Juggle This...

Sometimes you just have to know when to give up, chalk it up to a bad day and have a glass of wine. Sometimes there's just not much else to do. I tried crying for a bit. That didn't do much good. Next was whining and moping- fun for NO one and not the least bit productive. So I sucked it up, picked up my babies with a smile on my face and headed into Wal-Mart. At 5:30. A week before Christmas. In the customer service department. Was I glutton for punishment? Maybe. But it's not like I can just run into Wal-Mart after my coffee and morning workout... (Ahhh, a girl can dream, can't she?!) So- long story but as I was leaving an hour later I decided I will not be using the site to store service ever. Again. Ever.
I called ahead and told the hubby he needed to have a glass of wine waiting for me and- if he really wanted a happy wife- a bubble bath. I wiped the dust off my books on the nightstand (that I can NEVER stay awake to read) and hopped in the tub (with the 38 bath toys and 12 Barbies.) The book I grabbed happened to be Tina Fey's Bossypants. Do I think it was a coincidence that I turned to the chapter entitled 'Juggle This?' Not quite!
Sometimes I can get through the week feeling fairly accomplished- everyone was fed, clothed, happy, fairly kind to another, we laughed a few times, got to bed on time on few nights, I was on time to work at least once, and maybe- if I'm REALLY lucky- I cooked and meal or two AND got some laundry done (but not put away- duh.) Sometimes at work I feel like I did ok- taught my kids a thing or two and made a difference here or there. But sometimes I feel like I suck. I feel like I can't do anything well because I've got too much going on. But this is my reality. I can't change it. I just have to keep telling myself that I've got this. Is every day going to be good? No. Am I going to screw up sometimes? For sure. But at the end of the day, life is good, I am blessed, and tomorrow is a new day!