Just For Laughs...

Can I please be back at this beach in Maui?  Yesterday was just one of those days! 

I woke up feeling AMAZING!  These days have been few and far between lately so I knew I had to take advantage!  I should start by mentioning that I live on a farm.  I'm fortunate that I live relatively close to a decent shopping town.  After a twenty mile drive, I have access to Wal-Mart, some grocery stores, and a few select clothing stores.  Lucky me!  Anyways, this twenty mile drive makes shopping trips a little bit of a process.  I try to cram all of my errands into one day so I don't have to make multiple trips in a week.

Welcome to the chaos of my life.  I start by getting myself and the girls all dressed up.  These days are rare for us so it's fun to dress up nice and have a girls day out on the town!  Then I feed the baby her bottle, pack the diaper bag (complete with warm water, diapers, formula, snacks, juice, wipes, blankets, burp rags, etc).  I have a bit of a problem with over-planning and always worry that I'll forget something.  I load the girls into the car, turn on "Tangled" for my toddler to watch on the drive, and we're off!

This usually goes without a hitch, but yesterday (as I mentioned) was just one of those days!  We've all had them.  The days where nothing goes right and it seems as if your head might not actually be attached to your body!  Yup, that was me!  The frazzled, POTSie, Mom with no brain and my head in the clouds!  I get all the way to town before I realize my wallet is back at home.  I have no credit cards, drivers license, or cash.  Ugh!  So, I call my amazing hubby who works in town and he agrees to get me some cash and meet me at the mall.  I'm a lucky lady to have him!  Wonderful!  I put the cash in my purse, do some shopping at the mall, and then we meet the hubby for lunch.

After lunch, I run to my least favorite place on the earth (Wal-Mart).  Nothing against shopping there, it's just always crowded, I always make 80 trips back and forth across the store trying to find the things I need, and then proceed to stand in line for an hour because only four of the twenty check-out lines are open.  I gather up all the necessities in life (formula, diapers, fingernail polish, just the basic things moms can't live without)!  It's finally my turn at the check-out and half-way through scanning my "necessities" I realize the cash my hubby so nicely brought to me is in my purse...in the car.  You have got to be kidding me!!!  Anyone with POTS (or any other chronic illness) can understand how this sent me into an absolute tailspin!  The angel of a checkout lady said it was no problem and she would hold the items for me.  I proceed to race out to the parking lot with my cart filled with two little girls and a car seat.  Just a little reminder, my heart races to about 120 beats per minute just by standing in place.  I can't even imagine how fast it was racing after sprinting to the parking lot and back with a cart full of kids!  Wow!  Just another "simple" shopping trip in the life of a POTSie!

That beach is looking better and better all the time!      

"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved."  Psalm 55:22

Amy

P.S.
   My current good-read: "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy.  I'm only about half-way through it, but it's very enjoyable.  It's set in west Ireland and it's one of those books that follows about ten different characters.  Very enjoyable so far!