A Rough Day

You know it's not going to be a great day when your laptop gets run over first thing in the morning.

Some people live in an equestrian community. We aren't that wealthy, so we live in a 'duck' community. Lots of ducks, everywhere. And the little ducklings are so cute, we just have to stop and feed them sometimes. Well, this morning I took a second to feed them some bread, but in my haste and unbeknownst to Aimee, I set our lunch bag and my laptop bag next to the rear wheel of the car. I didn't know Aimee was going to start the car and back up though. Some of our lunch was ruined, and the laptop, although it looked okay and actually still works okay, has a completely shattered screen. It's my work computer, but thankfully I hook it up to a dock at work so I have a seperate monitor at my desk. Work was pretty good about it.

The day was going okay until the afternoon. The tasks were just piling on faster than I could complete them. And to top if off, an emergency came in at 5:24PM, 6 minutes before I typically leave for the day. The nature of our work many times involves court deadlines, so if something needs to be done, you just need to bite the bullet and do it. So I did. And I was at work until 8:30 PM.

And did I mention Aimee and I were hosting a Crown Financial class at our house at 7:30 PM that night? Thankfully Aimee was able to get a ride home just in time, while people stood outside wondering why we weren't there. The worst part for me was that I knew all the ducks crapped all over the sidewalk, and I initially planned to clean that before anyone came over. And of course we had no time to straighten up the house.

But as always, God's providence and provision came through. That afternoon Aimee and I decided to hop over to Panera Bread for lunch instead of eating our packed lunch (the newly repacked lunch, not the one with the exploded yogurt.) That turned out to be a good move because we ended up eating our lunch for dinner while I was still working - otherwise we wouldn't have had any dinner!

And I like to leave it to God to put the icing on the cake. I don't know if there is cake in heaven, but if there is its probably the best cake ever. When I got home that night, the Crown class was already in progress, so I cleaned the kitchen and dining area a bit and prepped some snacks since Aimee didn't have time to before the class. As people were leaving that night, I noticed a large box we had received via UPS. Neither of us were expecting a box, but the unabomber isn't around any more so I wasn't concerned. Plus it was from my aunt. Upon opening it we were overjoyed to find a basket of gifts in preparation for the baby. There was an ear thermometer, a piggy bank, lots of cute outfits for the baby, and some bathing supplies. In short, it was perfect, and it was stuff we needed.

I'm not sure if my aunt and uncle who sent it are reading this blog, but thank you very much. It was a great end to a not-so-great day.