 prayer meeting + really good sleep= God is GOOD!
So we all know I planned on NOT going to prayer meeting last night. I was a little concerned about the last 2 nights of church stuff making Gracie poo overly tired and fussy. Well yesterday my middle baby had to be checked out from school. We got home about 11:35 and I went to make a bottle and had no water. Now I knew we had just paid a bill so there was no way we'd gotten disconnected so I called the hubby who gave me the number to call the water people. My afternoon proceeded to go a little something like this.
" Please leave a message and our customer service rep. will call you back as quickly as possible"......"sigh...my name is......etc.".....
So I wait and about 1:00 someone FINALLY calls me back....
"Mrs. Smith we appreciate you calling your water should be back on in about an hour"...."Ok thank you, I appreciate you letting me know"... at this point I was relatively sane because I had about half a bottle of bottled water left. Now...under normal circumstances I would have just driven to the store and bought some water if I forsaw an issue. However, I was extremely LOW on gas...still had the other kiddo to pickup from school and had no funds yet to purchase anything because the dear hubby get's paid at 5:30 on Wed. NOT at 1 on Wed. sooooo...the drama continues...
at 2:35 Gracie starts to get fussy so I pour the last little bit of water I have to make her a bottle. Thank God I had sense enough to not drink it all and there was 4 oz. left. She only drinks about 2 - 3 at a time so I knew I'd have some left over if absolutely necessary. This was becoming a concern because when I called I got the same spill " a team is on the way to turn the lines back on....it will be a little while"....
"Ok well how long is a little while because I have a newborn and am down to my LAST bottle that I can feed her?!!?"  ( *side note* last time we went through this it took 3 days...thankfully this was prior to Gracie poo being here or I'd have seriously lost my sanity and religion) 
" I'm not sure Mrs. Smith they just said someone is on the way out there now..."
*sigh*..."ok thank you" * trying to figure out how to explain "a little while" to the 2 week old when the water isn't back on soon.....
so she eats at 2:45 which means she is good until at the very latest 5 o'clock before the feed me now face shows back up....
at 4:30 I try to call AGAIN and can't get through...(I'd imagine some other people were pretty peeved by this time as well) at 4:45 as baby is starting to squirm in her bassinet I finally get through but am put on ignore by the automated service until "the next available rep...blah blah BLAH"....and then....it got better!
I was on hold until the phones rolled over to the AFTER HOURS ANSWERING SERVICE.....boy was this the highlight of my day....
Now...fortunately I am different then I used to be and I quickly remembered that it was not Latisha's fault that I have an idiotic water system. She was just doing her job and answering my "after hours call" So i quickly explained that I was "sorry if I sound a little hostile but I have been getting the run around for the last 4 hours and would very much like for someone to get my water back on NOW so that I can please feed my child." In her defense the water company has intelligent people answering for them after hours. She quickly took my information and stated that she'd call the emergency beeper and call me right back.
SO I get a phone call about 10 after 5 informing me that " A TEAM IS ON THE WAY AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE WHILE".....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
By this time Gracie is awake and mad...so she has the last little bit of her bottle to tide her over. Fortunately it calms her down enough for me to call Scott and say ok we have to go to prayer meeting because I need to fill a few pitchers of water so even though I do not want to drag baby out I am going to because she needs to eat more importantly then anything. So we decide to meet at the church. So we proceed to get ready to go and as I am walking out the door low and behold the water people show up and cut the lines all back on. Well needless to say by this time Scott is already on his way....i can't call him and say hey we have water so i am staying home because I HAVE HIS CELL PHONE!!!!! And I can't just not show up because then he'd freak thinking something had happened to us. Soooooooo
was this whole water thing in the great big scheme of things to get us to prayer meeting?!?!? Possibly so...all I know is by the time I got there it had turned into one of those I really needed to be there anyway moments. And as far as baby goes...well no concerns there: she slept and tried to make a dirty the whole time we prayed and then came home and ate again and was out by 9:30. WHOO HOO! So I quickly sent some emails and got my butt in the bed before 11. We both slept till 3:15 and then had a quick middle of the night bottle and back to sleep we went without interruption until 6:15. God is so good! I prayed for a peaceful night for me and baby since we'd had to go out yet again and sure enough He provided. She is now resting peacefully and I am about to join her because there really isn't anything much for us to do today. Kollin is home again...poor baby can't eat and he's not going tomorrow either. I am about to email his teacher and then we're all going to watch cartoons for the day and be lazy. I actually wanted to load her up in the stroller and go for a walk today but I have time to do that this evening after dinner when the big brother is back with his daddy. Maybe I can get the hubby to go then too.
Ok I am out...hope everyone has a great day! Check out 2 week pic update in the photo album!
Love and God Bless, Misty |
