Ever have one of those mornings?

You know, when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed…only these days, I spend the second half of the night in the recliner. When you get soap in your eye while in the shower and it makes your eye all irritated and red. When you poke yourself in the same irritated and red eye with the mascara wand and you almost fall on the floor in pain while wanting to scream out bad words…really bad words. When your 3 year old kicks and screams the entire time you try to get him ready and you say to yourself over and over “I am the mother. I will not throw a temper tantrum. I am the mother. I will not stomp out of the room. I am the mother.” When 42 people pull out in front of you on the way to work and you want to scream “Are you an idiot?” but you politely slam on the brakes and just nod your head. When you get to work and you realize that you hung your black pants back in the closet and forgot about spilling queso on the front of them so now you get to walk around all day with a gross spot on your britches…

So, what do you do on these kinds of days??

Everything in me is screaming “be in a bad mood…be irritable with everyone around you…cry…leave work and go shopping…” That sounds so tempting!! But, I’ve decided it’s much better to do something nice for someone else. (I’m not sharing this to “toot my own horn…” but so that I can remind myself that it is NOT about me.) So, today I’m sending my first care package to Esther. Esther is our adoptive college student!! Several families at church have adopted a student for a semester to pray for, encourage and to send care packages to. Levi and I went shopping a couple weeks ago and got her some things on her “want list”. In a couple days, she’ll receive a goody box with popcorn, dark chocolate M & M’s, gum, hand sanitizer, highlighters, post it notes, flavored chap stick, mints and a few other odds and ends. Now, let me tell you…this is a little hard for me because her info sheet tells me she is a Dallas Cowboys fan…GAG. It goes against my being to befriend someone who is not a Colts fan. But, there is always prayer. Maybe I can pray her to love Peyton & Company…

I’ll keep you posted on my “adopted” daughter!! I already feel better and know that God can turn any bad day into a better day. : )