After the 9th day of work on Project Master Bath (which has quickly turned into Project Hallway, Living Room, and Basement), we decided to watch the Tom Hanks classic, The Money Pit, for a few laughs. It was fantasic to giggle at Tom Hanks' misfortunes in the movie, misfortunes that we could somewhat relate to.... but the laughing stopped the very next day when we ran into more termite damage, no internet, brown water from the faucets, some sort of insect outbreak, holes in the ceiling and walls, and torn up carpet. All in all, it's safe to say that I had a rather large meltdown. I mean, ladies, who wouldn't! On top of it all, my one dog was projectile vomiting on the hour and my other dog got into a dog fight with the neighbor dog.... so theres the dog imitating the Exorcist and the dog imitating a pirate with his one eye closed up after being scratched.
So Pirate and Pukey and I tried laying down for a nap to take the edge off.... just as the power saw started up. Needless to say, my nap was unsuccessful and I was A LITTLE edgy (meaning my husband could have sliced a BRICK with my edges).
Seeing my need for a break, my parents had an evening out to give me and my man a little time together. What did we do? He took a quad ride into the woods and watched a movie on his computer. I showered and blow dried my hair for the first time since this project began (blow drying my hair that is... I HAVE showered in the last 2 weeks!). I also did my nails and watched my own movie... Today, however, our grumpiness seems to have greatly subsided today. Apparently we needed alone time BEFORE we were ready for together time:)
well as mother to "wifey" it seems life has been a little strained to say the least, termite damage, dealing with the termites flying all over outside that day, the mess now down in all the main living areas and still no floor does tend to bring a higher level of stress. However whatching the Money Pit w/Tom Hanks was a little therapeutic; we had no idea it would be needed to help turn our project into gutt wrenching, lunatic sounding laughter; what else can we do to survive all this madness? so it did help but veiwing it in someone elses life and actually living it out yourself is indeed more painful. But we are making progress, and after time alone with my man as well with an evening out away from it all, time to visit and then church/God time today; I believe we all have a new prospective and alot better attitudes today. I am thankful for any step fwd and I am thankful that during all this chaos; God is teaching us all some things about each other, about ourselves and about HIM so this is good. Tomorrow will be brighter and it's always darkest before the dawn....and God is still blessing.....smile.
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