These Days.......

There is a Mandisa song that I love,

that fits the day I had.

It's called, "These Days"
(words to follow)

So.....this is my crazy day.

Meleah didn't sleep well last night = I didn't sleep well last night.

When the alarm went off at 6am (of course, she was sleeping then)
I turned it off.
INSANE -
clearly a sleep-deprived move.

So without explanation, you can imagine that the morning getting the boys out the door was crazy.

Michael and Isaac had their first cross-country meet today -
so in addition to homework and lunches,
they had to have their uniforms and running shoes + extra water and snacks.

Michael tried on his uniform last night,
and the shorts were GIANT - like, not able to use them, giant.

So, on my "to do" list today was gym /
buy Michael shorts for the meet, make Gatorade for the team.

Doesn't sound too overwhelming right?

So - I get the boys out the door, feed and change the baby and head to the gym.

I managed 3 miles on the treadmill before she started crying, which is a record.
(The first time I went with her, it was 1.2 then next time around 2, the third time 2.7)
Maybe I can actually get enough of a work-out in to count soon.

I lift a few weights with the baby on the floor in front of me,
feed her a bottle
and then head back out for home.

She went to sleep in the car seat - so I made an attempt to shower while she slept in her car seat.
(yes, I brought the seat in the house, NO - I didn't leave my baby in the car)

By the time I got out of the shower, she was screaming.
Isn't that sad?
Babies don't cry at my house if I can help it.
I can't stand it.  (*you may have read that in my post, "routine")
It breaks my heart - for real.
I can't even watch Zion's birth video because the nurse is flipping him around banging
his head (he had a HUGE bruise from the vacuum thingy) and he is screaming -
seriously, I  can't watch it.  It makes me want to find the nurse and ......well,
maybe I shouldn't put that on the world wide web.

ANYWAY.......
I sat down on the couch with her and called Mike,
(*He is in the states this week, and the time change makes it tricky to chat)

After I talked to him, it was so comfy there on the couch,
I thought I'd just close my eyes for a second.

Been there?

Little Miss and I slept for 2 1/2 hours on the couch.
Right through her noon bottle and way through the dishes I needed to do,
and past the time I would do my Bible Study
and into the time I needed to be getting shorts for Michael.

Small Panic Attack

Feed the baby - email the cross country coach
Make Gatorade
Fly out the door to the Exchange with 45 minutes until school gets out
oh yeah, I needed gas in the van......

Find some shorts in Michael's size that will do
Call the school and tell them that Zion is a car rider
(ie, don't get on the bus, cause I am already at the school)

Get to the school
No Zion
Loop around the school, back through the pick-up lane
Still no Zion
Loop around the BACK of the school,
find Michael
give him the shorts
He doesn't want to carry the Gatorade (5 gallons is about 40 lbs)
so I loop back around to the front of the school
Still no Zion
Office calls the bus - Zion's on it
Loop back around and drop off the Gatorade where the team is gathering

Fly home to get Zion
Baby is screaming again
and doesn't really like the car seat anymore

Get Zion and Meleah in the house
Snacks
homework
comfort baby
Back out the door to the cross-country meet
The meet has already started,
but no worries,
the girls are running first
then the boys

Get to the meet and get this picture of Michael's back as he crosses the finish line
The boys ran first -UGH!!!

Find Michael and Isaac and tell them GOOD JOB -
I'll be right back
Taking Zion to swimming and coming right back

Get Zion to swimming and we have a hungry baby again.
So I park
Try to make a one handed bottle and drop the top
it rolls under the van....

WAY under the van
I have to sweep under the van with my leg to get it
baby's screaming give me ulcers
I do the thing that you read never to do.......
I make a "sling" with a blanket to hold the bottle in the baby's mouth
so I can get back on the road
back to the cross-country meet and pick up Michael and Isaac

As I am almost there - I see the team bus
already gone from the meet
heading back to the school
I feel like most likely NOT to succeed as a mother
I know Michael and Isaac are big boys, (14 and 11)
but I never want them standing somewhere, waiting for me.

Of course, they were fine and hadn't been waiting long
but
I.  still.  hate.  it!

Another swimmer's family agreed to bring Zion home,
so the mom taxi pulled into home port for the last stop of the day.

Meleah was DONE with being in the car - pretty much from 2pm until almost 7pm.

I know you've all had a day like this one
and for you Navy wives - they always happen when the hubby is gone DON'T THEY!?!?
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Here are the words to the Mandisa song;
(*click the link on the title to hear the song)
These Days

I never liked Mondays or bad news
Or breakin in new shoes
And mornings when I can't find my phone
Nobody likes traffic or short nights
Or situps or long flights
But sometimes that's just the way it goes
It's funny what you use to help me grow...

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
The Lord you meet me in the madness

I'll learned to love these days
I'll learned to love these days

I can see a silver linin
When the sun's not shinin'
Even when you choose to bring the rain
Oh, but I'm trustin your leadin'
'Cause your Lord of all my joy and all my pain

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God, your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
The Lord you meet me in the madness

I'll learned to love these days
I'll learned to love these days

I could wait the hundred years
You gave me here the days when you near
The days when I was out there
Lookin for what comes next
Oh, cause every minute,every hour, everyday
Is such a gift and I can say
I'm thankful for each day

So I'll learn to love these days
Life along the way
In the middle of the crazy
God, your love is so amazing
Through the ups and downs
You're the only hope I've found
The Lord you meet me in the madness


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God,
Thank you for this crazy day
Thank you for your love
Thank you for meeting me in the madness
Thank you that your mercies are new every morning
Good night