The day started badly when we were running late to meet a friend for a photo shoot. The girls were not cooperating with me to get ready and out the door, and when I finally got them all ready and about to load them in the car, I was brilliant enough to push the garage door open and then just a few seconds later push the button for our minivan’s trunk to open. Two powerful, stubborn automatic doors opening at the same time is never a good idea, and the metal lever part on the bottom of the garage got stuck right under the frame piece of the trunk. And it was stuck there good. I pushed the garage door button in hopes that the garage door will start going down and I’d be able to push down the trunk too, but it was stuck together and it had no intentions of coming apart. I tried a couple more times but it just made it worse and the metal lever kept digging in deeper and scratching our brand new car. Not knowing what else to do, I called Jay and waited for him to get home. When he got home, he was able to separate the two in about 5 minutes(I don’t even know how he did it, I ran inside the home to check on the kids and when I came back out, he was done!), but the garage is now broken and the frame piece on the minivan came out and there are deep scratches now.
Thankfully, Jay wasn’t mad and I loaded up the kids and drove 45 mins. to meet a friend. We decided to meet up for lunch first since I was running super late by this time so we had lunch together and then we drove to her studio. I parked my car by the busy road and opened the passenger door to get my stuff out and the door flung open by itself due to the slanted road and smacked right into the metal pole I happened to park right next to! I had to close the door with much force since it hit the pole pretty hard and got stuck and it had scratched and dented the corner of the door about 2 inches. At the same time, one of my girls spilled a smoothie all over the car seat and the carpet of the car. After I cleaned up the mess as best as I could, I managed to get all my stuff out of the car holding a big bag of shoes, 8 dresses, a purse, my friend’s leftover food she forgot to take with her from the restaurant, and an i-pad. It was too many for me to hold so I dropped some stuff on the ground and punctured a hole on my friend’s leftover doggy bag, causing the soup to spill out and get it on some on the dresses I was holding. While this was happening, the girls were whining and fussing about how cold and windy it was so I irritably told them to open the door and get inside the building. So Adi tried to open the door but it was those glass/metal doors that were too heavy for her so she opened just a little bit and then let go and the inside of her big toe was in the way and got cornered in with the metal edges of the door. So she’s screaming and crying, but not knowing what exactly happened, I scolded her for whining and crying and we proceeded inside the building. When I saw her bleeding toe, I felt sorry for her and then I got mad at myself for getting mad at her and then of course lovely thoughts flew in my head about me being such a wonderful mom and how am I going to handle 3 kids when my mind feels like it’s going to explode with so many chaos going on simultaneously sometimes.
After cleaning up her toe and the photo shoot, I was exhausted but I had promised to take them to the aquarium so we went there for 30 mins. before we had to drive the 45 mins. back to make it in time to feed them dinner and their dance class. While I was driving back, Jay calls me and he was fuming and told me about this shocking event that had just happened to him on the way home from work. After hearing his story(sorry, I asked Jay if I could share the story but he said no), I thought, okay I guess my day hasn’t been as bad but man, ’tis not a good day for me or Jay!
I am so glad this day is over.
ยชโฟโฟยช says
Oh wow, sorry. It's one of those days, when things go wrong… you feel like EVERYTHING goes wrong. It happens — don't be too hard on yourself. I have 2 kids (ages 9 and 6). And my day yesterday, patience was NOT my virtue. But you move on. Tomorrow will be a better day!
Mishqueen says
Aw man, Sarah! I'm not one of those who diminishes your feelings by telling you that it could be worse (of course it could, but your day was pretty bad)…but I WILL tell you that you are not alone. I feel your pain. Sometimes we just need to go back to bed and reboot the day, right? Is this one of those times where we play the gratitude game with our teeth gritted tightly? ๐ (with some light swears?)
I sure hope you and Jay got some chocolate or ice cream (or both) out of this at the end of the day. I'm rooting for you! Hugs from Seattle.
Carolynn Markey says
Oh that day sounds terrible! I wish you all the best. God is good ๐
Sarah says
Yes, thank goodness there are way more good days and the bad days are rare. ๐ And patience is not my virtue either. I think every mother can relate to that. Thanks for your comment!
Sarah says
Haha, gratitude game with our teeth gritted tightly, I love that description! Thank you for your sweet comment!
Sarah says
You're sweet, thank you!
Sue Schubert says
Oh no! you poor thing, I hate those days when every thing goes wrong, we all have them, and your poor car, bad things happened to our car when it was new also, my husband drove it straight from the showroom to the shopping centre and a trolley hit the back light cracking it, and the way cars are made now you can't just replace the light, half of the car has to be repaired, and I have 3 children also, my first shopping trip with my 3 kids I locked the nappy bag and keys in the car, I could go on but I don't want to scare you! LOL
kimmie says
That sounds like a horrible, horrible day. *hugs*!
Sarah says
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to hear that! Thanks for sharing your stories, it made me feel better! haha
Sarah says
Thank you! I guess I need horrible moments like that in order to appreciate the good ones, right? I wish it wasn't so! ๐