Make the Most of it

Yesterday, I was at my friend Brittany's house.  We were just visiting and refereeing our kids when she talked about her camping trip she was going on with her family to the sand dunes that evening.  I looked at her and said "That is bad timing.  It's supposed to rain."  She grimaced and then said "well, at least it won't be dusty."  To which I replied "just muddy." 
Then she said something that surprised me (though, knowing her, it shouldn't have), she said "Well, we'll make the most of it."  I'm sure she did and I'm sure she had lots of fun.  She gives everything she has in every situation and then rolls with it.
I keep thinking about that little, common phrase.  It was like a revelation to me.  "We'll make the most of it."  Just because something doesn't go completely as planned, we can still adjust and have a good time.  It's all about attitude.  I never thought of my self as someone with a bad attitude but I think when I get disappointed about something I had high hopes for, I take it badly. 
Like last night, I had tickets from work to see Star Trek: Into Darkness and we got a babysitter and everything so Eric and I could have a real date.  I took a nap before hand so I wouldn't be tired and when I woke up, the movie had started 10 minutes ago.  I ran into the office yelling at Eric that we were late and "why didn't you wake me up???"  Turns out, Mabel had switched his time on his computer so he was on Pacific instead of Mountain and he had no idea.
The whole way to the movie I was irrational and angry.  Eric took my hand and asked if we wanted to do or see something else so we would still have a good date night.  I took my hand away and seethed.  I wanted to see that movie and I would!  We missed a lot of it but we were still able to understand most (GREAT MOVIE!) and ended up having a good time because my husband was so great.  We did work it out after the movie was over and I apologized. 
I share my nasty flaw only to illustrate my point. After we worked it out, Brit's words came back to me.  "We'll make the most of it."   I completely missed an opportunity to laugh about it and enjoy the time with my husband regardless.   Dates are not something we get to do a lot and I ruined a lot of it for both of us.

I really hope I can learn from the simple phrase and take it to heart in all of my endeavors and relationships.  I want to make the most of my job, marriage, motherhood, vacations, evenings, days when I don't get enough sleep, I don't have as much time to plan as I was hoping, or things don't go as planned.  Life happens and things change.  If we can't adapt and have a good time regardless, we are going to miss too much.