My DAY....

****Warning: The following story is not for the faint-at-heart (or those who want to throw up when they hear anything about bodily functions)****


Let's talk about Heidi's day yesterday and how it was the greatest day ever.....or NOT! Here is a little glimpse into THE DAY from.....

6:45am Wake up and TRY to get awake enough to exercise
7:15am Drag myself out of bed and do a little exercise (I think) and shower
8:00amish Get cranky, sick children up and dressed and find out toilet isn't flushing well.
8:30am Take sick children downstairs to write about toilet problem in janitor's notebook and proceed back upstairs to have a fight with Child #1 over food (which is become increasingly more often...GRRRR) because the muffins are brown.
9:00-11am Putter around getting out baby clothes that i'm letting a friend borrow, realize they have stains (from WHAT??), wipe snotty noses, try to clean out stains, stop Samuel from antagonizing Zakkai, wipe some more noses, break up another fight and wipe some more snot
11am Begin battle with Samuel over putting on shoes so we can go wash the baby clothes. Samuel proceeds to have a meltdown, sobbing and wiping his red, endlessly dripping nose
11:12am Mommy is SUPER frustrated over the neverending battle
11:20am Finally make it downstairs with: two sick children, one crying, and a gigantic bag of laundry, only to find that the laundry room has been taken over by the lady who uses ALL 9 washers and ALL 10 dryers
11:23am Drag two tired, sick, drippy children and one large unwashed bag of laundry and one frustrated mommy back upstairs
11:30am Strap boys in booster seats and answer knock at door which is Ivan coming to fix the toilet which may or may not be plugged up with a necklace that mommy accidentally flushed 2 weeks ago.....
11:35am Feed boys lunch (thankfully they are quiet at this point)
12:00pm Toilet is still being fixed and children are still eating
12:45pm Children are drugged and sleeping; toilet is fixed. Spend next hour sweeping and mopping for bible study.
2:45pm Child #2 wakes up screaming
2:50pm Discover that Child #2 has had diarrhea and has a VERY sore bottom
3:00pm Deposit sick child into bath tub
3:10pm Carry #2 into room and dry off/dress and go to wake up Child #1
3:15pm Discover that Child #1 also has had diarrhea ALL over his bed
3:18pm Deposit sick child into bath tub
3:45pm Drag two sick but clean children and an even LARGER bag of laundry down stairs....
3:47pm Receive phone call from husband, who after hearing short version about day, offers to make dinner (bless you!)
5:45pm Come home after multiple laundry trips and a visit to the playground only to discover.....that husband forgot about dinner and house group is coming in barely over an hour.....

And after a few other small incidents (which didn't seem quite so small after a trying day)
6:55pm Lay children down to sleep.
7:15pm Lead part of the teaching for house group
10:35pm Fall into a deep, deep sleep:)

And now you know that I am FAR from perfect and that our family on occasion has horrible, no-good, very bad rotten days.....but we're doing much better today!!:) (And I can even smile about yesterday....a little)