A Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Ever feel like life is dragging you behind it? Let's just say that if life were a car, perhaps a sporty Mercedes, I'd be the one dragging down the freeway behind it, in case you've been wondering. I knew the week was going to be calamitous as soon as I woke up on Monday. I awoke on Monday after having had one of my frantic dreams. The whole thing was so frantic and chaotic it was like I had already lived a horrible Monday before I even got out of bed. When you wake up with a migraine thinking you are running from the mafia, you know it's going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Kaydn Rye was even so exhausted from the week that he basically collapsed on Saturday. He didn't even eat he was so tired, and believe me, that's something I didn't think I'd ever say.

But alas, the week wasn't without its funny moments. Kaydn Rye has had his share of deep thoughts this week. Being the son of both a legal writer and an insurance agent, he has a much different view of the world than most children. Like the other day, in the midst of traveling the more than 200 miles we put on the Durango last week, Kaydn Rye asks me, "So mommy, why is it that we don't want to get in an accident?" I proceed to tell him about how we obviously don't want to get in an accident because then I'd have to take time out of my very busy schedule to go to the hospital and plus, how would we be able to live if the truck was smashed in and had to go into the shop?

He responds, "And we wouldn't want to get sued either. That wouldn't be good."

A child after my own heart, always thinking of ways with which we might get sued.

The next day, while I'm trying to get a jury verdict commentary completed before I have to reach my next destination, Kaydn Rye asks me, "What does it mean that Nationwide is on your side?"

He responds, "Something bad, like if we get sued you mean?"

"Well, it means that if something bad happens to you, then your insurance will pay you money in hopes that the money will make you feel better about your troubles."

He responds, "Something bad, like if we get sued you mean?"

"Yep, like if we get sued we hopefully wouldn't go bankrupt because we have insurance. But we salt the walkway enough that I don't think we'll get sued anytime soon."

Hopefully this week won't involve being dragged down the road by the speed of life. For someone who would much rather spend her days contemplating the tumultuousness of life, I think some good rumination time will do me good this week.