One of those days...

A "brief" rundown:

Joanna woke up a little earlier than I'd like this morning, but not too bad -- we had a nice time getting ready for school/work. We stopped on the way to the church to take care of Didi the dog. That went smoothly. I realized then that I'd forgotten Joanna's nap mat. Oops. (I should probably just leave that thing in the car.) I decided to go ahead and drop her off then run home for it. I was thinking about skipping staff meeting this morning to get some things done at home anyway. I dropped Joanna off, let people know I'd be back in the afternoon, and headed out to the car... which wouldn't start. My NEW car...wouldn't start. It wasn't the battery I was pretty sure -- the lights came on, the radio would play, the ding you don't have your seatbelt fastened dinged. But the engine wouldn't make any kind of enginy noise at all. I sat there thinking, "have I forgotten how to drive; am I missing something; am I doing something wrong?" I called Matt a few times 'till he answered and he had me try a few things. I decided then that I would head back into the church, NOT skip staff meeting, and get some work done. I had a soft blanket in the car that I brought over to Joanna's classroom so she'd have something to nap on. Then a few minutes before staff meeting, I grabbed my keys and went to check on the van again. It started. Wanna know why? When I wanted to leave with the intention of skipping staff meeting, it wouldn't start. When I just wanted to make sure it was working, it started just fine. I clearly was supposed to be at staff meeting today. Whatever. I felt a ton better after that though. After staff I headed home to get Joanna's nap mat and grab something to eat before my afternoon meetings. I was stressing a little trying to figure out some possible childcare after MDO. I had my regular 1:30 worship planning meeting followed by a Christmas Eve worship planning at 2:30. Joanna gets picked up at 2:30. I of course just found out about this today so had no time to make real arrangements. I decided to just bring snacks and stickers and stay as long as I could with Joanna. I really wanted to be at as much of the meeting as possible so that I could get nice and caught up/ahead with everything before Baby Sister's arrival. Just about as soon as I got home, though, I got the call from Ms. Joan (Joanna's teacher). Joanna had a fever. So nevermind needing to make any kind of arrangements for this afternoon. Nevermind all the stuff I have to do around the house. My day had just been reprioritized.

Writing about it now, it all seems so trivial. Earlier though, it was a very rough day emotionally. I'm tired. And I want chocolate.

Joanna snuggled on me for a little nap when we got home, hopefully she'll take another one later. I can tell the Tylenol has kicked in; she's got more energy. I think she was feeling achy earlier; she kept saying "ow." How sad! Hopefully this will run it's course quickly. I hate to think of her so pitiful (although I do love the snuggles) and I have a lot of work to do!