Manic Monday :(

There is very little that can drive me to insanity as quickly and horribly as the school morning. So here we go.

Yesterday I told my extremely active teens (including the preteen) that I had a huge day Monday and needed help getting the HUGE weekend mess cleaned up (I typically do a major overhaul Monday's after I get them all off to school). Well my daughter did a few things and then ran out to choir practice, my eldest son hid in his room and my middle son got so frustrated with his brother that he started fighting with everyone. In a nutshell nothing got done!

So this morning it is raining (yes typical English Autumn) and the house is a mess and I have a FULL schedule. Phoenix doesn't want to get up and waits til ten minutes before the bus arrives to get dressed. (He cries about school and I have to explain that it is only a few more weeks and he won't have to go anymore). I barely get to the bus on time and come home to start a rush clean of the house and the maintenance inspectors arrive EARLY! Well they are gone, house is still barely presentable and I have a friend coming for lunch in less than two hours...so guess what...I can't find our cleaning supplies! ALL OF THEM ARE GONE!! Well I can't leave the base because the tire on my car is bald (DH NEEDS TO COME HOME ALREADY) (did I mention he is in Morocco filming a movie???) and the commissary isn't open today, the bank isn't open and Brandon has my bank card in morocco. So now I am pulling on my wellies and praying that out eensy weensy BX has what I need so I can finish my house before my friend arrives.

Well lets add to this. I invited this friend, and I love this friend but this friend is one I have met from tragedy. Her son was just born still and another friend got us together so I as an experienced mother of a stillborn son could help her get through this. So this lunch isn't going to be an easy breezy fun lunch it is going to be one that is stressful and more wet that the pouring rain outside my window. So needless to say this is a really bad start to my week.

All I can say is...I CAN'T WAIT TIL WE START HOMESCHOOLING AGAIN. How much nicer our morning would have been if instead of fighting with Phoenix and the rain we could have snuggled in our pajamas and read a book, or even watched some way cool science movie or play a game!! It is amazing how one hour of morning stress caused by putting two young boys on a bus they don't want to be on can cause one poor mommy's whole day to just go up in smoke!

Praise you God for the tribulations I face please give me the strength to overcome and be joyful in your wonderful bounty.
Amen