Giving up

      Some days are great, and I feel so blessed to be alive and just be me. Other days are awful. Today was awful. This morning,  I began my day by finding out my hubby had run out of a necessary clothing item. Oops!  Then, I was greeted by a pee accident on the floor of my daughter's bedroom. It had gone all through the carpet to the sub-flooring beneath, and I had to move the bed frame in order to allow the floor to dry. (At this point, I was hollering for God's help!) Next a poopy diaper leaked on my stairs when I tossed it down. This all happened 15 minutes before I was supposed to leave. I didn't keep my cool, and I wasn't on time for the girl's art class. I had to apologize several times.
     I thought I just had a rough start, but after getting groceries, more "fun" ensued. I put my daughter in charge of our dog, so I could get tweezers from inside  to remove a tick on a cat. When I came down, she confessed she had forgotten she was in charge of the dog...and we had no idea where he was. A few minutes later, he sheepishly wandered up the driveway with something dark brown all over the front half of his body. It smelled very much like some foul poop. Oh how I love my keen sense of smell during pregnancy. It's all I could do to keep from vomitting. My negligent daughter had the job of bathing him; but when he escaped from the bathroom, I dragged him back to the shower myself. That's when I noticed the tick embedded in his ear. I've successfully taken out several since our move, but this one came apart piece by piece. Our dog lost quite a bit of hair around the site due to my trouble, and he still smelled awful.  At that point, I just gave up on my day going any better. I relaxed, and realized it would all be over soon...eventually bedtime will come. I always aim to have our school done by early afternoon,  but today it wasn't done till 6pm--not a shining example of the joys of homeschooling, but we did have fun playing a couple of card games during math for my second grader that taught sums of ten. Sometimes it is easier to just give up your notions of how your day should go, enjoy the good moments that are there, and laugh at the bad ones.
     I'm super thrilled that we will be taking advantage of Disney homeschool days next week, and a vacation sounds really, really good after a day like today.