What a Great Day!

Church this morning was absolutely wonderful! Praise and worship turned into an intense altar time, and Pastor only preached about 1o min. Now, that's not what made it wonderful. The Lord was there in such a sweeping way, and we had one get saved, several pray for problems and illnesses or recommittment. People just really entered into seeking His face. And He met us!

This evening we kind of walked in the overflow of the AM service, and Pastor did get to preach. One little girl had a headache and nausea when she got to church, so we prayed for her and the Lord touched her. One little girl got a small piece of kleenex stuck up her nose, and I got to go fishing with a pair of hemostats. (Never leave home without one!)

We truly acted like a Pentecostal church today. Even with folks there who had not attended before. WooHoo! I want it to be like this all the time! (Except for Pastor not getting to preach!)

Nearly Done (In)

We had a computer program change-over this week and it was every bit the bear we thought it would be. Fortunately, this was spring break, and the patient load wasn't too bad until today. Actually, even today wasn't too bad, but I was the late nurse this afternoon, and checked charts for tomorrow--we have 32 patients tomorrow. And a completely new way of charting. And a completely new way to look things up and enter orders. And a brain that is on the downhill side of the 5th decade. My brain hurts. I will do one screen and in the process forget how to do the screen I did just before it. I know, I know...this too, shall pass. But at this point, it could pass right on out of existence, and I would be first in line cheering! Because we have a couple of nurses out sick, I worked a double shift today as well. Guess that's why I am so grumpy tonight. 14 hours of chaos will do that to you. I think it's time to find my bed. Maybe things will look better in the morning.

Looking from the other side

They are gone. All but 5. The lofts look so empty. So closes a chapter in my life. The man who bought them came yesterday at noon, we loaded them up and by 12:45 they were on the way to their new home. Am I sad? A little. Am I glad? Yes, they will have a good home with the care they need and deserve. But mostly, I am just relieved. L says he is looking for a place to keep the remaining birds, so I will eventually be completely devoid of critters. I won't have to worry about being gone too long, or something happening while I am not around. So, it is a good thing all around. And I didn't cry.

I received the following in an email today from someone who doesn't know the birds would be leaving soon: "Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." I can't begin to count the number of times I have literally been the statue! But it all washes off, in both contexts.