A Deep Breath….

I must have gotten out on the wrong side of bed this morning….I think it’s the timber company’s fault…they decided that a little after 5AM was a nice time to pick up all the wood they chopped down….or I shouldn’t say all, he leaves some so he has a reason to come back the next day at a little after 5AM and wake me…the hum of his truck and movement of his crane is like an alarm clock I can’t turn off…grrrrrrrr…..

We’ve had some weird things happening around here lately and today another thing happened- I went to find my face powder from my makeup bag and it was gone…a week or so ago my deodarant also disappeared only to reappear on my bathroom sink the next day as if it had never been gone. I’m hoping the same will happen with my face powder but I’m not holding my breath…the other weird thing is twice now our one black and white cat, Oreo, has gotten himself into the apartment mysteriously…no one has been up there and yet we have heard his cries from the apartment twice now, opened the door and he comes strolling out as if to ask, “what took you so long?” There is no explaination for how he is getting into the apartment- but the Captain is coming home soon and he has answers for everything…

Went to put the dogs in the dog pen before work and I couldn’t get the one side shut…the door is so heavy that it didn’t hang right and the lock wouldn’t slide into where it was suppose to be. Afraid to take chances the dogs could get out while we are gone and scare the heebee jeebees out of someone (by size alone) I put everyone back inside the house- two girls in the bathroom with the door shut and baby gate down and two in the living room. Sarah and Julia were the last ones out of the house and they have closed everything down before without problem- so I went off to work blissfully unaware……

Work was caotic..I just was off all day and in a foul mood…nothing hit me right and I was grumpy feeling at the drop of a hat..we had 15 kids and it was one of the first days in a long time we’ve had almost a full house (we were missing one kid) and a lot of the little angels are not feeling well, so they cry and are miserable and all that rubbed me the wrong way today- it was hard to muster up any- OH POOR BABY feelings…I was just grrrrrrrrr all day….Thankfully it was a short day so I came home thinking I’d just relax until the kids came and we’d take the lionesses and the old lab for a long walk to stretch their legs…as I pulled up into the driveway the old lab came waddling over to the car…I stopped the car- cursing under my breath at those darn kids for somehow forgetting Heidi outside- but it was Heidi so I wasn’t too concerned…but then out of the corner of my eye I caught one of the lionesses….Birdy come bouncing out of the woods and down toward the car…SHIT!!!! She’s been out all day too??? God- this was why I didn’t put any in the dog pen- scared they’d get out and scare poor helpless hikers in the woods…not that I think they’d ever do anything but they are big and they bark…until they see if you are friend or foe…and anything big, barking and alone in the woods- I’d walk away from scared to death of…so I didn’t want that and when I saw Birdy come bouncing out of the woods like Tigger on Winnie The Pooh…my heart sank. I was scared to death I’d find a note or something from the police warning me to keep my dogs confined or something..ugh…Unlocked the front door still wondering how these two got out and the other two had managed to open the bathroom door and open the baby gate and let themselves out into the living room where Heidi and Birdy had been….so I put Birdy in the car- took the other two out to the dog pen which now closed just fine (of course) and came and brought Birdy and Heidi inside..went downstairs and the door to the hall downstairs and the outside door were wide open!!!! ARRRGGGGHHHHH KIDS!!!!!! Of course all three of mine deny having been anywhere close to that door in the last two or three days…but it magically opened. The kid’s theory is the almost 13 year old lab who can hardly walk jumped up and opened not one but TWO doors and kindly let she and Birdy out for a little fresh air. I told them if that was the case we’d never have to let her in the front door she could just come herself…but that isn’t the case.

I have a meeting to go to for work tonight- not in the mood at all- I want to close my eyes and forget about today…but I’ll put on my smile for a few more hours and go and then come home and try and get some rest- as long as nothing else happens while I’m gone..

I’ll leave you with a couple photos that bring me peace…a deep breath in a hectic day…hope they give you the same feeling…until next time folks…