Hello loyal blog readers! I am SOOOO sorry for not getting a post up yesterday!!! It just wasn’t my day…
On Sunday night, the talk at Church was all about being present, living in the now and enjoying what is right in front of you because, quite simply, you have no guarantees of tomorrow. It was there and then I decided my focus on Monday would be on my beautiful children…and boy did the powers that be hold me to it!
Elliott woke early howling with teething pain (bloody molars) so I had to abandon my plans to go to the gym and get the washing sorted. No worries, I wanted to be present anyway. While I was feeding him breakfast, I thought I would be sneaky and write Monday’s blog. I opened my laptop, turned it on but there was nothing but a flashing power button and blank black screen to greet me. What the?!?! I tried every technical thing I know…turning it off and on…but to no avail. So I conceded defeat and thought “Righto Universe, you win this round, I will be present with Elliott and write my blog later”. The morning went on with quite a few dramas, the biggest of which being Elliott taking a head first dive off the chair and onto the tiles. What a thump! So I sat on the kitchen floor with him screaming in my arms (and letting me cuddle him so I knew there was something really wrong). Sophie was then balling her eyes out because he fell off the chair as a result of her trying to wipe his face so I had her in my lap too. So there we were, my beautiful children and I sobbing on the kitchen floor…not sure why I was crying, peer pressure perhaps??
Anyway, we made it through the morning (just) and once the kids were down for an afternoon rest, I went to the PC in the office, which I hardly ever use, to type up my blog. I turned it on and discovered there was no keyboard…Mat had swiped it to set up a computer in his shed in order to rebuild a lawn mower motor via “you tube” videos (I live in a circus). No worries, I just put on my brave hat and ventured into his shed to find the keyboard. Only two stubbed toes and one scraped shin later, I was sitting at the PC, keyboard plugged in ready to type. Then I thought to myself “While I am typing, I should upload the photos from my phone so I can send some to Elaine (Mat’s Mum)”. So I got the required cord and plugged it in to the USB port on the front of the computer. It made a really funny sound and I just told it to stop being cheeky (still in Mum mode…I should have known computers don’t make cheeky noises like children nor do the respond to verbal behaviour modification instructions). I then attached my phone to the other end of the cord and BANG! The computer sparked, shouted at me and then started blowing smoke. Shit, shit, shit, I had blown up the PC too. You win again Universe. So I called Mat, who firmly told me “Just don’t touch another f*#!ing thing. Don’t even open the fridge” and I conceded defeat.
The lesson I have learnt from all of this is that I will never make a decision, vow or promise at Church again because the Universe takes these things really seriously. Perhaps a better lesson to take away would be if I decide to be present with my children, then I better flippin well do it. Yes, let’s run with the latter lesson.
So while my computers are at the doctors, I have no idea how frequently I will be able to put up my blog posts. Today I have ventured out in the pouring rain to my Mums house to use her computer (thanks Mum!) but I wont be able to do that every day. I will try my best though to keep blogging because I know you all love it and I love writing it. I will be back as soon as possible I promise! Kate xox
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