{"id":15547,"date":"2011-09-23T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T19:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/23\/looking-forward-to-a-better-day\/"},"modified":"2011-09-23T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T19:27:36","slug":"looking-forward-to-a-better-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/23\/looking-forward-to-a-better-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to a better day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the night on Wednesday, I knew Mike wasn\u2019t sleeping well.&#160; At 6AM Thursday morning, when we were both getting restless, I asked the question I dreaded the answer to, \u201cHow does your throat feel?\u201d&#160; Then a long pause\u2026 great!&#160; I knew it!&#160; My 12 hours of being pampered were over.&#160; It\u2019s been real\u2026 back to pushing through and sucking it up! <\/p>\n<p>It took us ALL day long on Thursday to get Mike\u2019s prescription ordered.&#160; The doctor told me he would call something in if my husband got sick since my test came back positive.&#160; However, I don\u2019t think his answering service believed Mike when he called over and over again on Thursday.&#160; I finally called and told them that we have babies to take care of and we need to schedule an appointment to speak to the doctor this afternoon about the level of care his staff is providing.&#160; His nurse called back within 5 minutes saying she had called the prescription in, and it would be ready in 30 minutes.&#160; Really?&#160; Does it have to come to that?&#160; <\/p>\n<p>We were struggling.&#160; Anyway, Mike went to get his prescription, and on his way home stopped to get us Sonic drinks.&#160; He went through the drive-thru and when he pulled up to pay, the cashier said, \u201cThe car in front of you bought your drinks!\u201d&#160; Whoever that person is had no clue what we\u2019d been through that day, both hurting and taking care of the girls, but they did a simple act of kindness that I\u2019ll probably never forget all of my life.&#160; $3, and I\u2019ll never forget it.&#160; It\u2019s crazy what an impact something so small can have!&#160; I bet that person was a believer because that\u2019s what the body of Christ is all about to me, and I think that\u2019s how the Spirit works to those who are in tune to being used.&#160; When I feel a tug to do a random act of kindness, I don\u2019t ignore it, that\u2019s for sure.&#160; Who knows?&#160; It was perfect timing though.&#160; Too perfect to be random.&#160; We needed a pick me up, big time!<\/p>\n<p>Noelle came home from school with a fever on Thursday as well but didn\u2019t have any other symptoms except being extremely tired.&#160; We kept her home from school today due to the wise counsel from a friend who said she has a fever for a reason, and her body is fighting something and we need to let her rest.&#160; So that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.&#160; And then Rara got here, and the world is at peace\u2026 lol!&#160; She was coming anyway to get her car fixed and help me consign the girls clothes this weekend, but she swooped in and made everything seem effortless.&#160; I don\u2019t know how she does it.&#160; Mike and I had water and soup by our bedsides and the girls were asleep before I even looked up.&#160; Amazing!&#160; I hope I can swoop in a make everything better for my kids like that someday.&#160; Practice makes perfect, right!?!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Life doesn\u2019t stop, so our bodies better snap out of it!&#160; Hopefully the next post will be full of lots of fun pictures!&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_7533\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_7533_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Mike\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m smiling because I love you but this is so dorky\u201d face!&#160; 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