Am I THAT domestically challenged???

So recently I quit my road gig, then my publishing deal ended. I found myself for the first time in awhile with no steady job. It’s been a little unsettling and I’ve been doing a lot of praying and reading, trying to figure out what I need to be doing with my life now. Some days I find myself a bit depressed and can’t seem to get the energy to do anything. But a friend recommended Max Lucado’s “Cure for the Common Life” and it’s been helping a lot. Pastor Pete had a wonderful sermon this morning and it inspired me to turn that part of my life completely over to God, and in the meantime just find things to do to keep me occupied. Some of those things will be big, meaningful things that will matter, and some of those things will just be little everyday chores, but either way God calls us to work and stay busy, so …..

….I realized that in my recent funk I had not been keeping the house as tidy as I should. When I lost my publishing deal, I decided that I needed to let Michael, my housecleaner go for awhile and clean the house myself. In times like these, I needed to cut some corners financially so that was the first thing I gave up. As I looked around for something to occupy my day today it was clear that the house was screaming for some attention. “Okay,” I thought to myself, “If this is the work God has placed in front of me today then that’s what I’ll do. Nothing earthshattering, but nonetheless it needs to be done.”

So I fill up the kitchen sink with water, add a little Mr. Clean, then start searching the house for the mop that I know I own, but can’t quite remember where Michael stores it. “Found it!” That in itself made me feel accomplished. Just as I am picking up the mop and putting it in the water-filled sink my 13 yr. old son, Sam walks in.

Sam: “MOM!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!” (He had the same tone in his voice as if he had just found me holding a loaded gun.)
Me: I’m going to mop the floors.
Sam: But I thought that Michael did that.
Me: Well, since I lost my deal, I let Michael go for awhile… so I’m going to clean the house myself. Now DON’T TELL ME that you’ve never seen me mop the floors before!!

Right then I’m thinking to myself, “Geez! Am I THAT spoiled? What kind of signal have I been sending to my child? Maybe I need to sit down with him and have a talk about how blessed we are and how we all need good work ethic… etc” But then he stops me and says, “No, Mom, no.. you don’t understand. I just thought…. I mean….. I just thought….” And I said, “What IS IT, Sam???”… then he said….

“I just thought you were trying to clean the sink with that mop.”

Am I THAT domestically challenged??????? God is sure teaching me humility lately….. LOL