Ugh…yesterday was Monday…..ALL day. It was one of those days when nothing I touched worked right. I went out for a walk around the property before breakfast. The oats were done and Mr. FixIt couldn’t find me. I could hear him yelling that breakfast was ready, but he couldn’t hear me because the air conditioning unit was running. I walked up to the house, went in, and sat down at the bar in the kitchen. I thought maybe he had gone around front so I sat and waited. All of a sudden, I heard him yelling in the bedroom and scared me half to death. He was yelling out the bedroom window for me and I thought he’d fallen or something. Oy.

After breakfast, I made my sourdough starter and it just didn’t look quite right, but I went ahead and mixed up the dough. While it was raising, I got on the computer to do my banking. The internet went out. I got tech support on live chat. Well, ok…I was #3 in the queue. After more than two hours of futzing around with that, they had to schedule a technician to come visit. Oy, again.

I finally got the dough to a place where I could let it rise on its own and Mr. FixIt decided he wanted a hamburger for supper. I thought we would go to the little shop in our little town and get some burger. No…he wanted a real burger. We couldn’t decide where to get one so I took matters into my own hands and when we got there…thirty miles away…the joint was closed. Argh!

We went to Lowe’s and bought light bulbs for over the sink. They didn’t have the bright white…only the cool white. We got home and Mr. FixIt couldn’t work over his head and he knocked down my flying pig that hangs in the window. It broke and I was done. I climbed up on a stool and fixed both lights.

It was time to put the bread in to bake, and…I have no idea what I did wrong, but it was wet and soupy and wouldn’t hold together. There wasn’t anything else I could do with it. The starter wasn’t really strong and I was at the end of its fermentation, so there was no recovering it. I ended up dumping it in the trash. I’m sure I could have done something with it, but I didn’t have anything left in me to try.

I am very familiar with days like this…and I know what causes them. I have been so busy trying to keep everything up around here that I have slacked on in the one thing I know better than to slack off in. I haven’t been keeping up with my devotionals nor have I been spending enough time in the Word. I can always tell when I have veered off course. It’s like being in a row boat in a storm…with no oars and no rudder. I just get tossed about and all I want to do is cry.

So, I made an executive decision. I have an appointment in town today. One quick appointment and a stop for gas. Mr. FixIt has two appointments. He cannot come into mine. And I can’t go into his. We would have to sit in the truck and wait for the other in ninety degree heat. I have hardly had a moment to myself since February. I told Mr. FixIt I would go into my appointment on my own, and he can do his. He’s been doing a little driving here and there and his balance seems to be much better. I’m sure he’ll be fine.

Just knowing I can have some time to spend with God…all on my own…made my spirits pick up. I know I tell you all the time…”You cannot fill someone else’s cup if yours is empty.” But, it’s a whole lot easier to tell someone else than it is to follow my own advice!

I’ll just leave that long Monday alone now and learn from the lesson it taught me. 

Peace, be still.

❤️

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Matthew 6:33-34 NIV