It's been a rough day...
It all started with a morning stop at Golden Arches for breakfast. I stole $1 from McDonald's. I didn't go in and demand one dollar with a gun to anyone's head. I couldn't have done that anyway, I have two babies. Perhaps I could pull off a stick-up in the Drive-through but that is beside the point.
My breakfast total came to $4.31 and I gave the cashier $4.01, thinking it was $5.01 so I could get exactly seventy cents back. Well the cashier didn't catch it and neither did I until I had pulled up to the food window and realized that I still had the extra dollar and an additional $0.70. I should have just handed it to the nice lady handing me my food and explain the mistake, but I didn't. I hesitated. Too many thoughts ran through my head. I don't know why I panicked about being an honest person. But I did ok! After all, it was only a dollar! I drove away.
Guilt started to sink in. I have sold my virtue for a dollar. Then I started to reason. They gave me the wrong food! I only realized that when I was already on the freeway to Emily's. My Dr Pepper was flat! (Hey I know it was only 9 a.m. but it was five o'clock somewhere). I should have turned around right then and there. The rest of the day just rolled out into a long, rainy, cold, mess. I was tired and feeling sick, my back was killing me, I needed more caffeine, I was trying to be good and not drink more caffeine. I ate way too many cupcakes. Babies were screaming, Daniel was creating bald spots on my head (Last week I was the "best girl" today I was target practice). Emily and I were ready to just throw in the towel. I came home, got in the tub and nearly tried to drown myself.
But I popped open a can of Dr Pepper (my sanity is in a can, and I don't care for your judgement), took a deep breath, and let the day finish. My boys are sleeping and making the cutest noises as they settle down for the night. My husband is so sweetly distraught about his dying tomato plant that I had to laugh. And I have a whole list of shows to watch on the DVR in the next couple of days.
And tomorrow...I will remember to say my prayers before I leave. AND I will return the dollar to McDonald's.
