Here we are now! Entertain us!

Today was one of those days where everything just teeters out of control. We woke up to rain pounding on the sleet and snow we got last night. School was open (we called to check) so I got everyone ready, husband and kids set off and I soon jumped in the shower for what would be pretty much my only relaxing moment of the day. Just as I was finishing up, Melrose ran into the bathroom yelling something about school being canceled. Seems the teachers arrived to find a pipe had broken and flooded a couple of the classrooms, so a decision was made to close for repairs. I took on kid duty all morning so Chip could work, then headed to the office at lunchtime. In the meantime, all sorts of random old projects were popping up left and right (my inbox was like a Whack-A-Mole game) and it seems I am now needed to meet with clients offsite all day tomorrow, even though I really need to be here at my desk writing a report or proofreading several others. And a church prayer series I was planning to attend tonight got canceled due to the weather, so it'll be a long evening here trying to get stuff done. All of which feels like too little, too late. I've promised my time to too many people this week.

I've been reasonably good about Lent so far--I made it to church on Ash Wednesday and this past Sunday, and have been (mostly) doing my readings at night, staying caught up, and not falling asleep during them. But I'm also feeling broken, low, and tired this time of year, and wondering what kind of miracle it will take to get myself back together. I feel like I spend so much time and energy on things that ultimately don't matter much, and not enough time on things that do. How do I change my life to match my priorities? Where do I even begin?

Well, enought thought about that for now. I need to try and actually accomplish something of value to my superiors tonight, then go home and write up, like, 50 valentines for the kids' classmates and teachers tomorrow. I'm sure some of the moms will go all out again and have an entire goody bag to go with each valentine. There's always at least a few who do that. Not me!