It’s Sunday night and we were pretty much out of groceries.  I had a meeting to go to and my husband so lovingly suggested I go to the grocery store while I was out, alone.  I think he suggested it 3 times, and he truly was trying to help me out.  The store I wanted to go to was right by where I was going to be on Monday with my 3 kids, ages 6, 4 and 2.  You see the way my mind works is I want to be as efficient as possible with my time and money.  All I can think about is how I would be wasting gas to go on Sunday when I wasn’t going to even be near the store I wanted to shop at but would be near there on Monday.  The obvious choice is to go on Monday, right?  So I went on with my Sunday…

It’s Monday morning and I am TRYING to get out the door with my 3 kids.  They are not being very cooperative, but we finally get in the car to begin my efficient day.  We head to that store, that I couldn’t waste gas to go to “alone” and explain to the kids how they should act in the store, again.  My older 2 have been pretty good on our errand running trips, but now we have a wild card.  A blond haired blue eyed little volcano, who could erupt at any time.  Not thinking of how hard it is to pick up diapers with 2 and the volcano, I am going to attempt shopping? The key word attempt…  We began okay, but it wasn’t long before the volcano erupted and took out the other 2 with her lava.  There are just those days, where I just know everyone who sees this is thinking “and she’s pregnant again?  She can’t even handle what she has.”  This day I was a thermometer, and was not understanding why they were acting this way.  And then I thought back to my husband’s wise question, and the 3 times he asked it.  But oblivious, hard headed me, totally missed what he was saving me from, a volcano that can erupt at any time, and if she hasn’t in the last 5 minutes, wait…..for…… it…..  It’s coming!    Our life right now is in a season where sanity has to come before efficiency.  I give my husband credit for seeing something I didn’t, but next time can you please spell it out for me?  Show me the word picture so I can not only save myself, but our children and all those who had to witness the debacle of a shopping trip because I had to be efficient.  Sometimes it’s just not worth it!

Now to look at the good that came of it I got a new grill for a great deal, even though I could have probably gotten it on Sunday….