Good Times!

So I had a meltdown this afternoon, feeling tired, in pain (spent 2 1/2 hrs at the dentist getting my teeth drilled on for about the 6th week in a row, give or take a couple weeks...long story), the boys both screaming, hungry, etc. Derek yelling at his brother and trying to drag him by his hood around the floor. He then proceeded to break the gate at the bottom of the stairs, etc. I lost my cool and my temper. I put the boys up in their rooms (Will in his crib and D in his room) closed their door and went into my room to breathe and calm down. I called Mat and expressed my frustration that he is gone from 7 am to 7 pm, for work, and then proceeded to express my frustration with being a Mom who can't keep her cool and how I was tired of it all. This was about 6:40 pm as Mat was on his way home. A few minutes after we had hung up I got a phone call from a great friend Becky who wanted to know if I wanted to have a break and go watch a movie, etc. Mat had called her and her husband Jeff to see if she and I could have a night out and they (the men) would keep the kids. Seriously...how thoughtful! I love my husband! On a side note, I also love my friends. Sue, who watched Will for me for a few hours while I was at the dentist and then brought dinner over for our family (soup that I could eat because I was so numb) tonight. Then Becky and Jeff who were so quick to drop whatever they had going on so she could come "rescue" me tonight. We ended up going to Chili's for molten chocolate cake (my all-time favorite dessert) and time to talk and catch up and then we hit the movie theatre at the wrong time and couldn't find anything that worked so we headed back to my place and watched License to Wed. It was nice to relax, enjoy talking and appreciate my husband and my sweet boys. I think more than anything I realize how much I have to be grateful for, with friends going through life altering challenges (Live Rich) right now and I am complaining about a toothache. Seriously, it puts things in perspective. I guess what I wanted to get across more than anything is how blessed I am and how grateful I am for my life. The good, the bad and the ugly. It strengthens me, stretches me and I have to remember that He will not give me more than I can handle. These truly are as our friend Rich says so often "good times".