Chaos

Imagine if you will for a moment a husband and wife who, in the midst of life's harriedness, created a Saturday afternoon that was utter chaos.

Let your imagination drift with me for a moment.... imagine a birthday party for an 8-year old with 5 other girls about that age; this party would be filled with balloons and games and painting... this party would occur in the afternoon and scheduled to end at 4:00 with parent pickups. Crazy? - oh yes, already crazy.

Now imagine that another party for this couple's two 11-year old sons complete with 4 other kids about that same age; this party would be filled with soccer and game cube and campfires and ghosts in the graveyard.... this party would be scheduled to start at 4:00 and continue on into a sleepover not ending until the next morning. Insane? - oh yes, bordering on clinical.

Finally, consider the father of this family, who is generally looked to as the source and major contributor to game playing as indicated above. Imagine that he is going through graduate school and has scheduled an on-line conference call to go through decision-making with his team as they consider how to develop, produce, market, and strategize against the competition in their mock company. Just for fun, let's imagine this call was scheduled to start at 4:00pm. Chaos? - oh yes, utter.

Now you can remove yourself from your imagination and allow me to shock you with the truth that this was my reality on Saturday. It was utter chaos... parents were coming in to pick up their kids and there was me, anchored on the corner of our kitchen table with my laptop and headphones on barking out instructions to my team for how much of each product we should produce. I think I just needed the white robe and fuzzy slippers.

It was one of those moments where we really questioned our ability to manage life... did we not forsee that as the perfect storm? Anyway, thanks for letting me share.....