Not According to Plan

I am a planner by nature:

I love my calendar.
I love schedules.

I thrive on routine.

I keep a running to-do list,

and I get a 

HUGE

 sense of accomplishment and satisfaction 

from crossing something off the list.

Honestly, I've been known to add tasks I've completed 

that weren't originally on the list...

just so I can check them off!

So as you can imagine,

I had grand plans for yesterday.

It was Marc's last day of school,

and only a 1/2 day of finals...

so I had a lot to do in little time. 

(I love spending time with my man,

but I am waaaayyy more productive

 when he's not here!)

I had a plan.

I had a list.

But Thursday evening, 

Zelda began crying out 

whenever she pushed up from lying down.

She'd been shivering for days, despite mild temps.

In the middle of the night,

she woke up crying and 

wanting to get in our bed.

Marc and I both think our pillowtop mattress

just adds to her injury,

so she no longer sleeps with us.

{Praise the Lord...

now I fall asleep with Marc holding me...

until he snores in my ear 

and I kick him until he rolls over!}

So I (hardly) slept with my precious puppy

 in the guest room 

so Marc could get his sleep.

Ugh...I know how this story plays out...

long hours spent waiting at the vet

to spend lots of money

of medicine for my girl.

So that became my new plan...

and after two hours

I came home with $100 worth of medicine.

Zelda has to take 1 pill a day for a week,

and 1 pill a day for a month!

But she was feeling better 

almost immediately after the shot the vet gave her. 

And the shot helped bring her temperature down.

She has a fever every time we go.

Probably why she's been shivering.

It was so weird...I actually felt her sweat the fever out!

We came home and napped on the couch

until Marc got home from school.

I then proceeded to do 

nothing 

on my list.

We played outside with Zelda.

We played inside with Zelda.

We watched a movie.

 ("The Help"...finally!)

We went to Kroger.

We cooked dinner.

We turned off all the lights in the house,

just to sit in the glow of the Christmas tree.

We drank sparkling grape juice.

I let Marc open a present...

and surprised him with the present he bought me!

{Which really means...

I felt guilty for splurging on something 

for myself at Christmas time,

 so I wrapped it...but couldn't wait to have it!}

I went to bed with nothing marked off my list for the day.

But I went to bed with a 

sense of love and peace in my heart.

Gratefulness for my little family of 3,

and my quite larger extended family.

And I'm up early today
to get that to-do list taken care of!

Happy Saturday!