TGIM!

As it is already late today and I was lacking in blogging inspiration, I went looking for some blogging events that might inspire today’s post. I happened to stumble across a blogging event for Monday over on Taste & See that I thought looked like it might be fun…or at the very least, might be needed!

Thank God, It’s Monday! Now there is something you don’t hear very often?! Not many people are big fans of Mondays…which is probably why this event caught my eye. So today, as I finally get a chance to sit down and relax (or write) for a few minutes…this prompt seems perfect. And speaking of God, these verses should be plastered on my forehead, especially on crazy Mondays!

Matthew 6:25-34

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life ?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

As a pet sitter, summer and holidays tend to be some of my busiest times of the year. Last week and this week have been two of my busiest weeks of the summer, so far. And of course, I am thankful for the business…but there are times when it just seems overwhelming…how am I going to get breakfasts and first potty breaks to all of my furry clients, pretty much all at the same time?!?! I have been been dreading today (Monday), since at least last Wednesday.

I have been doing this ‘pet sitting thang’ (insert really bad southern drawl) for a few weeks short of 11 years! And I do kind of having everything under control…but on days like today…the anxiety of thinking out the logistics of how am I going to squeeze in ‘2 doggy potty times’ and ‘4 kitty breakfasts’, before 9:30 a.m.(??), in addition to, being able to spend a few hours playing Office Administrator for my church, before I head back out to take care of midday dog walks and the cats that prefer dinnertime feedings…can be nerve wracking!

And, of course, just to make things a little more crazy…let’s not forget that I have a menagerie of my own, that does need some tender loving care first thing in the mornings too! On days like today, my dogs tend to think I am a bit crazy when I roust them out of bed at 6 a.m. …they are, thankfully, lazy bums about getting out of bed in the morning, which is a good things on the very rare occasion that I manage a day off. The birds, on the other hand, are squawking and twittering that they would like to be uncovered so that they can enjoying the morning. The ferrets are clanging their bowls together making lots of racket so that they might get some breakfast…and the cats are looking hopeful that I may just forget that they get a can of wet food in the evening rather than first thing in the morning. Thankfully, the bearded dragons and geckos can wait until the day isn’t quite so hectic and are grateful that I just turn on their heat lights or heating pads so they can warm up for the day. Although it does sound like it is quite the chaotic schedule just for my own animals…I have got the routine down pretty good so really only takes a few minutes to get everyone in relatively good order before I can head out to take care of my paying customers.

I was on the road, even with a stop at Dunkin’ for some coffee and breakfast for myself, by 6:30 a.m. (actually impressed with my own abilities this morning)…worrying does seem to keep me motivated! Started my day with the ‘dog potty breaks’ that were furthest away and worked my way back towards home feeding kitties as I went, ending with my dogs on the other end of my service area and making it to my church only about 15 minutes (I usually aim for 9:30 a.m. but today it was closer to 9:45 a.m.) later than I would have liked.

Now, that I have managed to get in all of ‘my craziness’ out of the way, except for the last of the dinner-preferring kitties, it seems like, no big deal! Of course, at 6:00 a.m., when my alarm was going off…it seemed really unmanageable. Yet, I have actually survived worse days than this in the past…but each time I get to a day that just seems to look unbearable in my appointment book…I spend days making myself sick about it. You would think I would learn…that yes, today is going to be crazy…but you will be fine…you have a system…and it works!