Today I decide to be wealthy.
My job at the school got cancelled. The woman I was going to substitute for called, and said her flight had been cancelled, and the following flight was booked solid, so she's not going to be able to leave for another week-end or so.
Which was just as well, as I was to bring up two large serving trays full of au gratin potatoes to a missionary luncheon, and I hadn't noticed the part about needing 4 1/2 quarts of boiling water, each. I had to measure out and boil the water twice, one for each pan. The potatoes were sliced and dried, and in two boxes, both had two dried sauce pouches, and all that was needed was a stick of butter, each, which was provided when Jackie dropped everything off at my house. Then Jo called, and she had some jam that needed to be delivered, that she had planned to help at the luncheon, and those plans went out the window. So the potatoes, that I had planned to have nice and hot at a bit before 11 a.m. didn't get to the church until a few minutes after 12.
I stayed and helped with the dishes, and visited with Jackie, and the others, and the missionaries sang a thank-you song to us. I thought about their moms, and was sad to think of one missionary who had to be sent home from his mission, what he'd missed.
Afterwards, I went to Elk Meadow Elementary School and shelved books for a while. Toni was glad to see me, as she had a full cart. I managed to get half of it shelved before it was time to leave. One of the students had a J.R.R.Tolkien book that puzzled her, and I explained that it was a collection of his writings that he was working on when he died, and that there were bits and pieces of where the elves came from and stuff, all jumbled together. Another wanted to know where the mystery books were, and I turned her back to Toni and continued to shelve books. Toni seemed pleased with my actions.
Afterwards, I called Jackie and offered her a ride to Worksource. She couldn't go this time. However, when I got there, I saw a sign-up list for counseling, and she was happy when I called her again, and offered to put her name and phone number on the list, so that the office could call her and set up an appointment time.
Interestingly enough, one of the places I had the job posting number for was Touchmark, the same company that said it could only do 30-35 hours a week (this one posted that it was 40 hours), and the same one that sent me a rejection letter two days ago. The job was posted today. I didn't take the referral, and I explained why to the clerk.
One of the books I read recently was "Five People You Meet When You Get To Heaven," a gentle reminder that heaven has a different measure of success than what we experience or expect in this life. I didn't make any money today, but at least I'll have some unemployment money next week. And I did well today. And I will do more tomorrow.
I had some fortune cookies tonight, and one of the fortunes was this: Enjoy the fine goods life has to offer & friends with whom to share it.
Today I decide to be wealthy.
My job at the school got cancelled. The woman I was going to substitute for called, and said her flight had been cancelled, and the following flight was booked solid, so she's not going to be able to leave for another week-end or so.
Which was just as well, as I was to bring up two large serving trays full of au gratin potatoes to a missionary luncheon, and I hadn't noticed the part about needing 4 1/2 quarts of boiling water, each. I had to measure out and boil the water twice, one for each pan. The potatoes were sliced and dried, and in two boxes, both had two dried sauce pouches, and all that was needed was a stick of butter, each, which was provided when Jackie dropped everything off at my house. Then Jo called, and she had some jam that needed to be delivered, that she had planned to help at the luncheon, and those plans went out the window. So the potatoes, that I had planned to have nice and hot at a bit before 11 a.m. didn't get to the church until a few minutes after 12.
I stayed and helped with the dishes, and visited with Jackie, and the others, and the missionaries sang a thank-you song to us. I thought about their moms, and was sad to think of one missionary who had to be sent home from his mission, what he'd missed.
Afterwards, I went to Elk Meadow Elementary School and shelved books for a while. Toni was glad to see me, as she had a full cart. I managed to get half of it shelved before it was time to leave. One of the students had a J.R.R.Tolkien book that puzzled her, and I explained that it was a collection of his writings that he was working on when he died, and that there were bits and pieces of where the elves came from and stuff, all jumbled together. Another wanted to know where the mystery books were, and I turned her back to Toni and continued to shelve books. Toni seemed pleased with my actions.
Afterwards, I called Jackie and offered her a ride to Worksource. She couldn't go this time. However, when I got there, I saw a sign-up list for counseling, and she was happy when I called her again, and offered to put her name and phone number on the list, so that the office could call her and set up an appointment time.
Interestingly enough, one of the places I had the job posting number for was Touchmark, the same company that said it could only do 30-35 hours a week (this one posted that it was 40 hours), and the same one that sent me a rejection letter two days ago. The job was posted today. I didn't take the referral, and I explained why to the clerk.
One of the books I read recently was "Five People You Meet When You Get To Heaven," a gentle reminder that heaven has a different measure of success than what we experience or expect in this life. I didn't make any money today, but at least I'll have some unemployment money next week. And I did well today. And I will do more tomorrow.
I had some fortune cookies tonight, and one of the fortunes was this: Enjoy the fine goods life has to offer & friends with whom to share it.
Today I decide to be wealthy.
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