For a myriad of reasons, this pictures does not represent me.

A) I’m not pregnant.

B) Pregnant or not, I’ve never looked that awesome in spandex.

C) I have blue eyes.

and

D) I am so not Super Mom.

I wish I was. Super Mom, that is. Well, actually I kinda wish I looked awesome in spandex, too.

I’ve been having one of those days {for the past couple of weeks} where I just feel utterly discouraged. My house looks like a tornado vomited in it. Our homeschool days are dragging out longer and longer. I break out into a sweat every time I pass by the bathroom scales. I feel impatient and then get impatient with myself for feeling impatient.

I want order where there is disorder. I want peace where there is chaos. I want joy where there is discouragement.

Can you relate?

What do you do when you’re faced with chaos? Piles of mess? Reteaching the same math lesson five times? Mopping up pee because someone didn’t make it to the bathroom in time? Spending an hour vacuuming up crushed Styrofoam peanuts?

Deep breath.

How do you handle the discouragement?

Me? I have to find something to laugh about. For I dearly love to laugh {name that movie}.

Laughter doesn’t make it all go away, but it seems to decrease the giant of it all in my mind.