31 days to whole ~ day 24 and 25 ~ stuff still happens…
I am typing this in the wee hours of Monday morning. Another night of menopausal insomnia has struck again. I know this is just a season and with the changes I have already made to my diet and activity level, it has improved. However, it’s still a pain in the patootie. I really do like sleep. It makes me happy.
Change is a part of life. Some things are expected and others surprise you. I thought that once Courtney went home to heaven, life would calm down and bad stuff would stop happening.
Ha!! Little did I know.
Stuff still happens. Cars break down, sinks back up and water heaters die glorious and floodlike deaths. Life still brings with it all the drama and chaos wether Miss Courtney is this side of heaven or not.
What’s different is how I handle it now.
Once you go through a traumatic event, such as the death of a child, it really does put everything else in perspective. Yes, car repairs stink but it’s just a car, not a person. Yes, backed up sinks may make me panic and run around like a screaming banshee. However, this does not solve the problem. You still have to clean up the disaster it leaves behind, no matter how bad it smells. But again, it’s a sink, not your mother or father being rushed to the hospital hanging on for dear life.
Yes, hot water heaters spewing water everywhere is loads of fun. NOT! Trying to figure out how to replace it when you are just beginning to break even financially for the first time in seven years, may cause you to rethink this whole “trust in God” concept. Again there is a blessing in the fact that Miss Courtney is in heaven and no longer in need of hot water making the three cold showers you have survived almost comical in there lack of suffering.
Stuff still happens and we have to figure out a way to get it all taken care of without losing our determination to change or sabotage our eating habits. Yes, the pressure is on when facing a crisis but it is totally up to me to choose how I respond. Will I go for the two pounds of dark chocolate or will I go for the Rosary and a cup of tea as I plead our cause once more to the Lord.
I choose prayer and patience. I choose cold water for today until the Good Lord shows us how to fix it. I know it will be done and without me losing my mind or deciding to binge on pie.
Once day at a time…one crisis at a time…one cold shower at a time.
🙂 Cold showers and rosaries here we go.
I wish I could sleep too! I am up with a stomach flu- all around not fun. Home repairs seem to pop up at the worst times, like Christmas Day, or the coldest/hottest day of the year…I am sorry to hear about the recent water heater meltdown! I will say my prayers for you, that everything works out smoothly, and soon! You can do it, best of luck with the whole 30, I am so impressed!
Most be the homes stresses of the day. This month I had car repairs, broken hot water heater … however my Back up was the potty :/ Bleck. I'll take a sink next time please God lol. Thanks for the continued lessons in perspective! ! Xoxox
Cold showers and rosaries, yes. I once spent an entire summer with cold showers – it's amazing what you can get used to. (Of course, this was Texas, in the summer). Hang in there. I always love that quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot, and hang on." But when I think about it, I think about the Rosary, no need for a knot, there is the cross at the end for us to hang onto. Prayers for you today.
Ack! Stuff never ends….but think of the blessing of a cold, clean shower which so many others can't even dream of! (I'm thinking a lot about how rich we Americans are after a visit from the Missionaries of the Poor at Mass yesterday.) The good news is that cold showers are good for your metabolism!!
So this may sound silly and you may be uninterested, but have you ever heard of s bucket bath? It's not glamorous, but if you have a 5gallon bucket or even a 2-3 gallon bowl/pitcher/bucket it will work. Get a quart-sized plastic bowl or cup, fill the large bucket/bowl with water you've heated on the stove and some from the tap and take said bucket and bowl to the shower. You use the bowl to splash the water on yourself and you'll be surprised that there will be enough water pressure from that little bowl to even wash your hair clean! Splash up, suds up, and rinse off. Not glamorous but better than a freezing cold shower in my book 🙂 prayers for you and your family!! Thank you for your inspiring sense of humor through life's difficult times!