Not Such A Long Day After All

I had one of those days today. I had a bunch of things to do, more than I could do, and I was sure I was going to miss something important. I got up and picked up my kids at 7, took my daughter to school, played Pokémon with my son, got him ready for school, got me ready for work, dropped my son off at school and drove to work.

I got to work in the middle of crunch mode with three top priorities with no clear "most important" thing to do. I had planned on working late because there was just too much to do. I was stressed out by some of the political things going on. It really bugs me that I cannot vote in a primary or a caucus because I will not affiliate with any party. It bugs me that my boss does not know what I do most of the day and I cannot seem to explain it to his satisfaction. It drives me crazy when people change all the stuff I am working on but do not tell me so I find out later, when I am already behind. It is very hard when the things that I want most in this life are incompatible with each other and so I go without many things that I really want for the other things that I really want.

I did end up getting some stuff done and I do feel very blessed but I was tired. At 5 o’clock I was ready to go home and so I left after talking to my friend Dave for an hour so he could not go home early either (Sorry Dave, thanks for listening).

But when I got home I found this:


And it was not such a bad day after all. I had my Family Home Evening with just me, watched Alison Krauss and Robert Plant on CMT, and ate my pudding. Now I remember why I love my kids so much. Thanks for the pudding Bryan!