Yep - it's Monday. And two weeks from today I will be taking a week off work and we will be heading out of town for 4 days. Well, 3 nights and 4 days. Yesterday, as I was driving to church (it seems more and more hubby will ask if I mind driving... which I do), hubby commented he was going to get his car in for an oil change and rotate tires, etc. I paused, and then commented, it sounds like you are planning to drive on our trip. He told me he was going to do the driving (although I have done the driving the past 2-3 years)... and I commented back..... "well, I have told the kids I can die riding with you just as easily as sitting in a chair at home." Needless to say, that didn't go over very well. "What do you mean by that?" "The kids don't want me riding with you, nor do I want to." "Well, too bad, I'm driving on our vacation!" Whatever. Like I said, I can die anywhere - God controls that, hubby doesn't. At least it is good highway all the way and it doesn't contain a lot of twists and turns. It will be ok. And if not, it's God's will that it's my time.
I finally got hubby to watch from the beginning The Chosen. We started watching it at one time and of course he gets annoyed at the episode changes. But we went to Prime Video and although there were occasional commercials, they were very short, some only 15 seconds or so. I don't know how far we got in to it - but just let the movie keep going for about 4-5 hours I think. I could have stayed up longer but it was after 9PM so told hubby to stop it when it ended a episode/season again. I think we may be in 3 but am not sure. Maybe I can get him to watch more of it tonight.
Yesterday's message at church was powerful. Pastor John 'brought it on' and just put it out there. Afterwards there were leaders of some small groups in the lobby and curious as to what small groups there were, I walked up to one. I have to tell this because it is funny to me - and yet, I may have taken it wrong. I went up to this older couple and asked about their small group. The lady, who did not recognize me (because of my dark brown hair versus my gray hair when she first met me, I'm guessing), looked at me and said "Our group is for Seniors only." I was a bit taken aback, like 'What? I AM a Senior!" LOL Then she says "We meet at 1PM." Still 'reeling' from the 'our group is for seniors only' comment, I just said "well, I work so that won't work for us." And she agreed. I asked about others life groups and another person told me I could go online and see what all was offered. So - tell me what do you think? Did my dark brown hair make her think I was NOT a Senior? Or was it just a comment that it's for Seniors only, to ensure there won't be any kids there? I didn't comment that I was a Senior to her, but I thought it! I was amused, to say the least. I've thought about it, and I wonder, because most of the 'old ladies' there are white-haired and wear capris and shirts and sandals to church.... and I usually wear a dress, hose and heels and now have brown hair (which with us being gone for a few weeks, many had not seen).... does she think I'm younger than I am? I laugh, because that is a strange thought!
I glanced at the work emails Saturday morning early and our VP of our division sent her EA and me a thank you card plus a $25 'reward' we can use for in-store gifts for working on a project. I actually had seen the email before lunch on Saturday and was able to talk to my favorite boss about it. She knew about the card. But I had to explain to her that all I did was get all the nurses' home addresses from HR. This VP's EA and I were to get together and bag up about 175 nurses bags in envelopes and take to post office. Divide and conquer, right? Well, I found out on a Friday she had received all the bags in. I had purchased the envelopes to use, and have already been reimbursed by the company. But, over that weekend, this EA went out and purchased more envelopes, stuffed them with the bags, and took the post office! She told me about it last Monday! We were to meet this last week to get the work done. And now we both have received $25 'reward' in-store money and a nice thank you note. I told my boss about it - and told her I didn't do anything - that this EA had done it all. She told me to ask the other EA what to do about it, for I cannot accept the reward. I think I'm going to write the VP a note, copy the EA and my boss, and just tell them that I didn't do the work, but that this other EA did. I WANTED to do it, and if the bags had come to me, I probably would have done the very same thing. I didn't 'earn' the reward and I cannot accept it. It's the right thing to do. Believe it or not, it has troubled me all weekend. Not to acknowledge that I couldn't accept it, but how to do it.
My Virta app has gone totally blue on my phone, but I can still bring it up on my computer. Maybe I'll delete it from my phone and see if it will come back up. Well, I deleted it and it seems to have worked when I brought it back up. Everything seems to be there. Which isn't always a good thing. My weight has gone up a pound and well, we don't talk ketones. I'm going to talk with Dr. Mark about it next week. I think I've already lost interest in Virta in that I need carbs to work out - and they push very low carbs to lose weight. I've lost 10 pounds on it, but just can't get past the hump because I keep eating things I shouldn't. Like cookies and homemade ice cream. And beans. Can you believe - we're told to eat beans for the protein - and Virta says no because even in 1/2 cup of any bean - there are about 25 carbs and when you are 'allowed 30 carbs a day - yeah, you can see my frustration. I had chicken chili last night. With beans. With tortilla chips. and sour cream. And it was good and I enjoyed it. A lot.
UGH I just remembered I have a board meeting this week at 6AM! I need to approve timecards this morning and remind those who need to submit for the board meeting to get their slides in before close of day cause I need to send to the board members tomorrow. At least you are not doing powerpoint slides, son!
Jeremiah 33:2-3 (NKJV): "Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the LORD is His name): 'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
When was the last time you called on the Lord? I have probably made you chuckle at times when I write about my 'Lord, HELP' moments. Especially at the gym. I frequently call on Him to help me figure things out, to calm me down, to grant me wisdom for that moment in time. And He answers me. Sometimes I have to get 'me' and my 'I don't want to do this' out of the way (cause I have to do it anyway), but He does answer and gives me the strength I need to complete a workout, or gives me the thought I need to complete a task for work. Sometimes just asking the Lord to calm down the over-thinking process helps me. Like this reward thing - I've probably overthought it so much because I can't get it out of my mind and knowing I need to do 'the right thing'. It's a simple thing, tell her I didn't do the work, and don't deserve it.... and leave it in her corner - I can't give it back, it's in my account. Anyway - off topic.
I love it when God shows me 'great and mighty things which I do not know. There are lots of things I do not know and I - especially with work and my male boss expecting me to read his mind and know what to do when he sends me a project (whether it is powerpoint stuff or having to create a contract for an account I know nothing about nor even whom to contact to get the information (he is my biggest headache)... I know when I pause and get my mind off of me and my stubborn issues, that I can ask Him to give me the wisdom and knowledge and calmness I need and show me great and mighty things that I don't know. Amazingly, for me, He does.
I still don't understand contracting and don't agree with it being dumped on me.... but when I get one, after putting it off as long as I can, ... I am able to complete the task before me. Some times it is really hard for I get these like one every six months or so now. Not repetitive so I always have to figure out where to go to complete that task. It's a part of my job I don't enjoy too much.
But the Lord made this world, and He created me. He says to call to Him and He will answer me, and show me Great and mighty things that I do not know. And I believe Him. I call Him at His Word.
He said it, I believe it, that settles it.
Blessings!
