Before I get started, I thought I'd share some quotes from our Saint friends on humor and laughter...
“Laugh and grow strong,”
~St. Ignatius
“From silly devotions, and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us”
~St. Theresa
“The sense of humor salts all his escapades.”
~St. Francis of Assisi
“A heart filled with joy is more easily made perfect than one that is sad.”
~St. Philip Neri
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.”
~G. K. Chesterton
I used to be a fairly organized person. Kept my calendar up to date. Was on time to all our appointments and activities and obligations. But then, God sent kids our way. One right after another. All the way up to 9! Yeah, that's a LOT of kids to love, keep track of, feed, clothe, teach, bathe, and on and on. Then they started with outside activities. Music lessons, sports, theater, playdates, parties, jobs, and on and on. It's hard to keep track of everything. That little square on my wall calendar is too small for all that we do, especially on our busy days when we are at multiple activities and going many different directions. Anyways, excuse, excuse, excuse (yeah, I'm good at those).
Last week, our sweet Rose got an invitation to a birthday party for one of her friends. I read the invitation and marked the calendar for the coming week and realized we had less than a week to get something bought. We went shopping with little notice and were ready to go on the party day. She was so excited to go. We fed her an early lunch. Got her all dressed as a princess and her hair all done up by her big sissy. We hop in the van and head off. With good time actually!! We were going to show up like 5 minutes early. Go me!!! Total pat on the back moment, I tell ya! Anyways, about a few minutes from home, I had a feeling that I better check the party time to make sure I was right with my times, as I am a very distracted person with constant interruptions in my days. And by golly, I realize that the party was not that day - it was in ONE MORE WEEK!!! We were not only headed to a party five minutes early, but a whole STINKIN' WEEK EARLY!! LOL!! Yeah, that's been my week - can barely keep track of anything.
Needless to say, when I call hubby to let him know and to laugh with me on my stupid error, he suggests that maybe we start using our phones to plan our calendar instead of our overfilled and crammed wall calendar. Not really the reason for my screw up here. Just a silly dense moment when I was planning so far ahead and was messed up in my weeks.
Anything funny happen in your neck of the woods this week? Please share on. Let me laugh a little about someone else's funny moment instead of my own.