The Throne!

Don't let this title throw you off... This post may not be for the faint of heart and feeble as this approaches the realms of nastiness in some regards but has moments of how we can direct our thoughts towards the throne of God.

As this story begins... it begins with a different throne. The throne in which all of us will recognize throughout the going ons of the day. Yep, everyone takes part in this throne and that of the porcelain kind--the toilet!

It was just shortly before 9 AM this morning and I was busy getting all three kids ready for the day. Skye did not have school today as it was a student holiday and teacher work day for the county. As I was dressing Paisley in her princess costume for her first Princess class at Romp 'N' Roll, Skye announced that she had to go potty. Well, Skye soon finished and flushed as I soon realized that I too had to go. I quickly finished Paisley's hair and told Skye to finish getting ready and to keep an eye on Ian for me real quick.

I opened the lid and everything looked fine. I proceeded to sit upon the throne and take care of my business. Afterwards, I flushed and discovered to my horror that the toilet was plugged. I looked at the clock and decided that an hour was plenty of time to finish dressing all kids and embark out the door and unclog the unsightly, agitating sight!

I ran downstairs, grabbed the plunger and quickly ran back up the stairs again to attack the throne. Plunge plunge plunge plunge FLUSH. Water rose but it slowly retreated. Plunge plunge plunge plunge plunge FLUSH. Water rose but not too bad. I looked at the clock and I thought to myself that I better get going because I want to take care of this thing before we go and so I plunged harder and quicker than before. Then I flushed. Water rose but went back down slowly. I was getting frustrated by this point. PLUNGE PLUNGE PLUNGE PLUNGE and FLUSH! Water rose but this time it kept rising. Uh oh! I thought to myself. Heart started pounding as I saw the nasty brown water rising ever so close to the edge of the bowl. Now it has gotten this high before but it has always stopped before going over, I thought to myself as I took a deep breath.

PHEW! It stopped... as I went to grab the plunger again, I realized that the water stopped only momentarily! It was most definitely going to overflow! I GASPED and started grabbing bath mats and such and throwing them away from the toilet. All of a sudden I heard the terrible sound of dirty water streaming out of the toilet. WHAT TO DO! WHAT TO DO! I thought frantically. I grabbed the trash can trying to catch the forbidden water from flowing out--like that worked. Then I went for the shut off valve but the water still kept flowing out of the toilet!

And then I did what any other frantic woman would do in my circumstance, I screamed and ran around in circles! My screams were soon joined by my girls screaming as they saw me run from the bathroom into the hallway and then down the stairwell. I did manage to grab older towels and call Scot during the frantic screams.

What a disgusting mess! Scot came home and together we cleaned the toilet and the floor with Clorox Bleach. I also ran my disheveled self out the door because I was determined to get Paisley to her class. In my haste I took a wrong turn, but soon realized my mistake. As I dropped Paisley off and started back home in the car, I tried to calm myself down and was trying to think of anything positive about the craziness in the last hour or so. As I drove, I noticed cars stopping for geese crossing the road. They were slow but I thanked the Lord that they were crossing the road so that I could catch my breath so to speak. I noticed one goose limping but determined to get across the street with his fellow geese. That goose inspired me to be strong and hang onto the positives and persevere as I thought about the towels and floor mats that were ruined. Again I thanked the Lord for the simple reminder in the midst of it all.

Well, as I was turning into my neighborhood a few minutes later, I looked in my rear view mirror as I normally do to make sure the traffic behind me was stopping too. I noticed a fancy blond in some expensive SUV flaring her hands at me because I guess my turning into my neighborhood with my indicator on was an inconvenience for her. I quickly raised my one hand back at her to let her know that I noticed she was acting like a you know what. I pulled into my parking space with my blood boiling. I thought to myself that I really would have loved jamming on my breaks making her slam on hers and then I could have gotten out and given her a piece of my mind. Oh I was angry!

As Scot went back to work, I fed Ian a late breakfast and began to clean the rest of the bathroom. As I was cleaning, I spilt dirty water on the newly cleaned floor. Unfortunately, I muttered "damn" under my breath to myself and then I decided to change my tude. I said to myself "God is for me and God is with me." Then I started to realize as I was disinfecting and scrubbing that I have been wanting to redecorate the bathrooms anyways and now I have an excuse to start. I also realized that I had not used any of my gift cards yet from Christmas to the likes of Kohls and Bed, Bath and Beyond.

My spirits lifted as I found the silver lining in things for the rest of the day.