When things go wrong.....

Read my son's blog this morning in which he stated he started his new job.....and had to 'pause' it.  Why?  Because of needing either his social security card or a certified birth certificate.  Unfortunately, with COVID going on, attaining either of those is a difficult and long process.  Offices are closed.  People are working from home without access to the necessary equipment to produce such things.  Life is crazy.

I'm bummed, for this job really seemed up his alley.  He loves to read, and it would require a lot of reading and working through things.  I doubt seriously if I have either one of those documents.  But, I will go through boxes this weekend (I planned to anyway) to see if by any chance I would have his birth certificate.  I'm pretty sure I passed that along years ago, but I will still check.   Especially since I found the youngest son's birth certificate a little over a week ago going through boxes.  But because the older son had been out of the house longer, I'm pretty sure I've already had to turn it over.

But I'm still believing God for bigger and better things for my son.  He got to go through the training so now he knows what it's about.  That is a very good thing.  To go through all this to get this job - and then find it wasn't what he would enjoy doing, would be a real bummer.  Continuing to pray, I am confident that God is working in this situation.  I just know it.

I have decided to take today off work - but I haven't told hubby yet.  Why?  Because he will plan my day for me as soon as he finds out.  Today is a work day.  Four of my five bosses are off today.  Perfect time for me to either catch up on minutes (not a favorite thing to do, but needed) or take the day off myself and plan to work on boxes in the garage.  (I had already planned to get some boxes taken care of BEFORE I read the son's blog this morning)  I still have boxes in storage so need to clear these out before I can work on them.  And they are all filled with papers so going through them will be tedious, but necessary. 

I know hubby already had made plans to take me away from work today to go get my screen fixed on my telephone.  I broke it several months ago (had a drop-sy problem - every time I picked it up I would drop it!!) and now (assuming it is a result of the broken screen) sometimes it won't connect a number or a text when I press on it.  Not sure what I've done - probably really messed it up on the inside.  Anyway, he even called Verizon to find I am eligible to upgrade (of course I am!!  $$)  I'm not sure I will do that but it is annoying to try to use my phone and it won't accept the pressure of my finger -any of them. :-)   I was concerned about being gone from my work as long as that would take, so being off work will take that concern away.

I should take Sheeba for a walk since I'm off, but not sure I will do that either.  It's almost my usual time to come out of the office and if I walked her as I would another time,, I would have been out of here about 30 minutes ago.  Oh well.  I'm not even dressed yet.  (gasp!)  Of course it is only 6:11AM.  I like this laptop my son-in-law gave me - it's fast and since I don't use it for a lot of things, don't have a lot on it to slow it down.

A four day weekend ahead of me.  I know today will involve taking care of my phone.  Which is needed.  And I know I want to work on boxes this weekend.  But I also plan to take some time to just chill and rest.  Have a granddaughter's baby shower to go to tomorrow, which will be fun.  I even get to see another granddaughter and great-grandchild.  I'm so excited about that.

My middle child is having a birthday on Sunday and has invited us to meet him at one of his favorite places on Sunday.  Should we go?  Should we not go?  We plan to go.  Just because it is a bar doesn't mean we are going to go there and get drunk.  We can have water or a soda.  But I want to be with my son and just celebrate him.  We won't stay long, but do want to go since he did give us an invite.

As I sit here and think about what to write, I keep thinking about my son-in-law and his attitude towards us.  His patience is beyond patience, for sure.  He stopped by the other day to fix a towel rack that hubby had accidentally pulled from the wall.  He checked out my question about the roof and reassured me it was ok, but would be going up to check it out on another trip.  He took boxes I had filled to take to Goodwill.  He asked if we had trash to get rid of.  He was doing all he could to make our lives better.  I sometimes feel that we are taking advantage of him, but we often are reassured that he is doing what he wants to do - help us however he can.  I am grateful for that.  He has gone way beyond what he would have to do.  If I want more boxes from storage, he goes and gets them without complaining.  If I need boxes taken away, he makes a special trip just to get them out of the way.  I feel loved and cared for, and that is a good thing.

I guess I need to get my butt up and moving this morning.  I've read my Bible, spent some time praying, read in a couple other books I enjoy, drank my cup of coffee hubby brought me.  Guess I need to confess I've taken the time off work and go on from there.   Maybe nothing else will come up.  I could crochet..... or knit....

God is good.  He always provides what we need when we need it.  He does things that we think are impossible.  He IS God of the impossible.  Trust Him.  I do.

Blessings!