Friday morning I posted a prayer for the day on my blog.  Here are the results of that prayer:

Friday a.m. (just after posting) "Honey, the school supply section here at Wal-mart looks like a tornado went through it. I think you need to buy the supplies yourself. I can’t find anything.  Don’t come here though, go to the next Wal-mart."  (The background for this is that ds(17) and dd(14) came home from public high school the day before with a list of things they absolutely HAD to have ASAP.  DH thought it wise to go ahead and get the supplies before they were picked over.  Ha!!!)  Two Wal-marts and an Office Depot later, we finally had everything we needed.   

Friday p.m.: “Mom, are you guys coming to the concert tonight?  We need you to run the merchandise table.”  Truthfully, no, we weren’t planning to come. I’d already had my bath, but of course I said, “One of us will be there as soon as we can.” 

Sunday 8:15 p.m. “Honey, can you go sit with C. for a little bit. She’s very upset about M.” (DH was at the hospital with M. and family.  M. is dying. C. is M’s step-daughter.).

Monday

5:00 a.m.  "Mom! I just threw up!" (DD10 has had the crud all week.)

9:45 a.m. The Drive-thru bank teller forgets to give me my cash. Fortunately I catch the mistake before pulling out.

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. DD10 and I make a visit to the doctor’s office.  (She has bronchitis.)

11:15a.m. - 2:00 p.m. DD10 and I eat at Mazzios (pizza), get prescriptions filled and buy groceries at Wal-mart before heading to see March of the Penguins (Which I thought was good - very educational with great footage.  DD thought it was boring.). 

1:55 p.m. “Honey, I wanted to call and let you know M. died just a few minutes ago.

2:15 p.m.  DH buzzes my cell phone just after the movie starts. As quietly as possible I exit the theater before answering.  I don’t catch it in time.

2:17 p.m. DH’s cell phone is busy.

2:20 p.m. DS(17) buzzes my cell phone (After I was back in my seat of course) to tell me DH has had an accident.

2:25 p.m. DH calls again to tell me it was only a fender bender and he’s ok.

3:30 p.m. Movie ends. 

3:45 – 4:15 p.m. I pull into Kroger to pick up chicken and milk which is on sale.  They're out of milk.  The shortest line is, of course, the cashier in training, the conveyer belt eats my Kroger Card, and I have to fill the form out THERE to get a new one.

4:25 p.m. I'm late 25 minutes late picking up dd(14) from band camp.  (She forgives me because I brought her a cold drink).  She greets me with, "Mom! I HAVE to have a copy of  The Pigman ASAP!" (Now The Pigman was one of her summer reading assignments which she read and returned to the library.  She received her study sheet today and didn't remember as much of the story as she needed to. )

4:45 p.m. "I'm sorry, there are no more copies of The Pigman available at any of our branches.  Books a Million is sold out.  There were three copies this morning at....." UGH!

5:30 p.m. "When and what's for supper?"

Here’s what I had prayed:

Dear Lord,

     Help me see the spills, mishaps, frustrations, interruptions, and annoyances of this day for what they really are:  Opportunities to allow Your love, grace, and mercy to be revealed through me.

Amen.

Be careful what you pray for.

P.S. I'm not sure just how much love, grace, and mercy I reveald.  Maybe that's why He kept giving me other chances to do it right.

P.S. P.S. Today was much calmer.  The librarian called to say a copy of The Pigman had come in and they would hold it for me.