GiST #52

There are some quotes that apply to my last couple of days:

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
gang aft a-gley.--Robert Burns ("To a Mouse")
[Popularly misquoted as: The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray, or The best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray.]

Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. John Lennon

If anything can go wrong, it will at the worst possible moment. Murphy's Law

Well ... anyway, without going into all the details, just let it be said that things have a way of working themselves out and all is well right now. Of course, knock wood. ;)

And there were graces, just wasn't able to get them down into writing or online in the last couple of screwball days. Here they are for Thursday and Friday:

1. I have to admire my son for his kindness and generosity. He had classes, then worked a full shift and then came home, hungry and tired, around 10 p.m. only to be ambushed at the door by his sister who was stuck on her physics homework. He sat down with her and patiently worked with her through those problems ... and then ate dinner.

2. My kids also have the spirit of pull togetheredness and that makes me happy because it must mean that I did teach them something! ;)

3. My husband and I were sick with some kind of virus yesterday, had chills and fever. But the illness abated long enough for me to drive over to the bowling alley to get my daughter when my son didn't show up to pick her up. That really scared me ... and then I found out he'd gotten lost and was on the verge of running out of gas so I was able to go rescue him too. Whew!

4. I really feel the love from GiST. Some have contacted me to see if I'm OK. I am. :) And on Thursday, I got inhalers for my older daughter from a GiST member. We are SO grateful!

5. Yesterday, warmer temperatures returned at last!

6. There is a new medication that is helping me deal with the anxiety I've been feeling. The good side is that it does not numb my feelings, it just soothes the agitation and anxiety so that I can work on the emotional issues. Big help!

7. I am making a little more progress with my step work from ACOA.

8. I finished Schindler's List and started The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. So far I'm enjoying it. I love historical fiction most of all.