ON TIME

 Good afternoon and Happy Sabbath.

Not much to share today. I am thankful for God's timing. I had stayed on zoom thursday evening to help my son participate in a youth week of prayer.  He had to do song service and I was beyond tired.  I dozed off once or twice and I was so tired that I didn't set my alarm clock.  The next day I had planned to start my work at 6am because I worked too much early in the week. My normal start time is 4:30am and even though it was to be 6am I had intended also to set my alarm for 4:30am so I could perhaps do some prep work, go back to sleep and start back at 6am.  

I went to sleep and slept pretty good.  I woke up feeling like it was Saturday and thought to myself that I didn't prepare for the Sabbath school lesson so I would have to rush and figure it out later in the morning.  I lay there and then my senses fully came back to make me realize that it was not Saturday but Friday and I jumped to see what time it was on the clock to my left. 

The clock was exactly 6am.  I had some panic but was able to get everything together.  I thank God for waking me up on time.  I could have overslept until 8am and then where would I be?  Things like this have happened in the past and each time God was on time helping me to be prepared when normally I wouldn't be.  

I thank Him for a good week at work. I had some productive meetings, did some door dashing, and had a great day at church.  I look forward to getting outside tomorrow to work on my front lawn and back yard gardens.  I can't wait to mow the grass. I intend to purchase tulips and other plants to beautify my property and want to get spring over here because it is time man.  I need to purchase new soil, buy seeds for the gardens, get some potted plants for the porch, and do spring cleaning.  Next weekend I'll set aside time to wash my hair, cut my son's hair and do my taxes.  

I had a good lunch from church. My son treats me like I'm a rabbit and picks up plates of rice and plain salad but church sis, good lookin out because she came through with the chick peas, cabbage, plaintain, and rice and peas.  I enjoyed that with some of my asian coconut style mung bean n rice and dalgona cupcakes.  I make vanilla cupcakes and stick a wide shard of fresh made dalgona candy in the middle. You can use the dalgona shard to scoop the cupcake like a spoon or fork if you like or take a bite of cupcake and then dalgona.  I had made M&M cupcakes for my son and experimentally made dalgona cupcakes for myself (they each have a dusting of powdered sugar too) and he never even touched the ones I made for him. He went to eat all of mine which are vegan.  I was so angry when he did that the first time. I made a batch of 12-16 yesterday and we are currently down to 2 cupcakes left.  You should experiment with candy making and see how it elevates your deserts.  I don't do dairy but if I was, I would try to make a toffee flavored dalgona or thinly layered toffee to go with cupcakes.  I used to make toffee and not too long ago made candied fruits like strawberries and mandarins.  Anyway, I'll get off of here.  I had a good day and look forward to what is to come in the new week. 

God bless you and have a great week!

Looking Forward

Happy Sabbath

I'm trying to remember the details of this week..It was a good week. Sunday my son seemed to be doing better..He was sick on Sabbath so we left church early last week. Monday was a good day for us both. Tuesday I started getting sick and so did my parents. Whatever germ my son picked up, he spread it to us. Wednesday I tried but I was feeling awful and then my son vomited on the bus to school so I had to go get him and make sure he had all the things that made him comfortable.  I ended up taking PTO for most of the day. Thursday I struggled through with teary eyes and runny nose but felt better than Wednesday.  Friday I did DOOR dash for the first time in about a year. My GPS stopped working after my second drop off but I was able to figure out a way to make several other orders happen. I don't see the long hours available like I did before, but the lyft driver said the right thing to me. I followed his advice and was able to at least see something.

I was thinking of quitting the runs early when I got this big offer and I decided why not. I went to the site and as I was looking for the items I heard someone call my name. It was a church sis who's husband is having a difficult time with pain and his health. I was surprised to see her there and it was nice. God had a reason for me to run into her. There was another order after that which was large but I saw how close the time would run to my son's arrival from the school so I decided to decline and stop work that moment. I had signed up until 3pm but the time they offered me was at 2:48pm..I couldn't hit the end Dash link quick enough so I know my decline rate was affected but its OK. I am thankful for extra little money that otherwise I wouldn't have had.

I spoke with one of my clients and he showed off gear and souvenirs he bought when he went to the Sight and Sound Theatre. I've always wanted to go especially after I saw this clip of a man singing...the guy from the Gergenses or whatever. I think that specific show was Jesus. This year, the show is Moses. When I heard that clip, I wanted to cry. He sang about the love of Jesus and how He cared even for a lowly soul like that demon possessed man and set him free. The artistry, the imagery, the musicianship of everyone, everything was amazing. And here I'm blown away looking at this live action scene on YouTube. I heard from my clients how amazing the current show Moses was and talked to others who went or knew about the cost. 

