Beautiful Butterflies...

So, yesterday was just 'one of those days'. It started when I had to go get new car tags. I ended up having to re-enter the line three times due to forgetting something I needed in my car for the FL registration. I ran a few errands and in the process my jeep decided it was not going to start. Two people tried to help jump my car but unfortunately with no success. I waited for AAA for awhile and as soon as he got there it started up right away (ironically). However, as soon as I left the parking lot (mind you, the AAA guy had come and gone within 47 seconds), it died again. My brother was so kind enough to come to my rescue and he followed me to the closest jeep dealership after I got my jeep running again. We got there, dropped it off, and I jumped into his car. We headed out and got on the on ramp to the highway. Scott had just packed up several large boxes full of new brochures and catalogs to mail out. Unfortunately, the back of his SUV was not shut all the way and all of a sudden we heard the back door open and looked back just in enough time to see the boxes falling out onto the on ramp. It had been raining on and off all day so the ground was very wet. We tried to salvage everything we could as cars were driving past us. All we could do was laugh and we thanked God for the positives in the situation. We were okay, his briefcase with his laptop had not fallen out of the car, thankfully it had stopped raining during all of this chaos, and I was grateful my boss was okay with me getting to work late. 

Sometimes life sucks. Unexpected and inconvenient things happen. It is easy to be broken and focus on the negatives and stress out about the money we don't have and the time and mishaps we cannot afford. During the 2 1/2 hours that I was waiting for help to come I ended up walking into a nearby Barnes and Noble (another positive...I broke down by a lot of shops which kept me entertained). I have a lot of mottos and quotes that I like to recite, but I happened to stumble upon another one that I will be adding to my list. 

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a butterfly."

I love it! It is definitely a quote to remember and I will certainly be hanging onto it as I anxiously await to hear news about my jeep...