The weather here has just been terrible this week.
It snowed most of the day yesterday.
This morning the snow was completely gone because of overnight rain that continued throughout the day.
That rain turned to a blizzard-like snow approximately five minutes before I had to head out the door with my three kids to the clinic for an eye appointment.
I did not want to go to that appointment at all.
I was already dreading it becasue it was in the middle of nap tim, but I am in desperate need of new contacts and it’s nothing but my own fault that I don’t have them.
My biggest fault, well…one of my biggest…is procrastination. I procrastinate where there is no good reason to do so.
I have been ordering my contacts through 1-800-contacts and having them shipped here. That was working just great for me, until my prescription ran out. When you see a note on their site that they actually check that your prescription is valid…it’s true.
Which is a good thing, unless you have been procrastinating having a new eye exam for the last year.
I got a good taste of reality discipline myself when I had to live without contacts for the last month while I was waiting on an appointment with the optomotrist here.
And that appointment fell in the middle of nap time on a day that we were experiencing some pretty crazy weather conditions.
So, I woke Will from his nap. Oh, how I hated to do that! And loaded everyone in the car. This one small, seemingly simple task took more fortitute that I probably ever had in my younger years.
I could not believe how the snow was coming down on our way to the clinic!
I decided to dig Will’s stroller out of the back of the van and use it. I’m still not sure if that was a good decision or not. It did get us in the door a little quicker than it would have took carrying Will, my bag, and holding onto the girls’ hands. But this stroller is so incredibly hard to maneuver that I was completely frustrated with it. And, of course, the elevator to the second floor where the optometrist’s office was out of order, so it really didn’t even get used inside the building.
During our time in the waiting room, inital eye exams, and appointment with the doctor, I had to manage three small children that wanted to ask a bizillion questions and squirm all over the place. Well, mainly, two little girls that wanted to ask a bizillion questions, and one little boy that wanted to squirm all over the place and touch everything!
In the time that we were at my appointment, maybe a total of an hour, the car was completely covered in snow!!!
Ugh!
After a quick stop at the commissary to get contact solution, I was so relieved to finally be inside my warm home. I made hot chocolate for the kids and changed meal plans to pizza and cheese sticks! I jsut wanted to sit back, relax, and enjoy the afternoon in comfort after having such a stressful afternoon.
I try not to be too negative in general, and especially here…but at the moment, I’ll just let you on two little secrets that my sound quite negative.
I don’t like deployments, I’m not crazy about Germany, and I really don’t like the snow!
But I’m dealing with both of them right now. And it’s okay. We will get through this time with faith, determination, perseverance, and love, and we’ll be so much better for it.
I hope all of you are having a great week! I really regretted missing out of Tackle it Tuesday today, but right now, I’m thinking I tackled quite a bit today, with braving the snow to finally get my eyes examined.
I’ll have a post up at tomorrow for the Scrabble Tile Pendants tutorial. I can go ahead and forcast that I won’t be first on the Mr.Linky for that one…I’ll probably post it my afternoon.
I’m also hoping to start a new Valentine’s series to share my love story. I’ll be linking up to We Are THAT Family‘s SWAK carnival.
Sidnie says
BIG HUGS!!
I wish I would have caught you before you had left!
I’m not a fan of the cold, dreary, yucky weather here either— especially when it means I have to get the boys out in it…
Just think—
Next winter, our guys will be HOME!! And we can plan to run errands and such without the little ones!!
XOXO.
Suzanne says
It sounds like we’re having similar weather patterns – it has been snowing all afternoon and school was closed a bit early.
I also really HATE having to wake kids up from naps. It has become so much easier to do things now that we’re beyond that stage – though I do miss the ‘quiet time’ a bit.
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Happy Mama says
I think it sounds like three But you know what in the whole time I have been reading your blog this is the first I can remember you being Negative…Though your negative sounds pretty good to me. I have contacts with some Really negative people and ya know what I’ll Take your Negatve ANY DAY!!!!!!
So I hope your week gets better! I will be praying for you my friend and it is Okay to vent sometimes! At least you resolved to have a bright outlook!
Love you!
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Holly says
Wow that is some seriously crazy snow!
I’ve never thought about ordering my contact lenses online. I always just buy them straight from the optometrist, but maybe I’ll look into that in the future.
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Jennifer Scruggs says
Sweet friend—
I don’t think you were being negative– you were being REAL and HONEST about HARD circumstances. There is nothing wrong with admitting things are hard and unpleasant. You are not wallowing, You have your focus right and your joy intact. Your current calling makes me think of 1 Peter 1:3-7 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade- kept in heaven for you who through faith are sheilded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith– of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire– may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
Stand firm! These current trials WILL result in HIS GLORY in your life. I can already see SO MUCH of HIM in YOU– even over the internet across the ocean. Love you friend! Praying for you!!!
LifeAtTheCircus says
Thank you for being real and sharing your life with us.
I am sorry you had such a HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (reminds me of Alexander). I think it is great you made the best of it though and had a low key evening afterwards. Way to be flexible!
Hopin for some sunshine today!
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