I also thought about how many times churches said they were going to plan a trip to go there and no one would ever agree to put up the money to make it happen. I decided Thursday to purchase tickets for this summer. We will be pretty much in the front row (second row but no one will be blocking us so an unofficial extension of the front row)?  I've taken my son to theme parks, beaches, farms, camping, ice skating, race car driving, and other weird places. I've never taken him to a show like this. And I can't wait. Pretty soon, we'll probably be going to see orchestras and the opera and the space center. OK, maybe not that but indoor skydiving is on my list of to dos.

Moses is going to be a great show and help him to understand a little more of what God did for the people of Israel in a different way. It must have been something to see the waters divide and to see the fire by night and cloud by day. I don't know how they will recreate it but I'm excited to see and feel like I'm practically there in this true and amazing Bible history lesson. It's gonna be great!!

Sabbath today was lead out by the children and they did great. Aside from some illness this week, I have no complaints.  God is good!!

3/11/23 Transfer

Happy Sabbath

I have been home since 11am. I ended up going home early because my son was complaining that he was sick. I had him do his part for Sabbath school and spoke with the church leader and let her know what was going on. Today was communion Sabbath and I was able to get a communion emblem for my son and myself before leaving out. When we arrived at home I had my son get in bed while I got some medicine and food for him. I signed onto zoom to tune in for Sabbath. It was the perfect Sabbath to stay home because another pianist who comes once a month was here and I would no longer be needed. Today was the first Sabbath our congregation would do communion together in the same building. Since the pandemic started we were on zoom and having a disagreement with the owners of that building. I was sad that I was home and not able to experience communion in person today. Then the pastor got to the mic and started bringing up my name and next thing I knew, they were announcing my membership transfer to this church would be official today. They did both first and second readings today. Turns out despite the other church declaring my membership transferred over there, they never actually did it. My membership ended up coming from out of state from the second church I had official membership by. The one I ran away from.

So I missed 2 great moments that were supposed to take place in person.

I thank God even still.

I dropped my Ford again off at the place Friday where they replaced my transmission. I got a call today that they couldn't find any real issues...perhaps the struts but the guy doesn't do that type of work. He won't charge me for inspecting it. I can either drop it at another mechanic or pick it up for home on Monday. I'll think on it and decide by then.

I am thankful for my membership transfer, for communion service even though online, for my son, my mum, and my jobs. God is good. 

Unaffected

 Happy Sabbath

I had a good week but a challenging one at the same time.  My week started off well and progressed quickly. It feels like as soon as Monday came around, Friday was in my face.  I am thankful it is Sabbath.  The weather seems to be improving and I look forward to the days being longer and warmer.  I decorated a large wreath and changed things up at the front door. I watched all of my tulips (50+) get gobbled up by some mysterious pest that wanted to steal my joy for early spring.  I have more bulbs so I plan on putting those down perhaps tomorrow when I go out.  I planted those bulbs in the autmn last year as the instructions said. I don't know when these tulips will come up but hopefully by the time they start to hit the surface, I will have something for those horrible little creatures.  

I am thankful that my car is working again.  In an earlier post, I said I was selling that car.  My dad had decided upon himself to pay for another 6 months of insurance on that vehicle when I told him not to.  He then started talking to people about transmissions and parts and took it upon himself to purchase them when I told him not to.  I decided that since it sounded like he found a good deal, I would go ahead with the repair.  I dropped my car off on Monday and it was ready by Friday morning.  I did have a bad situation with my dad yesterday.  He was having some problems and took it out on me and that was unacceptable.  I decided I would take a lyft ride to the shop to pay for my car as I had told him I would.  He wanted to pay for everything and he was way out of line for how he treated me.  

I was happy to attend service today.  There are people around me who think they can say things to make me move when they want me to move and they are finding out that they have no control over me and don't like it.  That is not limited to my dad.  I choose to remain unaffected.  I choose to press on and do what I need to do.  I thank the Lord for opening doors for me to do just that.  I no longer feel the need to explain myself to anyone for why I do or don't do something.  I'm not required to.  

And so I will aim to enjoy the rest of my weekend with my son.  We may go get garden supplies tomorrow or do some grocery shopping.  We may relax, watch a movie, make korean style treats and clean up.  I might even do my taxes...well I'll wait until mid March and I'll sit down and handle all that.  I am thankful this laptop (my personal computer) is working right now.  I didn't touch it for almost a year and I am on it because my work computer wanted to give up on me. I had to drop it off at the office Wednesday so someone could take time to repair it.  I missed this computer and I'm glad I have it.  

I'm going to get off of here. God is good. He has provided the things I needed this week and helped me to get through even when everyone around me is out here being narcs and losing their minds.  Have a great week :)