Lack of Planning or Our Crazy Day

Planning is so important and it really does matter to have things prepared and not just wing it. Let me give an example of what happens when a large family decides to just wing it and Mom is not really prepared:

This past weekend we decided to have a fun family day. My oldest daughter (5) needed to get her shots because somehow she was behind. So we decided to go to the park that we got married in and go hiking early in the morning before we needed to be at the doctor.

So, I get up and putter around and make breakfast. I slowly get everyone up and we get dressed and out the door, but not quite early enough. We of course don't realize that we don't have enough time to hike until we have gotten into town (40 miles from home). Hmmm, what should we do now? We decide to go to Savers Thrift Store and have some fun and go to a petting zoo park after the shots.

So, we are shopping around and find all kinds of great stuff. Dh goes off to the restroom and we are getting ready to leave. Moses, my 9 year old tries out a piece of exercise equipment (with my permission, I feel so terrible) and ends up knocking his chin on the hard floor. His chin pops open and we need to take him to the ER. He was such a trooper as we headed over to the hospital (we didn't buy any of the things we found, it just wasn't fun anymore). We get him there and after 30 minutes of waiting they take him in to get fixed up. Dh has taken all of the children except the baby and Moses to the Pediatrician for Chloe's shots (the SWEET man). They glue him back together and give him the "squirt gun" that they used to clean out his owie, he is happy that he has a new cool toy.

Okay, this day isn't turning out real great, but we are NOT giving up. We are going to have some fun! We go and get lunch at a restaraunt which is a real treat and try not to let our eyes bulge when we get the check. Next we decide to skip the petting zoo (costs) and go on a nice nature walk. We walk far and get hot and sweaty, were having fun now! So, we need to cool off, we get the fabulous idea to go shopping at Walmart. We go and get the items we need and really enjoy the air-conditioning. After that I decide that we should get some craft supplies at Michael's so that we can have fun on this long weekend. DH and children stay in the car while I zip in to get some things, they leave the car running with the a/c on. I come out of the store and discover that something has leaked all over the place out of our van, uh-oh what now?

DH checks it out and discovers that it leaked out transmission fluid, so we drive back to Walmart and I run in and get some more transmission fluid and a funnel. We pour the fluid into the funnel bottle and it drips all over the place, I got the one with the leak! Quick thinking woman that I am I run and grab one of our few remaining disposable diapers and use it to hold the bottle, problem solved! We add the fluid and get in the van and drive the 50 miles from Walmart to home. Boy did we have a fun day! We should do it more often .

But, God is so good! He got us home and we had the leak when we were able to take care of it. And I realize that our day could have been so much better if I had done pre-planning. I could have had things ready the night before so we could have gotten off earlier and I am telling you that next time I will! And Moses is doing really well, that glue is great!

I said that I would post my weight progress, so here goes:

Start Weight: 186
Current Weight: 184
Goal Weight: 135