Christmas just ain't Christmas

I have got to get out of this funk. What is wrong with me....



I have nothing to be sad about. I have my life, health, peace of mind.....but I still feel like this....

Holiday Blues

I was so excited for Thanksgiving!! I cooked and went to the movies.....I just enjoyed myself. But, for some reason I'm feeling blah about Christmas. I don't know why. I don't know what I'm going to cook, I don't know what I'm going to do....it's just blah.

I guess I need to make a plan!!

Ziploc Bag Full of Stuff

Ms. ******,

We found a ziplock bag with Tobacco Quitline cards and a variety of cards with your name, including this email address.  It was on the corner of Spring St. and Church St.

Please reply to let us know what to do with the bag and its contents.

**********

This was an email I got on yesterday afternoon.  WOW. The car thief put my things in a ziploc bag and threw it out. WOW. There was no ziploc bag in my car. Did he suddenly grow a conscious and decide that he didn't want to litter, so he bagged my things and threw them out. I'm just dumbfounded?? 

At first I was thinking that maybe the person who was emailing me was putting me on because who would do that?? I thought something was fishy, so I called the police and the officer had me forward the email to him then respond to this person asking them to turn it in to the police station. Sure enough I got an email and a call from the station saying that my things were turned in. WOW!

I wish someone would turn in my computer and my camera, and my backup drive, and my neice's gifts, and my laundry detergent and my bleach, and MY LUNCH BAG!!

I have got to do laundry, but I don't have any detergent. I've got to buy more detergent and I'm running a little short on funds. WOW!!

Who's Counting?

A series of unfortunate events....

2000 Apartment burglarized
Boom box and jewelry (including my class ring)

2001 Car burglarized
CDs stolen (door was unlocked and windows down)

2008 Apartment burglarized
Door kicked in on New Year's eve(I think it was a neighbor). DVD player and jewelry stolen

2009 Car burglarized
Window was busted out. They couldn't steal the car because it was a stick shift. There was nothing inside to steal.

2010 Robbed at gun point
Sitting in my car, a man came up, pointed a gun in my face and told me to give him my purse. I didn't have a purse with me, so I gave him my laptop.

2012 Car stolen
$1500 of technology (Laptop loaded with Windows Professional and other software, Kodak camera, Seagate backup drive) Christmas gifts, laundry detergent, and clothes were taken.

My Lunch Bag Was in That Car! Part 2

I was just able to get a new driver's license for $5. Thank You, JESUS!!! I called the rental car place, they said that all I need is my driver's license to pick up the car!! God has smiled on me!!! I don't know why He's good to me,but HE IS!! THANK YOU, LORD!!

My Lunch Bag Was in That Car!

I walked outside the church and it was gone....

I scratched my head, looked down the street. Hmmmm....where did I park my car? I thought I parked it right here, right in front of the door.

Then it hit me.....MY CAR WAS STOLEN!!!

I can't even describe the feeling. I was astonished, almost amazed....words escaped me. Then it hit me again, MY CAR WAS STOLEN!!!

The evil car, the car that was cursed, it was gone and I didn't know what to do. I went back into the building to tell Mr & Mrs Lewis. Mr Lewis was shocked...mad even. The police was called, but I still can't describe the feeling.

I laughed.

Not because it was funny but because I have this thing...

When I'm nervous, shocked, etc, I laugh. I don't cry, I don't get angry, I laugh. Most people find that disturbing. Why would I laugh???

I mean, over $1000 in equipment was just stolen along with my vehicle. Not to mention my wallet with my ID, a prepaid visa card, my niece's christmas gifts, my laundry detergent, and, and.....MY LUNCH BAG.

My new cute $2 lunch bag was in that car. I know, I know it's silly, but do you know what it's like to have something taken, STOLEN from you??  Even the $2 lunch bag means something. There is value to it because it was MINE!!!

I want to cry... I WANT TO CRY, but I can't. I don't know why?? I don't want to be sad, so I guess that's why I don't want to cry. I did tear up when talking to the insurance lady. She asked me about my personal effects in the car and as I was listing them my eyes water when I mentioned my niece's christmas gift that I was suppoed to mail to her. I teared up again when I got off the phone with the insurance lady and I saw that my sister's coats were still here in my office. I thought I had put them in the car. So, my sister was happy to hear that news.

My insurance company is covering the cost of a rental car. But, of course in order to get a rental car, I must have driver's license (which was in my car) and in order to get a new driver's license, I have to pay for it, but I have no license to go to the bank. I hope they will take my passport as valid identification.

*sigh*

The Bible says, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Psalms 34:19...another translation says, "A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all."

I Will Survive!!!

I had a meeting with my boss...who also happens to my my pastor's wife...who also happens to be a prophetess....who I really respect....Not just because she's a prophetess, but because she is a very wise, sound, stable person.

We were having a staff meeting and I told her that a lot of people have been asking about GED classes, so I said we can offer them in January. I expected her to say that was fine, but addition she said this....

"You may not agree with this or not, but you need to charge them,to attend the class."

I'm not gonna say whether I agree with her instruction or not, but I will say that my emotions started doing flips and flops and turns. I began to feel a lot of pressure.

The first thing that came into my mind was Queen "Pressure pushing down on me..."

   

But, I had to change my tune....Why am I pressured? God has gifted me. I know how to work hard to make this work. If I charge, I'm gonna be the BEST teacher!!! I'm gonna help a lot of people by the grace of God.


So, instead of Pressure...I now feel like this....

   

I'm excited!!!!  In addition to surviving I will thrive and be the best!!