Deedra,....just go right back to bed!

....do you ever have those days when you just know from the beginning it's not gonna be good? Today was one of those days for me! We got in bed around midnight last night due to the fact that we are irrigating right now since there has been no rain here basically all summer. And I kid you not, we laid down, closed our eyes, and 2 seconds later, my husbands fire radio went off. Brush fire, a pretty serious thing since there has been no rain. So, he leaves and I assume my usual "fire during the night worrying position" which would be watching HGTV in bed while waiting on him to come home.

At some point, I fell asleep because my clock went off this morning and he was still out fighting fire and checking the irrigation system. (Happy Father's Day, dear!) Poor Carter didn't sleep either and my first clue this was gonna be a long day came when he fell asleep in his high chair! Seriously! He was jabbering away one minute, asleep the next.








Well, today was a special day at our church because the preacher and his family have been on vacation and we had a big surprise waiting for them when they came home....and I wasn't going to let a cranky sleepy baby, or husband stop me from going to church. Now, why I picked today to sit close to the front, I'll never be able to explain except for lack of sleep, but I did. And my child was bad. I mean.....BAD! He whined and tried to escape and on and on and on....and I realize I should have taken him to the nursery but I'm trying to teach him that he has to be quiet during church and normally he's pretty good.........but not today! I know this because I saw pretty much every woman over 60 turn to see just who's child this was making all the racket! Some even had to lean around their husband to look across 2 isles of pews! Yeah, it was that bad.

To make matters even worse. My hair looked like total crap today. I knew it when I left my house, and had no time to do anything about it. I have long hair that is naturally curly and with this heat lately, it's just basically a sad, frizzy mess. Today I just clipped it in a low ponytail and hoped for the best. Had I known I would be drawing so much attention, I might have made more effort! As I wrestled my child during church, I could feel curl after curl slipping loose and by the time I finally got to a mirror I looked like a bad mug shot.....red eyes and all!

A-N-Y-W-A-Y! The wonderful surprise for the pastor and his family was worth it all! We(the congregation) got them a shiny, new truck! I have known about this surprise for months and almost let it slip to Lisa (the preachers wife) once, (but I didn't!) so I'm glad that the cat is finally out of the bag! The excitement this past week has just been buzzing since they were gone and everyone knew today was the big day!