I feel like I’ve been tossed into a bottomless pit of drama and chaos lately. There’s just been so much going on lately that it seems so not real some days. Maybe I’m still asleep and it’s just a weird dream. Did I eat bad pizza before bed or something? Today was yet another drama filled day. Starting bright and early with a very upset phone call from my mother in law.

First, I remind you that despite getting up early, I am not a morning person. As a general rule of thumb I’m not usually in anything close to a good mood until at least 10:30 -lol- It was a little after 9:00 am this morning when I got this phone call. I wasn’t awake, I was making my to do list for the day, and I hadn’t eaten any breakfast yet.

Me: Hello?
Her: Loretta?
Me: Yes.
Her: Did you get your IRS stimulus check yet?
Me: No. It’s not our day. It goes by SSN.

And well the conversation continued into why she was asking. Their bed was being repossessed. Have you ever heard such a crazy thing? They financed a king sized bed and the payment was late. She had to get the money to them by 11:00 if she wanted to keep her bed, but payday is several days away for them. The store couldn’t wait any longer. It had to be today.

This is where I tell you that my mother in law has had a broken ankle since right before Christmas. Yes, I know that’s a long time. It wouldn’t heal right. She’s on her fourth cast and if it doesn’t heal properly this time after physical therapy she has to have surgery. She spends half her day sitting on that bed with her foot elevated as instructed and trying to keep herself from going insane. I wasn’t about to leave the poor woman to lay on the floor with a busted up ankle.

Of course I went to the ATM and withdrew the money they needed and gave it to her to go make the payment. She kept telling me how she’s going to repay us and she knows we are already financially in a pinch. Yes, we are financially pinched with all our vehicle and moving drama, but that’s not what’s important for goodness sake.

Well, having a place to live is in important, let me rephrase that…. it’s not what was important today. In today’s moment making sure she had a place to sit, rest, sleep and properly take care of herself was what needed to be done. Tomorrow something else will be important. And the day after that something else. And on it shall go forever and ever like the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends. (You know you totally want to sing right now!)

I called and let the hubby know that I took care of it so he wouldn’t worry, because he was worried because his dad was being a big jerk about the whole thing I guess. But, that’s a whole different story. Today’s crisis has been diverted. If only everything was as easy as going to the ATM and pushing a few buttons. At least I got a Coke Slurpee while I was there. That made my morning crankiness melt away.

What was your drama today?

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