The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

What a weird and amazing day all wrapped into one!  Started the morning off by not waking up to my alarm so we were in high alert mode trying to get ready. Once we got to the car it was partially frozen so Caleb helped me navigate.  Got to work and jumped head first into the tasks at hand.  Forgot my leftovers for lunch (and ate crackers for breakfast) so I went to Subway to eat healthy.  Well anybody who knows the Subway on Columbia knows that the parking stinks.  I was pulling into a spot and scraped the back bumper of the pickup next to me.  I got out to survey the damage to his truck and there was nothing.  No scuff or mark, solid as a rock.  I figured my car was fine and went to get my sandwich.  I later noticed while taking the garbage out at work that I had actually dented and cracked the front left fender of my car.  Oy vay!  Then as I was working this afternoon I noticed that my sweater had gotten caught in the caster and tore the pocket part way off.  By that point I was feeling way overwhelmed.  My awesome sister Jessica called to see if they could come over for FHE (that's Family Home Evening for any non-LDS readers) so they could help start our spring cleaning.  My mom and sister were already coming over for FHE to do that.  I readily agreed - many hands make light work.  But then I started agonizing on what I would feed my kids for dinner and I wanted to get the house picked up before people actually started showing up.  So I called up my saint of a mother and asked if the kids could come over there and have dinner so I could get home and get it settled before everyone showed up and she readily agreed.  Start time was set for 6:30 and I arrived home from work about 6:15.  Luckily everyone was fashionably late so I didn't have to rush and stress myself out.  I had 8 family members and between all 11 of us both kids rooms were cleaned and organized.  The basement family room, Wii room and laundry were all cleaned and organized.  Sonny cleaned my Dyson within an inch of it's life and took the old mattress set to the garage for junk days.  My mom and sister took bags of blankets and towels home to wash for me to help get my laundry out of control.  The Christmas tree and decorations are finally down and we are starting to get somewhere.  There is still a lot to do but what we get done was so fantastic!  What we got done in 1-2 hours time would've taken me days to do alone.  I still have a lot of stuff to go through to get ready for the garage sale and my room will take a day of it's own but we're getting there.  I AM SO BLESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have a big attitude of gratitude today for all that the Lord has given me.  I would be nowhere without the love and support of my family.  I so hope I get to return the favor someday.  Even though I felt like nothing was going right today in the end it was the perfect day.  I hope you all had an excellent day too!