Yesterday was a very busy day for me. It started early because my wife slept in and I decided to make a hot breakfast for the kids instead of cereal. Then after breakfast I had to do a major cleaning and yard work because my wife had friends visiting from out of town. Then as soon as that was done I had to grill our dinner so that I wouldn't be doing it in the 100 degree heat in the afternoon. When I finished all this it was 12:30 and the kids were crying for lunch. I griped at my wife because she didn't have this going. She yelled at me about things that she felt I didn't do right. Later in the afternoon she made amends for yelling at me.

My wife's friends never made it to our house in the afternoon as planned.

I got to have a check in talk with a sponsee in the afternoon.

I got to go to the meeting in the evening. I got to hear a good friend tell his story. I was impressed that he didn't tell a chronological history but rather he spoke of his experience with the steps and he worked his history in that. I remembered telling my story that way at some point and I wondered why I still didn't.

When I got home my wife's friends were there and my wife decided she needed to run an errand to the store with her friend. I had a nice visit with the husband but then realized that none of the kids were bathed. I got very resentful and had to reluctantly ask for God's help while reasons to gripe at my wife swirled in my head. When the friends left I was able to let it go.

Thanks be to God.