The Law of Attraction

The other night, Charlotte, Jess, and I watched a documentary about the law of attraction, which basically states what what you think and feel determines what will happen in your life. It's kind of similar to the concept of self fulfilling prophecy. 

One example that the film mentioned is that, if you wake up in the morning and stub your toe, and think "Ugh it's going to be a bad day.", then it usually does turn out to be a bad day... and vice versa. 

This is exactly how my day went today. 

We've been planning to have our floors redone for weeks now. Last month, a guy from a contracting company came to measure the house and tell us how much floor we needed and what other materials we had to buy. After weeks of anticipation, today was the big day. The guys were coming to put in our floor, and Colt and I had a big day planned that included some quality time at the mall, lunch at our favorite restaurant, and drinking starbucks while shopping for Thanksgiving supplies. 

But, as I've mentioned before... making plans is pointless... because they always get messed up. 

The floor men were supposed to come at 7:30, so I planned on getting up at 6:30 so that I could get ready for the day while Colt was still asleep. But, he decided that he wanted to get up at 6:30 too. 

Have you every tried putting mascara on while holding a 22 pound baby? 

At 7:50, the people still weren't here, so I laid down with Colty, for his morning nap. As soon as he was sound asleep, the doorbell rang, which didn't make for a happy baby.

At this point, I was still optimistic. 

I went outside to move my car so that the men could back their van up to the house. When I came back in, the head guy (who was about my age, and super attractive), announced that " We have a problem."

A few weeks ago when we ordered the supplies, they had us by nails, when what we actually needed was floor glue.

So, I spent 30 minutes trying to get a hold of my cousin, with three men staring at me and a cranky baby. 

Still positive. 

Then, it was decided that I would meet Charlotte at Lowes, to get the glue. Which is the same point that Colt decided to pee all over himself. 

And THAT is when I decided it was going to be a bad day. According to the law of attraction, this is what set the tone for the whole day. 

I'll spare you all of the pathetic details, but let's just say... I spent an hour and a  half driving back and forth with buckets of glue, I forgot Colt's stroller and had to carry him across the mall, we had to go to Home depot to buy more wood, and I ended the day by accidentally deleting all of the numbers in my phone. 

Bad bad bad. 

I came home feeling defeated. My super fun day with Colt was mediocre at best, and there where still three strange men blasting music throughout the house, even though the baby desperately needed a nap. 

But then, they slowly finished up, and cleaned up the mess. We had dinner as a family and rearranged the furniture. And, as we sat down in our new living room to watch a movie, I realized it was all worth it. 

Screw you Law of Attraction!