Beautiful Snowy Day

 Happy Sabbath

It's a beautiful snowy day and I am thankful for today and a good week.  I decided to restart another side hustle this week and it worked out pretty well. I am doing Door Dash for up to 2 hours sometimes 3 times a week and when I got to the third day, I was happy that I was able to really stay in my town and not have to go too far.  As soon as I got on the app while I was in my driveway, it kicked in and sent me an order.  I decided to take this up because I want to be prepared for tax time which is upon us.  I still don't know the math but expect to pay a whole lot more than I paid last year especially because I didn't change my witholdings.  Without the side hustle, I did some math to see base pay projections and I was shocked to see that I am making it if not more what I had prayed about before.  My goal for this year is to make 100k and if I do well with my investments, hit my targets at my main and possibly earn bonuses with my other part time, I could get close if not hit that number.  To many 100k is is not a big number.  At this point, I am making the most money I have ever made in my life and I want to thank the Lord for it.  I still have some concerns going into this year but am giving them to the Lord.  Even with the money I am making right now, I still have huge bills coming up that I need help with.  

During my door dash week I had an opportunity to run into another door dasher who gave me some helpful tips.  I noticed products a restaurant had on their display and gave them advice on where to source their items as I am able to track the movement of certain items that come into my store and the days the competition come in to snatch up the deals.  Things are expensive and I know how hard it can be to find the things such as this one restaurant sells. I was thankful for a huge tip this person gave me.  I had one hour left to go and I had to have a restroom break but didn't want it to dig into my ratings and cause me to miss out on good orders.  I pulled up to a Smoothie King and when I entered, the person preparing the beverage had accidentally spilled it and told me she would have to make it all over again.  I asked at that moment to use the restroom and I was permitted to.  All the other places didn't really have that set up for me to do that and it was perfect timing.  My last run happened to take me back to my home town which was also perfect.

I am going to try doing it again next week.  I was able to shovel snow about an hour ago and clear a path for my car.  I know it is Sabbath but snow, storms, emergencies don't stop even on Sabbath.  I was able to talk to my neighbor across the street and despite starting much later than him and others who were out there, I was able to clear half of my 4 car driveway, the front porch and my sidewalk and car and make it inside to enjoy homemade bread with my son.  They are still outside shoveling and using a snow blower.  If it was not for my dad's tip about the cardboard, my car would still be stuck in the bottom half of my driveway.  

It is after 4pm so I need to take a bath, prepare my clothes for work tonight and shut things down.  God is good and I am thankful for the message given during the service, the song my sister sang, and even though it is cold and annoying, the beautiful snow I was able to wake up to and enjoy looking at first thing this morning.