A test of patience

                                              
                                                Do any of you have one of those days when someone or something tests your patience and you get mad or frustrated?  I think everyone has those days and yesterday my friend Holly and I were both having one of them.  For the record Holly is a friend of mine from high school and I must say just like Jess, and Becca, she has been one of my loyal and truest friends and we have both been through a lot.  She used to help when I had my epileptic seizures. But anyway WE both got dumped by our longtime elementary best friends and both just needed each other even though we both had other friends.  
                                           In fact we used to ice skate together as well and it was neat because we both knew what it was like to have a challenge even though it might not have been the same one she knew what it was like to be underestimated.  Well anyway we decided to get together once a week and spend time with each other.  I take the bus service over there and it has worked out so far.  :) Well anyway it has been nice so far because she is a stay at home mom and I am unemployed trying to work on a book and of course blogging time to time so it gets me out of the house.  So anyway I am sure you're wondering about how our patience was tested so here it goes. 
                                           (Escape of the dogs)
                                                     This was how my patience was tested.  As I mentioned in another post James and Joy have been staying with us with their two dogs Boggart, and Bella.  Well anyway yesterday was the day that they left to go to Cincinnati to stay with uncle Roger and to explore the area and that and to search for jobs and such.  Well anyway after they left of course who was left with the little rascals meaning Bella and Boggart and the furry beast meaning Onyx but me such everyone had left for work and I think Nathan was asleep.  Well anyway as I opened the door to catch the bus Boggart, and Bella dashed out and ran in different directions.  Boggart ran down the street and kept running and I had to run after him.  
                                                  Where was Bella you might ask?  She was across the street in our neighbor's yard.  I literally felt like screaming.  The bus driver was very nice and helped me get them in.  I was still recovering from that incident when I arrived at Holly's she said it reminded her of the aftermath of my seizures.  She asked if I was ok and I told her what what had happened and she hugged me and she laughed and said 
                   "Oh jeez, well come on in and let's have some fun."
                                    (The whining and squealing of children)
                                          I think this mostly tested Holly's patience but I can't lie when I say I had to work on it too.  When I came in of course Holly's daughter Alyssa was there to greet me but Holly was in the middle of cleaning the kitchen when I arrived and of course I wanted to help but Alyssa wanted to also and wanted to stand on a chair between us and hand me plates and dishes to dry but there were times where she would just want to play with the dishes and there were some dishes that she WASN'T allowed to touch like the knives and if Holly said no she would start whining and screaming.  She wasn't the only one who screamed.  Holly's son Simon would do it too.  But his was a happy squeel and he is almost a year but still it could get loud at times but it was cute :)
                                         But anyway Simon wasn't the one who wasn't testing the patience it was Alyssa.  After we had made a batch of sugar cookies and after Alyssa had her lunch it was time for her nap which she did not do.  She lay there and talked while Holly and I watched a movie which of course made her, Alyssa more cranky I think.  But yes we had to listen to Alyssa whine the rest of the day and even after my attempt of saying, "Use your words," she didn't stop.  So yes that's how our patience was tested.  
                                        ( How I handle it)
                                            I always try to see the good in everything that comes way even in a cases such as that, like the incident with the dogs yes it wasn't pleasant at the time but chasing after Boggart and Bella sure did burn some extra calories and give me a good work out for the day.  Now for the whining incident when I look at Holly and when she asks me to do things it makes good practice for when I baby sit someday or when I become a mother myself.  :)  Well anyway better go.  XOXO