Monday Mayhem

noun

1. Law. the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.

2. random or deliberate violence or damage.

3. a state of rowdy disorder:

See that third definition? The one in bold print? Yeah, I’ve got a ~~lot~~ little of THAT going on mentally today. It’s not yet 11am and I have already started and walked away from at least ten different tasks. While loading the dishwasher I noticed a dish towel that needed to go to the laundry room. Tossing the towel in the laundry room I realized I had not yet folded the clothes I dried last night. Attempting to clean my bathroom I picked up a pair of yoga pants. After putting away the yoga pants I spotted the basket of clean laundry at the foot of my bed. Before I could empty the basket I realized that Seth only had an hour before his BCBA arrived and I needed to get him to knock out an exam.

So…. Half of my dishes are in the dishwasher. Half the clean clothes are folded. My bathroom is ~~not quite~~ half clean and there is a half-empty basket of laundry at the foot of my bed. Get the picture?

My counselor said I may be ADHD. I don’t think she knows what she’s talking about.

In the midst of half-completing my to-do list, I’ve also had some heavy things occupying space in my mind. So many people I care about are walking through hard things. So many are feeling a little forgotten by God …

While wrestling with my own God-abandonment, I ran into a local Christian bookstore that was going out of business. The place was a mess and I didn’t feel like digging so I just grabbed a couple of things that were on top of piles and left. One of those things was a new phone case that says, “Blessed”. As I was putting the case on my phone I spotted the fine print….