=blessings=

When everything is going wrong, there's always that one thing that breaks the streak....a blessing. I had my blessing today after a few days of disappointments...

As you all know, I spent the weekend in California. It was a good weekend overall. A few family disputes, some hives, puke and cranky kids, but the pool, sun and starbucks kept us alive. My weekend started off with an arguement with my dad. It was a...not so good start to an okay weekend. My grandma's wedding reception was good but incredibly HOT! Imagine, 90 people in 100 degree weather under a tent...yeah, that's right, a tent. Who would rent a tent in that hot of weather in a backyard full of shade already? My family...that's who. It was hotter than hades out there. The tent just kept all of the hot muggy grossness inside of it. It was icky. About 20 minutes into the reception, Hailey takes a pretty nasty spill, killing her knees, poor thing. That left me with a cranky almost 2 year old the rest of the day. After the reception, it was off to the pool. The pool was our saving grace all weekend. :o) The next morning was the morning before the BBQ in honor of my grandpa. That was the morning that was filled with hives and puke. It was a whirlwind of events. My sister went to starbucks and about 10 minutes after she gets back, we realize that the little one, Maddox who is 8 months, has hives all over his body...and they were rapidly spreading. Not just any hives, but big welts. My sister in-law headed off to the emergency room with him. About 5 minutes after that, Hailey pukes all over my brother's couch pillow...and Michael. That leads to both Michael and I not feeling well, neither of us can really handle puke. Hailey cries for about 15 minutes and then is up running around playing just like nothing happened....while mommy is laying down upstairs still feeling gross. Lol. The baby comes back...fine...and full of benedryl. :o) My grandpa's BBQ, well, it was what it was. Tears, laughter and food.

Now here comes the big event. The night we left, we lost our computer and our portable DVD player....within a matter of hours. Michael had carried our computer out to the car and sat it on top of the car to open the door.....it was forgotten. We drove off and it flew off. He realized that he forgot it there about 15 minutes into our journey home. We back tracked and searched for over an hour. We were unable to find it. The computer I saved up for, paid cash for and contained ALL of the pictures I have ever taken of Hailey is gone. Ugh. On one of our stops, rest area or gas station, our portable DVD player must have fallen out. No idea where it ended up.

Where is the blessing in all of this? Well, I had just about given up on my computer when someone answered Michael's Lost and Found add on Craigslist. A fellow UPS employee in Cali. He found it on the 65, on the side of the road. It's only a tiny bit scratched on the top but everything else is fine! How amazing is that? It's now in my brother's hands and will be shipped to us soon. :o)

Well, that was just the great ending to my somewhat crappy weekend. Hope all is well....