Wednesday, Day 30

Today started with 1/2 caffeine coffee.  This was Matt's idea. I guess that means I needed to drink twice as much :)  I had a headache by 11:30, but nothing some Ibuprofen couldn't fix.

I was at the hospital working today.  That sucked, but when I came home and my kids were rested and happy for me to be home, I realized it was worth it.

Plus, when Matt got home we ate dinner together and went to the pool.  The kids always enjoy the pool and it wears them out.  I am trying really hard to follow rule #10 and not yell at my kids.  I have done a great job, until today.  I started wearing a whistle my dad sent me.  I mentioned one time that I felt like a referee and the next thing I know I have  whistle in the mail.  Well, it is coming in really handy.  I haven't yelled per say in a week.  The whistle is a warning; "Hello I am talking and you are not listening" warning.  I even wore it to the pool.  Some annoying kids asked me if I was the lifeguard, and I told her it was my "you are about to get in trouble warning whistle". 
                      Sidebar:  the two kids a the pool that commented on my whistle were the most disrespectful girls I have seen in a while.  They wouldn't listen the man (father, uncle, or grandfather) who was with them at the pool.  They blatenly ignored everything he said.  They even talked about not listening to him when they were far enough away from him.  Matt and I witnessed every disrespectful moment.  Obviously he wasn't their dad or "timeout" punishment at home weren't working, because those girls were walking all over him.  I would have been seen as beating my children in public if they were my kids.

OK, back to the whistle.  So, when we got home, somehow I forgot my whistle and the devil took over my emotions and I was not quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.  So I broke my rule, but I am off of that donkey and the whistle is still on.  Let's try that again...

Matt and I are about 3 days behind on our Bible reading plan.  I am trying to keep up, but I am so exhausted at the end of the day, which is the only time both of us can read together uninterrupted.  I can only read on days worth of reading per night, because I am so tired I don't fully absorb anything more than that.  I am going to have to catch up.  It is a Bible in a year plan, not a Bible in 1.287 year plan.