff out of the car and took it to the covered patio at FEAST where there are lots of round tables and plastic chairs. We were going to spend our time getting some schoolwork done. By the time I made it from the car to the patio, one of my children (who wishes to remain nameless) had a plastic chair stuck around his neck. It was one of those chairs with a hole in the back. Somehow, he had managed to stick his head through (WHY?? Don't ask me why! But I had seen this same boy do the same thing with the telescoping handle to his backpack earlier in the day.) but couldn't get his head back out. He was pretty much hysterical at this point. I tried to calm him down and explain to him that if his head went through the first time, then there was a way to get it back through. We just needed him to calm down. Well, he wouldn't be calmed so I told him, when you're ready to be calm, I'll help until then, try and get some schoolwork done, "I'll get your books, you already have a chair!" Yep, I said that and that's when the laughing started. It wasn't really anyone but me who was laughing, but I couldn't stop. My dear sweet boy looked a little like a turtle with a shell on his back. I was trying NOT to laugh, really I was, but it was really kinda funny. I asked him "Can I take a picture to put on the blog?" trying to get him to laugh. He didn't think it was funny! I did get a picture with my camera phone to show Michael later, but I DID promise not to put it on the blog. So about 5 minutes later, we try again to remove the chair. Still won't budge. By the way, it's not tight on his neck. The chair can move around freely, so there's not any chance of him being choked...that wouldn't be funny! I just KNOW there has got to be a way to get the chair off. An angle that's just right. So, I have him stand up and turn around. At that moment, he just ducks his head down and turns it just "so" and pulls his head right out. Why he didn't do that 20 mintues before, I don't know. Except that I needed a good laugh!

So as things are still crazy and busy, I remember that it won't always be this way. And I'm going to make a point to be thankful and look for things the Lord puts into my days just to make me laugh. He knows me, He knows that's so therapeutic to me. Here's to laughter!!!

Now, you can read the next post, which is the pictures and words to the "post without words".