Productivity

The Lord granted me the motivation I prayed for today. And I now feel like I accomplished lots of things, which is a good feeling after a day of laziness yesterday.

First I got brave enough to drop off the last four resumes for teacher jobs. I say brave because I was nervous after the accident last Friday to go on that road again. I was successful in dropping off three of the four resumes after getting directions from a janitor at the Campbell County Technology Center. He gave me not only directions, but his cell phone in case I got lost. (Don't worry! He was an old guy... janitor... threw the number away once I figured out where I was going!) His directions were very accurate. The reason that all four did not get dropped off is because one of the schools was completely abandoned. It was a neat looking school though, very old. They even had old-time wood floors! Felt like maybe a one-room school house was possibly there years ago.

After this LONG adventure to find these schools, I went to get my license and car registration. Of course I got lost during my initial attempts and had to call the license office for directions while simulaneously realizing that my gas light had just come on. What seemed like a simple task quickly turned into a complicated one!

And things did not lookup for a bit. When I got to the office, there was an older lady standing behind the counter who asked for my Texas license, social security card, and proof of residence. I gave her what I had. She quickly told me the apartment lease I had brought would not work because it was not signed. I tried to calmly explain to her, you know in the teacher voice when someone is not going the way you think it should, that it said nothing online about the lease needing to be signed online and that they should update that. Then I asked her, just for clairification reasons, what would work. She very rudely and sarcastically explained to me that I needed a piece of mail that was post-marked within the last 30 days. I almost cried right then and there, but held my tears.

That is until I got to the parking garage and could not find my car! I walked around three different levels until I finally called Brent, balling my eyes out about getting lost, the rude lady, not having much gas left, and not being able to find my car.

There's something about dropping tears that calms me down sometimes. After my cry-fest was over I calmed down enough to begin logically looking for my car. Luckily I have that bright orange "26.2" sticker on the back that helped me spot it. (Thanks Bay Area Fit!)

Then it was off to get the car registered. It is the understatement of the year to say that the people there were much nicer. It was in and out with no problems. I'd actually say that they were helpful: they told me exactly where to go, talked to me about living in different states, and explained directions to get gas. To say the least, I left the building smiling.

The rest of the afternoon was filled with food. Dinner was served compliments of the Rachel Raye cookbook that my awesome brother-in-law Blake got me for Christmas. Dessert was at Dairy Queen. (Brent made me do it! Ok, it was not hard to "drag" me along...)

Today's lesson was to trust the Lord to calm me down and not get caught up in the circumstances of life. People will always let me down, no matter who they are or how much they care, or don't care, about me. I must believe that the Lord will see me through. He has great plans. And He will always leave me smiling at the end of the day!