Christine is so sick. I'm exhausted. I was gone all last week, she was gone all last week, we were gone most of the day yesterday, and today is Easter. The Easter Bunny didn't even come. I didn't have any time. I know--she is 14 1/2, but a little basket is still a nice touch. We barely got some eggs dyed last night. The little bit of candy we got at the grocery store is still in the bag.
I got up this morning, made the dough for some rolls, (I didn't even have any Rhodes in the freezer), got the pound cake in the oven, Duff helped me put the cheesy potatoes together, and made some "egg gravy" with the hard boiled eggs for breakfast. It was the sabbath, Easter sabbath for that matter, and I was running. The whole house was completely clean and picked up when we left last week, and in less than 24 hours of being home it looked like a bomb went off with suitcases all over with stuff hanging out and piled on the stairs.
It was so important to me to get the dining room table set. I don't know why, but I just had a bee in my bonnet about it. So much so, that the thought that I could/should stay home with Christine seemed like the best 'option'. It is totally in the realm of being a 'good' mother, right? OH! I vascillated with this for over an hour. I could calm down; everything would be 'ready' for our family company for dinner; etc. It really wasn't that big of a deal, was it?
I found that for me, on this day, in this situation, it was. I was in the shower, and it kept coming to me: you need to go to church, you need to go to church. But I am soooo tired and I have soooo much still to do, I argued with myself.
I even asked Christine if she wanted me to stay. All she had to do was say the word, and I was there. She said, no, she was fine, she was just going to watch the Sound of Music and sleep on the couch. She is old enough to stay home alone.
I HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCES! The meetings were amazing. The talks incredible. The lessons in SS and RS over the top with the spirit. However tired I thought I was before, I was totally invigorated and every trace of fatigue was gone by the end of the meetings.
I got home to find that Mike and Adrianne had come early, they put the ham in and it was already cooking, the potatoes went in the oven. All I had to do was put the vegetables on and make the salad.
I had been channeling Martha. I'm so glad Mary won out. "...Jesus answered and said unto her, [Cindy, Cindy], thou art careful and troubled about many things; but ONE thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
It was one of the best Easters for me, and the table even got set in a jiffy and turned out just as I had envisioned!
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