It's catching

Today I am grateful to know that positivity is catching.

It was a horrendous morning. Wind, driving rain, cold...typical April weather.

We arrived outside Thomas' school and dropped him off, as usual. Instead of driving on a bit nearer to Meggie's school, we had to park up and consider walking from there, because everyone else was also driving because of the foul weather, so the traffic was mental!

Anyway we duly got out of the car and began walking, trying to huddle together under my umbrella. Megan suddenly realised that she had forgotten to take her swimming gear with her from home! (Too busy chatting to Grandma about the fact she had her last swimming class today!!)

So, we had to head home, double time, knowing that we were cutting it very fine for getting to school on time.

Picture this...I drive up to the house, realising that I left the keys with Grandma so she could lock herself in while she had her shower! No panic. I have a back door key...only the side gate expands in the wet, so there was no way I could unlock the bolt to open the gate!

Thankfully, at this point, Grandma spotted the car out her bedroom window as she went to dry her hair!

The point of the story is this...

By the time we were in the car on the way back to school, we had come up, between us, with four reasons to be grateful we had to go home for swimming gear.

1.The traffic had eased, so we got parked closer to the school.
2. The rain had gone off (temporarily) so we could get to school without getting drowndid.
3. Meggie had missed at least 5 minutes of Irish (her least favorite subject).
4. She now had her swimming gear, so would not miss her last lesson!

Et voila! Like I said...it's catching. And instead of heading off to work totally hashed, I had a big smile on my face, and a positive vibe that lasted all day!

Gratefully yours.
xx