Wednesdays bite

Okay, they don’t bite. They’re just busy as all get-out. And it’s not even the whole day that’s so hectic – just the evenings, in which have to cram dinner, homework, and last-minute studying into the hour and a half between Sam’s arrival home from school and our departure to church for choir practice and the boys’ Bible Blast. This week, Eric had other commitments on top of all that, too, so I had to handle it alone, without anybody to run defense against whichever kid wasn’t directly involved with me at any moment. Ugh! Thank God for leftovers, at least.

I’m sort of proud, really; we managed to finish a book report and have both kids ready with their respective memorizations, right on time. No eleventh-hour “I can’t find my shoe!” freakouts, even!

But then we were made late to church by the roads, which required extra caution. We didn’t wind up getting anything close to the Snowpocalypse the weather folk predicted, but we got icy slush and rain (which really made today’s seven-miler entertaining!), and now temperatures are dropping sharply and freezing every bit of that moisture. Slip-sliding away…

I’ve hated winter driving ever since I flipped and totaled my little hatchback in college, heading home from Eric’s house over Christmas break. Black ice caught me by surprise that day, and it had me terrified for ages. I don’t get cold chills when I have to drive in snow anymore, but I wouldn’t call myself relaxed, either – and it doesn’t help when two little boys are yammering about the Ten Commandments from behind me. “At least my mind will have been on my Maker if I have to go meet him now,” I decided as I tried to navigate the sharp turn that would either take me to the church or send me sailing down the hill into Lake Michigan. (As I’m typing this now, I obviously am neither underwater or in the arms of God, but…well, it’s going to be a long winter.)

Wednesdays are busy, and this one is finally coming to a close. I’m in bed with the netbook writing this, trying to stay awake so I can catch the finale of Top Chef with Eric, and then I’ll draw a happy double-bar on the day. Good night!