SINW

We have now entered a phase I like to call "Shit is Not Working".
This happens to Will and I every few years.  We have been together over  five years which means that we have had at least two of these phases so far.
I am happy to say that we always get our selves out of SINW but while we are in SINW, it is not that fun.
Let me give you some examples of SINW:
The air conditioning on the Mazda is broken, and we have had record heat..I am having flashbacks to high school riding around in Joe Hinz's Honda Civic. Back then it was SUPER COOL and I LIVED to be in his un-air conditioned Honda, heading to Lake Washington, the sweat pouring down my face, listening to Z99.
With two small children going even one mile to Target is like a slow road in hell..
"MOM!  MOMMA! It's HOT! Maren's HOT!  I'M HOT!!  I'M THIRSTY! Why is there a RED LIGHT???  MOM!!! MOMMA!!!
I feel like the worst mother on the planet..
SINW #2:  The right side view mirror on the SAME vehicle is hanging by a thread. I think it melted off in the heat. I'm not kidding.  I am scared shitless that I will be roaring down the freeway at 70 miles an hour and it's going to come lose and go splattering into someone's windshield.  Better yet, because I have to drive with all of my windows down-NO AIR CONDITIONING!!!!   It could shatter all over ME!!!!!!
(I do not take the children anywhere that I have to drive over 30 miles an hour right now until the air is fixed, just so you know...)
SINW #3:  It is summer and our barbecue grill has stopped working.  It was not cheap. It is fairly new, and it is broken.  Sh*t, d*mmit, and I blame Ernesto.  Why? Because I want to, that's why.
SINW #4:  We have ants, some sort of flying ants, and one other type of ant-wannabe  in the basement.  I don't know what is going on, but we are a haven for bugs, and I do NOT think it is funny. This started in our old town home, as some of my loyal readers (ahahahahaha) may remember and while my son and husband may think bugs are cool, I do not.  Get out of my house.  I am a clean person even if I have to drive three and a half hours to my mother in laws sometimes to take a decent shower.
This is NOT by choice. This is simply a phase of life I am in due to a busybody one year old. I would choose to shower three times a day if I could. Hell, I would put on make up for TWO HOURS if I had the chance, but I don't!!!!!!!!!!
I digress.
The point is, I don't think we are the kind of people who should have bugs.  It does not seem fair.
And finally, the grand daddy whopper SINW of them all:  ME.
Yes, my SINW!!!!
There is nothing like being humbled by IV's, lumbar pokes (ohhhh don't be fooled, that's a nice way of saying spinal tappppppp!!!) and blood draws, to really make you feel like your sh*t is not working.
Sigh.
I believe that God does this to us so that I pray a little more strongly and a little more faithfully. My mom says it's so that we draw nearer to him. Oh believe me. I was in God's lap on Saturday night in the ER.  By Monday, he could have just reached down and taken me right straight up to Grandma, Auntie Pearl, and Grandpa Woody.  I wasn't frightened.  Which, in hindsight is a good thing.  I am thankful that God gives me strength to get through such hard things, even though at the time, I do not feel strong. I am thankful that I have such wonderful family and smart friends taking care of things when I can't.  Mostly I am thankful that he helps me to realize these things.  All summer, I haven't been able to slow down. Not once.  I couldn't during the school year either, except when Will and I went to Mexico. Boy did I have to slow down in the hospital. I think God is yelling the message to me that my body is not working right because I am going too much.  Okay, God, I hear you.  I'm listening.
But, I'm just wondering what message he's sending us about the ants?
Hmmmm.....