Broken, Flooded, and Yet Still Alive

Y'all... I'm gonna share something with you today. I had every intention of linking up with Faith for the Golden Vlog, but this week has been A WEEK for sure. And it's not even at the end of the week yet. So I'm just gonna dump some stuff on y'all, deal?

If y'all follow me on snapchat and twitter then you know I had to say good-bye to the only pair of flip flops I own.

Why is it when you're having a difficult day, your flip flops decide to also say "screw you hippie"?? pic.twitter.com/bH2Lihu1dE

— Melissa Louise (@RamblingLlama) May 13, 2015

A few people on snapchat also saw I very nearly flooded my kitchen earlier this week. Pretty sure it was Tuesday.
You see, we have a relatively old dish washer. It cannot take liquid dish detergent... even the ones made FOR the dishwashers. We ran out of the powder, and to try and save me some time from having to wash dishes by hand, I borrowed one of those pod things from a neighbor. Guess what? The dishwasher doesn't like those either. Strictly powder only.

This was in 2006 in our first apartment. clearly I cannot operate dishwashers...

There were a few other cases of "having the monday's" all week, but I've shared some of those with friends over the phone. It's not really "blog-worthy",,, plus I don't have a fun picture.

What I've gained from this week is much better than what the actual week threw at me. 

Despite being in a bit of a rut, I know my bloggy friends still care about me. I think Cassie was secretly scared that I was going away again based on her tweet yesterday. It's important to remember friends are still there and looking out for you.

@RamblingLlama I had a dream last night that you quit blogging. It was awful.

— Cassie Lee (@thatsageblog) May 13, 2015

My sweet boy is finishing pre-k tomorrow. When I picked him up from school yesterday his teacher had a huge folder full of artwork and projects from the year. It was so refreshing to look at what he's accomplished throughout the year. One of the things included was "this is how I write my name: Aug 2014"... at the first of the school year. It was just dots and lines. Now he can write his full name with ease. Despite a rough week, it's important to sit back and enjoy the little things.

Zander at his school playground last week. :)

I'm going to end with this... 

I shared this picture with Meagan via text yesterday. I saw it randomly on one of my facebook friend's pages. She had shared it and it jumped out at me. I needed to see this yesterday. Meagan is one of my bloggy soul mates (along with Rebecca)... and something told me she needed to see it yesterday too. So now I share it with y'all.

So friends, happy Thursday. If you're having a week like I am, stay positive. It's almost over. If you have something to look forward to, remind yourself of that. Or, like, Emily... just get outside!