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May 19, 2005

"nevermind what I had planned!"

It's been so long since I posted. I wonder if anyone will ever read this. If you are reading this, post me something...
Anyway, today was one of those days that were made for blogging. It was definetely one of those "God's in charge"days!

I had many plans for today. I had some design to do for Graffiti, and some art to finish up for my dad's church. I was hoping to get some of that done in the morning, before meeting up with my dad so he could babysit Phoenix while I went to Graffiti to teach my art class to the after-school kids. Oh yeah, I was also gonna swing by the post office to mail my best friend's belated birthday present.

All that was to come once I dropped Willik at Preschool.

Well, here's where God steps in and says, "uh-uh! I have something else in mind."

When I turned the ignition on our Jeep, basicly nothing happened. I tried several times, pumping the gas, not pumping the gas, I looked under the hood only to make myself feel as if I did something productive, and I tried it a few more times. Then I called my dad.
Why didn't I call Fabio, you might ask... Well, he's in Oklahoma.
Actually I did try and get a hold of Fabio to get out AAA number, but Fab didn't answer his phone, 'cause he was in the middle of class.
Anyway, my dad made his way to meet me. I went back into the preschool to kill some time, along with Phoenix; and I had to worry about the street cleaning rules which were to happen in a little over an hour, not to mention the traffic cops who are just waiting for their watches to hit the hour, so they can happily dole out tickets.
My dad arrived, we called AAA, they couldn't hear my location 'cause a train was passing by, my dad was asking me questions, it was nuts!!!

The traffic cops came, I explained the situation, and they told me to just stay by the car; the tow truck came, and was about to start the towing, after trying to jump it, and then the street cleaning truck came, and started honking. So, we waited for the truck to go around us, and the guy got the car loaded up, and after getting Phoenix and a couple other essentials into my dad's car, we followed the tow truck to the body shop/gas station, left the car, were told we would hear from them about "what was wrong" in an hour, so my dad dropped me off at home, and took Phoenix.
I had to cancel my art class, and I had to wait to hear from the auto body shop ((cringing)).
Well, I got started on my work, iI heard from Fabio after using my dad's AAA number, and then I heard from the shop.
According to guy, it was a failed fuel pump, and after labor, taxes and an oil change, this was gonna cost me around $1000!!!! How does something like this just happen? And why was this what God had for the day???
Well, after a few more hours on the phone, and a little looking on the internet, I came to the conclusion that this was too much money for what was to be done, and I needed to try and talk this deal down, but I didn't want to have a bad dealing with the guy, after all, my car was in his possession. And, over all, I had a good feeling about the guy. He didn't seem like he was "slimy". I did talk to him, and we did achieve a more reasonable deal, and even though he got the car ready for today, I will have to go and get it tomorrow, since I didn't have a way of getting there.
I managed to get a bit of work done, which was really nice, since I got to work uninterrupted by the boys.

I'm still processing the whole day, but one thing is for sure: God's idea was waaaay different than my plans, and although the day seems to have been very crazy, I don't feel angry, stressed or lacking in any way. I'm not sure where this money is coming from, but that's okay. I don't have to know. I just have to trust.

God knew what I needed better than I, today(and everyday, actually!). And I'm excited!

Posted by glassgirl at May 19, 2005 11:19 PM

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