Southern Yankee

 Today has been one of the worst days this year! It's Halloween and most of the population is excited about dressing up and getting candy. Me not so much. So I go to work wearing my pajama bottoms and this shirt. I believe satan took it as a challenge. First thing this morning at 4:00 I'm awakened by my child who informs me that she has been throwing up. She then proceeds to throw up for the hour I'm getting ready to go to work. Now mind you she just tested positive for covid. As it gets close to time for me to be leaving  she is starting to have a hard time breathing as she has asthma. I find her inhaler so she can take it. As she begs me not to go to work I tell her I must as there is nobody to cover. Poor thing is very sick as not only her body is fighting this but on Tuesday we had to go to Children's hospital and she was put on antibiotics to fight an infection she has. I proceed to drive to work and a giant buck jumps out of the woods and almost onto my car. I get...

 Sometimes we think this may be true but in all reality we just might be having a bad day or week or even a month. I would say a year but the percentage of having a whole year being a nightmare is like 5%. It may seem like life is out to get you and your at your wits end but take a deep breath and ask yourself am I making this bigger then what it is? Am I overthinking, over tired, hungry, in pain, letting my emotions get the best of me? Sometimes we just need to stop what we are doing, say a prayer or two, be still, be quiet, breathe, take a nap, get a snack, or maybe even put on some music or phone a friend. When you slow down, get your mind to stop thinking so much or get your emotions under control you will see that whatever problems you are facing are not that bad. Life is not out to get you. It's just a few speed bumps you have to get over and things are good again. We are our own worst enemies and we jump from the pan into the fire. Boy does that hurt and let's not forget...

 So I woke up this morning and actually had extra time to get ready and spend some time in the quiet stillness. I grab my keys, start my car and threw out a bag of trash. I get in my car and it shows key undetected so I feel in my pockets and it's not there. So I go all through my car and decide I must have left them in the house. So in I go to look for them, now by this time I am now running late. I look everywhere and can't find them. So my plan at this point is to drive to work and then have my kid pick me up when I get off and go home to look some more. Remind you I only have one set as my other set have been misplaced now for 5 years! As I start to drive down the road I hear a voice that tells me to go look in the trash bag I just put in the trash can. So now I'm definitely going to be late for work. I turn around and get out of the car and get out the trash bag and open it. I start to go through it when low and behold there are my keys! So now off to work I go. I get ...