Today, I was struggling with a weird "eye-ball" headache
right after church.. ya know.. the kind when you feel like
you have a sharp, shooting pain directly behind one of
your eyes??? anyhoooooo- I begged the kids to be good
and quiet- (side note... YAH RIGHT!) so that I could rest
on the couch. I just needed to nap for a little while after
popping a few aleve.
Have you ever laid ALL afternoon on the couch and
have dozed off several times to be awakened to something
crazy and feel as though you got NO rest whatsoever???
That was my afternoon!
This story get's very embarrassing.
So, I knew it was family group night and that John and I
would meet at the church at 6 p.m. But somehow, during
my deleriousness of "couch rest" I missed answering
his call to tell me that he may not even make it to family
group due to a huge case that he was just assigned.
Also, I faintly remember hearing an answering machine
message that was Robert Kinnaird (he and his wife, Alicia
are in our family group) that said "Hey, Kara, give me a call
back."
My thoughts were.. ."Robert, you'll just have to wait till
this evening as I am too tired to call you back!!!"
Finally, by 4 p.m., I am BEGGING Anna to JUST let
me sleep for 30 UN-INTERUPTED minutes.. that's IT!
that's all I need!!!!! So, she so kindly took the kids outside
for a few minutes and no more did I fall asleep than did
I hear "Yah, my mom is asleep in the living room, she's here
though."
What??? Who is my child talking to? It sounded as though
someone was standing in my kitchen talking to Abby.
Then I heard Robert and Alicia's voices "Hey, Kara!"
AHHhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I was caught red handed being a
loser parent, snuggled on the couch at 4:30 p.m.
I jumped up and tried to pull myself together and NOT
look like I had been attempting to sleep all afternoon.
I came around the corner with my glasses completely
crooked and Robert quickly informed me that half
of my hair was standing straight up like a rooster tail!!!
It gets worse.. as I look around the kitchen I see complete
disarray- cabinet doors flung open, crumbs on the counter,
crumbs on the floor... raisins sprinkled on the floor, which
resembled rabbit turds!!! Emma was topless- apparently
wanted to act like the "boys". Avry was pantless and
her diaper was hiked up over one "bottom cheek".
What a mortifying sight!! Yes.. I do think that being transparent
is important.. but come on!!! No one deserved to see such
craziness. Thank goodness that our dear friends the Kinnairds
are not judgmental at all- I love that about them!!! They just
laughed it off and Alicia sweetly folded my array of sheets
and blankets on the couch as I went back to freshen up.
Now.. for the reason why they had stopped by. They are so
thoughtful- they realized that they drive almost right by our
home clear from Oxford to come into family group. So they
were offering me a ride.
Praise Jesus!!!! Gas is outrageous!!!
We missed lots of our regular attenders tonight at family group-
including my own hubby who did end up completely missing
it and IS STILL at work... We are going on 11 p.m. here and
he was supposed to get off at 5 p.m... .hmmmm.. that is 6 hours
of overtime!!! He has to be exhausted. I'm going to let him
sleep in tomorrow as long as he needs to!! I am planning to
surprise him and take the kids out first thing in the morning
so he can have solid rest-
any body bored tomorrow and want to meet at a park?
call me :)
But God knew exactly why our group was supposed to be
just 6 of us- It was amazingly REAL and deep and meaningful.
Thank you GOD!
love you all!
k
Life is Good because of God! Thumbs up!!!
4 comments:
I am laughing so hard! You are so funny and I love to read your blog! I can picture the whole thing!
Your poor husband. Its really hard when our husbands have to work that much.
On another note though I would love to meet at the park!! We don't have anything planned and I was thinking about taking the kids and doing something like that. I would love to meet up! Oh, wait..did I already say that. :)
I'm not sure if you have my number, but you can email me if it sounds good!
love ya~
That IS quite the picture you painted-and I know exactly what you are talking about with the attempts at sleep...I wish I could take you up on park time but I'll be night-night. You didn't know my middle name??? Seriously?
It's ok. I still love you. Hope John is ok? I am going to check JCOnline to see if I can get any scoop on what he has been busy with;-)
Oh my goodness, this was hilarious! I'm sorry you woke up to such disarray (with guests there), but makes for good material for the blog :-) Girl, you were VERY tired today!! I hope you get good rest tonight.
Well, today was the day I wanted someone to join us at the park and had no luck, darn. Tomorrow we'll be doing family stuff. Have a happy Memorial Day.
Oh, and I would NOT put your phone number on your blog...take it off, girl. Especially now that you're public.
OH my! I could see it happening as I read the blog. That was hilarious! I know exactly what you mean. I had to read it to Joe - he was laughing out loud. I was interrupted a couple times reading it as each of the kids needed help with untanlging something, a piece of paper to color on. Then Ella brings me a napkin she attempted to blow her nose on, which actually ended up having a snot covered face, as I am taking her to the bathroom I hear Noah calling my name from the bathroom as he is sitting on the potty pooping (diahrea - he has had this problem going on a week now - AHH!). I get Ella cleaned up then she looks at Noah as he is still going and asks if he is done yet, his answer " Does it sound like I am done?" It was pretty funny. When I finally get him all cleaned up then I am able to finish reading the blog.
This my friends is a good example as to why I don't get a chance to read everyone's blog or comment on them. ;) I do love to read them when I get the time.
I still do want to comment on the previous blog that you asked for replies -- even though that is a tough on to comment on.
Hope all is well with John, and it is very sweet of you to give him some rest time after a long day at work.
Have a fabulous day!!
Love ya ~~
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