Hello Dear Reader.
In case you are wondering where I've been,
I hope you weren't imagining that we suddenly packed up
and ran off to the beach or some luxury getaway.
I wouldn't want you to be disappointed.
We're been here.
Up to our arm pits in life.
(we have reached that part of the summer where
I am done with it, ready to swear off
summer all together, longing for the cooler, slower days
of fall, and ready to SHOOT the next person who
brings any fruit or vegetable into this house
and lays it on my kitchen counter tops
.....and I do mean that....where is my gun?)
The name of the blog is ORDINARY days,
remember?
And I've just been overcome by them.
I'm telling you, if the last few days are any sign
of the way the rest of my life is going to be,
I will never have time
to write one word to you ever again.
But I think sanity will prevail.
I think this whirlwind will die down.
I think my kids will get their little heads
screwed on right before I have to go for a drive
in the country and drop them off in a big field
where they can run and play and be as crazy as
they want to be.
Today has been one of those days.
This first week of our school year has been
ridiculous.
I don't know of any better way to describe it.
If a circus comes anywhere near our home,
I may run away with them. Eating fire or guessing
peoples' weight or walking a tight rope sounds like
such a nice, pleasant way
to spend your days....
Something just popped into my mind.
That phrase "in like a lion, out like a lamb."
You've heard of that, haven't you?
I know it's usually said in regards to months and
the weather, but I wonder if it could apply to a school year.
In like a lion and out like a lamb.
That would give me something to look forward to.
Don't get me wrong or think I am
out on the ledge about to jump. I know it's just
"one of those days" and all that jazz. I hear that
little voice inside my head saying "this too shall pass."
I'm just so very ready for it to pass on by.
I am ready to be done with the things
that are making me crazy.
Part of it is my own fault.
I'm working on that.
I just really need that magic wand
to wave over this house and these children
and my attitude and a few other things
to make them better.
Has anybody seen that thing?
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2 comments:
I know. It's okay. Really. I'm already thinking ahead to our first week of school which is just around the corner and can feel the same thing you just described creeping up behind me!! I'm trying to suppress the bad attitude already!!!
Couple of observations...the little voice in your head is still telling you good things! Unless, you haven't told us the whole story.
I thought I had bad, people just drop off their dogs out here--we haven't had any kids dropped off,,,yet. :O)
There were days when my kid and grand-kids would wake up and wouldn't be a happy child until I waved my "magic wand" over him/her---then all was right with the world. It's funny how that worked.
Chin up, dear, underneath you are the Everlasting Arms.
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