So I mentioned this road trip I am privileged enough to be venturing on. What I didn’t mention is that it has come at possibly the worst possible moment. Our family is in crunch time to publish a role-playing game Seth has written. This means that Crystal has been spending most of most days in front of the computer laying out the book and making it look spiffy. Seth is finishing up writing the book as we speak and I have been keeping the house clean and cooking dinners. Oh, and doing laundry. That’s my contribution to the final push to get this game out the door. And next week I’m leaving for two weeks.
That means this week has been insane. I’ve not only been doing all the housework, but I’ve been making meals to freeze for when I’m not here so Crystal can focus on layout. I’ve not had much experience with Chinese food and suddenly I’m making enough chop suey for two meals and a church luncheon. I’d never made granola before and on Tuesday I turned thirty cups of oatmeal into really tasty granola. And today I turned twenty pounds of raw ground beef into eight meals and a garnish.
All this extra work has made life just a little crazy around here. Today, to aid my sanity, I pulled Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr off my shelf and read it in my bits of spare time. It was cathartic. And as I was doubling four different recipes I found myself remembering a Steven Curtis Chapman song my mother liked. It feels applicable.
Well the day has just begun and I’m already running late
With too many irons in the fire and too much on my plate
I’d be pulling out my hair if I could just get one hand free
And I’d stop this world if I could find the key
CHORUS
What I see is telling me I’m going crazy, but
What is real says God’s still on His throne
What I need is to remember one thing
That the Lord of the gentle breeze is Lord of the rough and tumble
And He is King of the Jungle Yes he is
People say this world’s a jungle and sometimes I must admit
I’d be scared to death if I did not know who was king of it
But the truth is God created this whole world with His own hand
So everything is under His command
-Steven Curtis Chapman
“Lord of the Jungle”
So there, that’s my deep thought for the day. Do with it what you will, I can’t be bothered to care.
That’s a great post title.