My Unexpected Visitor

The other night I got home from playing night games with friends and went to bed a little after midnight.

Okay, that sounds pretty normal so far, right?

Then I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to a man's voice saying, "Excuse me."

Not normal.

I had been dreaming deliriously about work where I kept having to help people that came to the office. Well, this voice interrupted my dream and I opened my eyes to see a man standing in the doorway of my bedroom.

THERE WAS A MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF MY BEDROOM.

At 4:30 a.m.

Well, I threw off my covers and went to talk to him.

I walked to my doorway and got a better look at him. He was dressed in a uniform of some kind and looked like he could definitely take me down. And then he asked me to go get my dad.

All I could think was, "I didn't know UPS guys came at 4:30 in the morning."

Seriously, I thought he was the UPS guy.

Well, I told him to please step to the front door and I would go get my dad. Well, he didn't move. And then he tried to explain himself saying, "Your front door was wide open and we don't want to take any chances."

Take any chances that what? That a man would come wake me up in my bedroom at 4:30 in the morning?! Already happening, buddy...

I told him if he would PLEASE step away from my personal living space and wait by the front door I would be more than HAPPY to go get my dad. Well, maybe I didn't tell him quite like that...

He finally got the message and started walking back toward my front door. Seriously, who did this UPS guy think he was? And then as I looked the direction he was walking, I saw two more of them waiting by my front door.

Weird. Weird. Weird. I thought.

I woke up my dad and told him some men were here to see him. And of course, both my parents thought I was sleepwalking. Anyway, I finally got my dad to get up and take care of the whole ordeal. I listened to their conversation from the bedrooms and I finally figured out...

There were no UPS guys. They were policemen. I know that was probably the first thing that should have popped into my head, and probably anyone else would realize that straight off the bat, but...

I didn't. To make a short story long, they explained to my dad that our door was wide open and asked if he wanted them to check my house for anyone or anything that shouldn't be there.

And of course my dad said no.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! A armed robber could be in my house and we are not going to let the policemen check to see if he is still here!!!!???

My life was in peril. I was in serious danger. And my last hope of any protection from the law was driving away in three shiny police vehicles...

So I went back to bed.

After I had turned on all the lights, checked in all the closets, and made sure no one was hiding underneath the beds of course.

No Rat Race Here

This is what I have been up to lately!

I started working as a secretary for a couple of wonderful attorneys in June. A few weeks later one of the receptionists at the office quit and so I took over the afternoon receptionist hours in addition to secretary work. I answer phones for 11 attorneys and their secretaries.

I am so, so thankful to have a good job this summer to help pay for school. I am completely enjoying getting to know the attorneys and they are quickly becoming some of my favorite people. I know they are attorneys, but I try to forgive them for that ;o)

In Every Block of Marble

Wow. Wow. WOW.

As soon as I start to think I have my plans figured out, life changes. Drastically.
One thing I know for sure is that God always has so much better plans for my life than I do.
And he definitely sends me blessings and trials to shape me into everything he needs me to be.

Michelangelo stated, "In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to other eyes as mine see it."

I like to think that God sees that in each of us--despite our rough walls.