Hunger-Cooking!

Off to see The Hunger Games tonight with a few coworkers!  Excited.  Hoping the movie isn't a let down from the book.  Looking forward to dinner downtown and my 2nd movie experience at the IMAX.  Was talking to Brian about the movie and both agree it's pretty cool that several scenes were filmed right here in NC.

Makes me think about how much I enjoy this state and love living in a beautiful place.


Also looking forward to some Chinese cooking this weekend!  Our Chinese-American friend, James, is taking us to the Asian Market and is going to teach a group of us white kids how to make dumplings and Won Ton!  Woo!  Looking forward to a fun time of fellowship and I'm sure some funny mistakes and stories along the way with good friends.

So thankful this week is coming to a close and the weather keeps getting better and better.  Wearing a pink dress today that makes me feel like Spring.  Ordered some new shoes for the warmer weather.  Bring on summertime!

Sleep Deprived

Been sleep deprived lately.  I haven't been sleeping soundly very well the last couple of weeks.  Stress?  A good book I can't put down?  Whatever it is, it's not fun.  And most likely, it's a little of both those issues.  

I woke up an hour early yesterday to prepare some meatballs for our office lunch and even though I fell asleep at 9:45 last night I'm still feeling the gritty eyes and foggy head.  You know the feeling, where you just want to put your head down on your desk and take a catnap?  Or, you can't really process something with full comprehension because your thoughts kinda wander into la-la land.  Yeah.  That's me.  

Thankful tomorrow is Friday.  But don't want to wish away my weeks longing for each weekend.  Glad it's light out later these days.  I am such a lover of the light...and warmth.  

Hope your week's been livelier than mine!

Watch your Mouth

First, have you ever been so overwhelmed by clutter that it sort of paralyzes you?  For example, my desk looked like this moments ago:

As you can see, papers everywhere no room to even really put my arms to type except on top of the mess.  I was beginning to feel frantic.  So what did I do?

I shoved it all in a pile.  See, that's how I have to operate.  One thing at a time.  I'm actually not very good at multitasking.  I am easily distracted and forget to go back to project A and finish it if I've been distracted by project B or C or etc.

Ahh, I feel like I can finally knock out my pile of stuff to do now that i have to look at only the top item.  And no, it's not in any particular order.  So if I get to something I can't immediately attend to or finish it's going to the bottom of the stack.

Today has been one of the most frustrating work days I've had in a long time.  Instead of trumpeting my complaints here, let's just suffice it to say that customer service is hard work--hence the reason for my blog title.  And now I'm going to remind myself of truth.

Proverbs 29:11 "A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."
Proverbs 16:32 "He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city."

Proverbs 26:4 "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself."

If you're the praying type, join with me in praying that these truths will be seared on my heart.  Because out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks!

*UPDATE* the moment I hit "publish" on this post my phone rang.  A Board Member was calling to just tell me what a good job I was doing and to hang in there and not let anyone drag me down!  First of all, in our industry praise is a very rare occurrence. Secondly, the timing of that is too perfect to be called a coincidence, thank you Father for your kindness to me.  Isn't our God good!?