Small Success Thursday

If there were ever going to be a week when my successes were quite SMALL, this one has been it. 

So, without further ado, here are my miniscule successes for the week...

 

1)  I got up!!  No, really.  Last Wednesday I hurt my back.  Really, really, badly.  No, I don't know how.  I was planting some impatiens in the back yard and then I couldn't stand up.  (A split second later, JPD's attempt at a flip from the swingset trapeze bar culminated in a wood-chip face-plant, but that's a story for a different post.) 

It was actually a recurrence of sacroilitis, which I originally had during my pregnancy with JPD (and neither of the 2 subsequent pregnancies), but I don't remember anything ever hurting as bad as this.  In fact, I actually passed out cold just trying to crawl out of bed on Thursday morning!  So, after a few days of near paralysis, and another couple of days of major detox from the prescription painkillers that I took to get my back better, I got up. 

Everything after that was all uphill, right? :)

2)  I made it through an excruciatingly--and totally needlessly--LONG trip to Target today with all 5 kids, while maintaining absolute patience and a sense of humor the entire time.  No kidding.  Wait a second...maybe those pain meds are still doing their thing after all...

3)  I registered everyone for every last extracurricular activity for the rest of summer and next fall.  (At least I think I've got them all.)  Yes, I know, that's not really such a very small success. But it didn't really require me to move much at all.

Check out everyone else's small successes from the week over at Faith & Family Live!