The beginning of the end.............................

I have literally spent the last thirty minutes searching for something that was right in front of me!!!!  Deep, calming breaths.............the beginning.............let's just start there. My day wasn't terrible. The kids didn't drive me crazy, the house was only a partial mess and things were.............normal. But, I have been noticing little things that should have tipped me off that something was not quite right with me. Not big things................just little, tiny things that have slowly started to turn into big things. So, maybe I'm not the most sane person in the world. I've already admitted to talking to my air conditioner in a previous blog and only withheld a little when I spoke of the blue ice packs. Truth be told, it didn't stop after being caught by the random meter reader in my yard. I took them with me on a drive down to the city dock that very same night. What on earth could we possibly be doing driving down to the dock at 9 o'clock at night? Well, Kirk all of the sudden "needed" to know if the shrimp were running. So as hot as we still were, a nice, cool drive in the A/C sounded like a pretty good idea. But, just to be on the safe side...............I took precautionary measures and snuck the ice packs in my purse. What? No one could see me! Anyway, so that was the first...........and yes, I realize how nuts I must sound. The next, has actually been an ongoing thing for about two weeks. I have apparently convinced myself that Bailey's freshman orientation is on one date, when it is actually on another. That doesn't sound too bad-right? We've all mixed up a date a time or two. Well, mine is not only written on the calendar in the correct spot, but I have actually checked the website about a dozen times just to confirm that tomorrow is the correct day. I know today's date.................I know tomorrow's date, but yet when I read this:   "Freshman Orientation Fri, Aug 19, 2011 Come join us for an awesome day of fun as we get to know each other and our school." all I see is Friday August 12th! I've allowed Bailey to invite friends to this made up event.  What must their parents think of me? For some reason, when I checked it today....................I actually read the correct date. I'm still not convinced that this isn't some big conspiracy just to mess with parents of freshmen. I am seriously starting to wonder if I'm being hazed. The next, and last thing may not seem very big, but it cost me emptying out an entire cabinet full of stuff.............which also meant it all had to be put right back up. After taking a long, hot bath by using only the cold water(gotta love Florida!), I began the daily ritual. This consists of multiple things..................apricot oil for my face, lotion for my body and last, but not least................my favorite Burt's Bees chapstick. But, where could it be? I remember moving it to get to the oil, so it's probably just behind something. Ok, it's clearly not on that shelf, but maybe I should take everything out just to be sure. It's so small, it could hide behind anything. Why would I put it on the second shelf? Maybe I wanted to make sure I wouldn't lose it? No, it's not there either. Better to be safe than sorry..................I should probably clear that shelf out as well. Ok, well the only thing on the top shelf is q-tips. I wouldn't have put it up there..............would I? Since I am short and since this is one of those rare times I am not wearing heels of some sort, it was necessary to step up onto something to get to that top shelf. CRRRRRRUUUUNNNCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! No, no, no.........was all I could think. There, under my foot and within an inch of myself the whole time, was my beautiful, golden tube of chapstick smashed right out of it's container. I won't lie to you........it was hard seeing it like that. And knowing that it would never touch my lips again. But mostly all I could think was.................................Really? You needed to empty out an entire cabinet before looking right next to you????? I'm losing it....................I am actually losing my mind!