I Did It! Well...Almost.

I went into work with my head held high. I did my very best not to cry or throw things.

I sat in a meeting with my boss and her and had a piece of paper given to me that mapped out all of my old duties and when she will have to be completely trained on them and when she'll take them over. On the bottom of the page was a list of 4 things that I will do.

1) Maintain collections (We knew that was coming)
2)Become the local contact for the Re-Branding. We are changing our name (as well as our business ethics, apparently) and I get to tell whoever is in charge how much stationary we have on hand with our old name on it. (They tried to make it a bigger job than it actually is. It was like 2 parents telling a child how great the dentist is)
3) Log in the work that comes in from the other location (basically write them in a book)
4) Basic data entry.

I took a deep, cleansing breathe when she moved from across the building to the desk directly behind me.

And I only broke one (box of) pencils in half when the mass email went out telling everyone that I am still on the Admin staff, just in a more "supportive" position, and to please welcome and congratulate _____ on her new position.

I was able to handle the people who couldn't make eye contact with me. I was able to handle the congratulations given to her. I was able to handle the whispering behind my back and the people not really caring, but just wanting the juicy gossip. I made it through the day.

There was one point of the day that I had to white knuckle it. But that was all Matt's fault. I was sitting at my desk, hanging by a very thin, tattered thread when this email came over from him. As I was reading it, the song that's in the YouTube video started playing. (See if you can read it and listen to the song at the same time to get the full effect)


.WET PANTS

Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat.'

He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.

As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.

The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, 'Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!'

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else - Susie

She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough, you klutz!'

Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You did that on purpose, didn't you?' Susie whispers back, 'I wet my pants once too.'

May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good..

Remember......Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith

The Prayer:
Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. Amen.



That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more!!!! I stepped outside for a much needed breathe of fresh air. He meant well.

Tonight, I bought a bottle of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum and I am going to have a very big drink! Maybe 2!

I toast to you, my bloggy friends who I will always be there for as they are there for me. And to drinking and blogging (because later on, this could get entertaining)