My bowl runneth over

Next week is spring break which generally means nothing to those of us on college campuses who are not on faculty, but they've decided to bury the phone, internet and electrical lines that lead to our office next week, which means several days with no computer network or phones. But thankfully, due to the miracle of technology, I can work from home. Yes, I will still have to get up early, but at least I won't have to shower or change out of my PJs.

It could just be a coincidence, but they have already started digging trenches to our office, and yesterday we had a little flood. It started in my bathroom right after I left for a doctor's appointment, and continued for more than two hours before anyone discovered it. So the poor night crew had to clear out my shelves, my storage closet, and anything else near the floor to clean up the mess. Gross.

Tomorrow I have to be in Rogers at 6 a.m. for a breakfast, but thankfully my sweet friend Kelly is allowing me to crash at her house for the second Thursday evening in a row. Now I'll just have to get up at 5 a.m. instead of 4 a.m. The good news is that I'm taking some time off tomorrow afternoon to prepare for the big birthday surprise party extravaganza tomorrow night. What kind of person starts a party at 9 p.m.?

Probably a better kind of person than the kind who tells the guest of honor about said event. Oops! He's promised to act surprised. (In my defense, he wasn't buying the story and wasn't going to dinner at all. I'm not that big of a jerk. Plus, I didn't want him to believe the hype that this hoopla is of my doing. Laid-back dinner = my idea. Party for 25 people he barely knows = not my idea.)

Not to get philosophical, but I've been thinking a lot today about my friend/crush, the birthday boy. My morning quiet time was about Romans 8:28, which I know was not a coincidence. I'm trying to be open to God's plan in all of this. Then, this afternoon, my pal Estella sent me an email that said, "God doesn't give you the people you want, He gives you the people you NEED - To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be."

I've heard that silversmiths can tell when a piece of metal is ready when they can see their reflection in it. I'm far from a great reflection of Christ, but hopefully I'm open to the polishing.