Oh Well...It Could Be Worse

Yesterday we left for conference! We got everything packed in the back seat and trunk
of the "little car" and headed out. Wendell was real happy when he accomplished packing the car with all our clothes for conference, AND a two week vacation afterwards! :) We had beautiful weather and enjoyed a good seven hour trip, and when it came time to stop for the night, we were ready to get some rest.

Then, the first rattle out of the box this morning, my "nose piece" on my glasses FELL OFF and went down the bathroom sink drain! Wouldn't you know it had to be on a Sunday when "eye glass doctors" are closed? As frustrating as it is to wear glasses that are digging into your nose, I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Oh well! I'll get them fixed Monday. The "digging" hasn't been too bad, but the "sliding down my nose" has been a little frustrating! :)

Most of today was cloudy and cool as we travelled the Natchez Trace in Mississippi, so I wrapped up in my "sweatshirt jacket", turned my heated seat on, rolled my window half way up, and I was warm and cozy. Even when it's a little cool we do not put the top up on the convertible. We enjoy the different temperatures, and have noticed "in town" it's usually warmer than the countryside. We love all the different "aromas" that float through the air into our car as we travel the back roads of America. Sometimes we might smell a SKUNK, but a lot of times, during this time of year, we smell the burning of wood from a bar-b-que pit, or someone who has a pile of leaves and wood burning on their property. At times, we enjoy the smell of sweet grasses along the highway, so we don't mind putting up with a few unpleasant "smells" to enjoy the beauty of nature!

Now about the part in my title that says...."it could be worse".

We arrived in Florence, Alabama this evening, unloaded the car and Wendell pushed the button to raise the top of the car. He didn't know I had put our nice Nikon camera case on the part of the car that raises so that the convertible top can come up and close! I was taking care of the luggage cart and when I turned I saw my camera case on the ground!!!! I went over and picked it up, hoping all the time the camera was okay. We didn't check until we got to the room, but when Wendell opened the case he said, "UH-OH"! I knew it was not a good sound!! When he pulled the camera out the lens was hanging loose from the camera. He tried to put it back together, but noticed the wiring had also broken inside. Needless to say it was pretty much shattered and now we're going to have to buy another LENS! He is at this moment sitting at the desk, looking on the internet to buy one. Oh me! I feel so bad about sitting it on top of the car, and he feels bad for not checking before he raised the roof for the night. He looked at me awhile ago and said, "It's nobody's fault." Isn't that sweet of him? I'm glad neither one of us "raised the roof" over the situation! LOL! Then of all things.....I went to get something out of my purse, and spilled Diet Coke on Hampton Inns WHITE comforter on the bed!!!!! But, the bad part about this is, it was on my husband's side of the bed!!! It cleaned up pretty good, so I'm not too stressed over that "mistake", but he might have to sleep between "damp sheets"! :(

After a beautiful day of traveling, with my "glasses sliding down my nose", the camera breaking, and me spilling coke on a hotel comforter....I started feeling pretty helpless, stressed out, frustrated, and many more feelings that ran through my head. While I was sitting on the couch feeling a little "down", a thought came to me..."I haven't had a bad day, I've had a GOOD DAY with several bad things that "happened"! It's how you look at "life" when things don't go the way you think they should that makes your life either worthless or worth living. After everything that happened "wrong" today, I started thinking...

I don't have a son fighting in a war on foreign soil....I have two sons "fighting in a battle for souls" at churches they pastor.

I don't have a child in prison....because they have been set free from the chains of sin.

I am not sitting in a dark room in depression....because God loves me, and I have family and friends who love me.

I don't have to worry about where my husband is tonight....because he loves me, I love him, and we love making memories together, even when we "break a camera" and we have to replace it so we can make "more memories together".

I just have to say, "God is good, and life is worth living"....even when "glasses are sliding down my nose" and "coke is spilled on the comforter"!

Just remember....It Could Be Worse!