The day had already been, well, lets say, interesting as it was. It rained all day long--not just rain, but it POURED. There was so much water on the streets that most people were driving pretty slow, and on the inside lane, just to avoid the standing water at the outer edges. And here in Mustang America, there are several places in this town that are prone to 'flood'.
There is a lot of 'crud' going around. And I have gone from being nurse maid to my son(as I am already since he has diabetes)who was dx'd with H1N1 on Tuesday, to being nurse maid to my hubby, who was dx'd with H1N1 today. This man very rarely is sick, and especially not sick enough to stay home from work.
I called to make him an appointment to get in to see the Dr first thing this morning--and of course, they were completely booked. SO, I had to find another Dr, in and around town to get him in to see, and that wasnt until 3:45. About an hour or so before we leave for the Dr, is when the rain starts. And it rains, and rains and rains and rains. Get the picture?
There was SO much water in the parking lot of the drs office, that when I stepped off the sidewalk to get into the car, my shoes were soaked and water was up to my ankles, or just above.
I take hubby home, drive down to my folks wich isnt but a half a mile from my house, to get the kids. Its STILL raining..no wait..pouring. They are all watching a movie and so I decide to just sit and wait for the movie to be over. In the meantime, while waiting..the rain subsides a little bit.
Until Im ready to walk out the door to head back into town to get hubby's script filled. Its raining SO hard that my windshield wipers are going as fast as they can and its still hard to see where to drive.
By the time I get to Walgreens, its roughly 5:45. I go back to the pharmacy and of course, with all the junk going around, they are swamped--the drive through lanes had about 5 cars in EACH lane.
I stand in line just to drop off the script for almost 15 minutes. Once I finally get up to the counter, they get all the information to update it in their system and tell me its going to be about 45 minutes till its ready. (45 minutes??!! geeez)
I debate..go home and come back and pick up the script or just wait. I opt for just waiting. Its Walgreens Im in--and I can waste 45 minutes easy, or at least I am thinking I can.
The kids are entertaining themselves looking at what else? TOYS!! Germ infested, gribby, dirty, nasty toys that who knows who all has touched them. (Ive become extrememly germaphobic in the last few days)
I look at them and very sternly tell them, "DONT TOUCH ANYTHING!"
I finally decide to just go stand and wait back by the pharmacy along with about 5 other people. And with each new person that came back to get scripts filled, they were told it would be 45 minutes as well, before their stuff was filled.
Im standing there looking through a 'free' magazine back by the pharmacy. Both the kids have been going back and forth between the toys and back where I was for a while by then..still touching everything and bringing back anything and everything to say, "Look at this mom!"
Out of the corner of my eye, I see my daughter dancing around, and Im thinking to myself, "What is she doing??" When I actually look up to see what she is doing, I just look at her and start cracking up. She is standing there, looking up at a security monitor, and she's watching herself dance and whatever else she's doing. I gain my composer and tell her, thats enough and to get over there with me.
Ya, that lasts a long time..maybe about 5 minutes and she's right back doing it again. And then the next thing I hear is, "Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man..." Colton's looking at her going, "Will you stop??!!" She just looks at him and then starts singing, "Twinkle twinkle little star..." And she's not quiet about it--she is singing it as loud as she can.
I sit here typing this and think about all of this and I have to smile. Why? Because I had been in that store for an HOUR--and longer, waiting on a perscription to be filled that I was told would only take approximately 45 minutes. AND, I had also heard the techs say, about thirty minutes into me standing there, that they were OUT. YES, I said OUT of that particular med. I ended up having to drive over to another Walgreens that was at good 30 minutes(b/c it was raining so hard still) to get the stuff.
I was tired and aggrevated and did I mention, tired? I had been standing there for so long, I bent down one time to tie Tobi's shoe and I didnt think I would be able to get up. All I could think of was WHY did all of that have to transpire as it did?
I can sit and think about all of it now, and smile. Why? Because the Lord is just amazing and Tobi and her singin and dancin in the middle of Walgreens was just His way of telling me, "Its OK and I AM BIGGER than all that you are dealing with--sickness, frustrations, aggrevations, etc."
And He is.
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