Is it an old Irish saying....

Be Careful What You Wish For?

This morning I had signed up to take a short sale class as part of my continuing education for my real estate license. I hate short sales. I think the class was titled "Learning To Love Short Sales." What a crock. Anyway, I was not looking forward to going and IN MY MIND, not out loud or anything, I was thinking "I wish I had a good excuse to skip this class this morning."
But I had nothing. 

Oh dear.
I shouldn't have thought that.

After making this "green" breakfast in honor of St Patrick's day.

(It was Alex's idea....green French Toast and of course green milk!)

Austin left for school and I drove the junior high car pool as Devree has been working on a sculpture all week of some cathedral in Spain for her Spanish class. (I should have taken a picture. Darn!)

I get back home and she calls the home phone with a panic in her voice! "Mom, my geography assignment is due today not my Spanish! I need to make a cake!" 

Keep in mind, Devree is a very "on top of it" student. Often times completing assignments days before they're due, she just got the dates confused. Her plan was to make a cake and pipe the country on in frosting for geography. We had purchased the frosting the night before- thinking it was due on Friday. I asked when geography was and she told me 4th period. I told her not to panic, I'd stick the cake in the oven and come get her.

I go to make the cake and realize I am out of eggs. I went to call my mom for eggs but realized she had borrowed eggs from me last night so I called Amy. Alex ran over and grabbed them from her and I got the cake in and the elementary kids off to school.
Started the Shepard's pie - my pathetic attempt to cooks something Irish in honor of St Patrick's day (It's sort of Irish right? Potatoes? Shepard's? I've tried other Irish dishes with no success and a smelly house for days. Thank you Corn Beef  and Cabbage. So Shepard's pie it is this year!) - while the cake is cooking.

I then realize I can't find my cell phone.

That I didn't hear it ring when Devree called - my kids always call my cell first before they try the home phone. 

It's no where to be found.

I remember setting it on the treadmill at the gym this morning and not remembering anything more. Like putting it in my pocket and bringing it home?

I call Amy....again. (She's often at the Rec. Center picking up swimmers and running them back and forth to school.) She's not there but her son is so she calls him.

Before I hear back from him, Rylee calls and her wire on her braces has popped out. 

Good grief.

I tell her I'll stop by and check it out when I pick up Devree from the Junior High.

Amy calls. Jared found my cell phone. Still sitting on the treadmill where I left it. I have him take it with him to the Junior High and leave it at the front office with my friend Janie as I'm heading there momentarily.

I run up to get Devree - she has my phone - Jared found her. (Thanks Jared!)

We run to the elementary. Rylee has managed to get her wire back into the band and it looks fine. I tell her to hang with it through the day and we'll see if we need to go back to the orthodontist this afternoon.

We go home and I frost the cake while Devree prints out the names of the cities. I glue the names on toothpicks while she pipes on the frosting, make mountains with chocolate chips, sticks in the toothpick signs. As she's putting the finishing touches on it, I attempt to assemble my Shepard's pie and realize that my extra 9x13 is at my mom's house. (Devree is using the other 9x13 for her cake!) I call there and arrange to pick it up on my way home from dropping Devree back to school.  We jump in the car and and get her back in time not only for 4th period but for most of her biology review in 3rd period. (Start to finish cake decorating? 9:10-9:40...thirty minutes! Woot!)

On the way back to school I told Devree it's a good thing this didn't happen two years ago. 

Why?

Two years ago Dad and I were on a airplane going to Ukraine to adopt Alex.

Yep.

TWO YEARS AGO TODAY!

(Can you believe it?)

I stop at my parents and grab my pan and get home and assemble the pie and put my kitchen back together that looks like a whirlwind hit it after our frosting frenzy!

Sufficient to say, I did not make it to  my short sale class.
Top-o-the-morning at our house!
Hope you all have a fabulous St. Paddy's day.
Here's a little something for all of my friends far, far away today!

An Old Irish Blessing

May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.