This Thursday after breakfast I hit a point of aimlessness.  My wife was in full back-to-school drive and I felt as if there were important things to be done but I couldn't bring them to mind.  The kids were particularly distracting to me this day, I was in a generally confused state.  I had some trouble in my morning prayers in contrast to the clarity I had the day before.  Perhaps I was just tired from the swimming the day before.   I never felt productive all day.  Perhaps a list of what I did do with the day would be in order as a form of gratitude.

I made breakfast for the kids.
I went to the campus to take forms for school.
I got the kids outside in the morning to ride bikes and practice baseball.
I made the kids lunch.
I talked to a sponsee.
I helped get the kids served their dinner.
I got the kids bathed.
I played bocce ball with the kids in the evening.

I had to get after the kids a lot this day and my oldest son had a major attitude problem.  I applied our disciplinary principles and made him write sentences and it helped a lot.  At first he was defiant and I thought he might escalate into a melt down but after receiving greater amounts of sentences he conformed.  As the day went on he had a better attitude and I even had some proud moments when he talked to me about faith matters.

Thanks be to God.