God does answer Prayers and Works in Mysterious Ways

I have always known, but lately for me I have had my doubts. After this past few days those feelings have been put to rest for awhile. Here are some of the things that have worked out for me.

On Tuesday 28 Jun 2011 my car registration was due along with a parking ticket that I didn't pay earlier since it was the only one I had and I would wait till I could pay it. Well leave it to the state of California to just add it to my registration, so it more than doubled. You have to pay it all at once no payments accepted. Up until Tuesday am I didn't have enough money to pay for it. Well a little work for my Mother-in-law and frankly I am not sure where the rest of it came from, but by 1:00pm I was at home with the work done and the registration payed. Now I had to get the car Smogged. I found a coupon in the Penny Saver and took it to the shop that did the work. Well on the way I thought I had better call DMV and make sure my change of address had gone through so the tags would not get lost in the mail. When I called they said stay on the line for 30 to 45 mins or leave us your # and we will call you back and you will keep your place in line. I thought well I don't want to waste my cell phone minutes. What the heck I left my name and # then went and did another errand. As soon as I was done with that errand DMV called. I mean the timing could not have been better. The person on the phone said we will not mail your tags since you went in to an office and payed your fees. So I would have been waiting who knows how long for tags that weren't coming. I did get to the shop the car passed Smog with no errors. The tech said DMV has your cert so you can go get your tags. I said really how soon. He replied as soon as you can get there. So with in 45 mins had my tags, oh by the way 20 mins of that was driving to DMV.

Another thing that happened was my daughter was at the hospital for training for the delivery of her first born and had an issue and so they just wheeled her down the hall and checked her out. As of right now both Mom and baby are OK.

There are acouple of others, but these are the important ones for now.

Tax day 2011

Well it is very early on that day that a lot of Americans dread, tax day. For the second time in my life my wife and I owe taxes to the feds. The first time was over 20 years ago and it was only a $115.00. This time however it is much more than that approx. 10 times more. There was a mix up at Mengs work and I did not have any thing withheld out of my unemployment check. Well enough about that except to say it will get paid over time.

Last night was another great night of bible study. I really enjoy this group the the Lord found for me. The group is very diverse and we all seem to get along well and share openly. Last night we discussed Jesus's journey to Jerusalem. A short scripture which the first time I read it I said to myself wow not much here to talk about or learn from well I was wrong. Something I have learned in my short time reading scripture; is there is always more than what is written. There seems to always be a story within a story. It just fascinates me how we can all read the same scripture and come out with such different feelings, thoughts and understanding of the scripture.

Well in a few hours it will be time to go to the airport and pick-up Mengs brother. I really miss him. We seem to get along the best of all her brothers and sisters. He is coming in for the Lao New Year celebrations. It will be a busy and enjoyable time for the next few days. Hopefully it will take my mind of of all that is on it right now.

Yesterday I received my last unemployment check. So a little later in the morning I will be forced to do something that I never thought I would have to do and that is to apply for food stamps and general assistance. It will be a painful process. First I have to deal with government employees and the bureaucracy and then all the stigma that comes along with it. This is not something I take lightly, but I have to do something as I have to live and pull my fair share.

I am sure the Lord God is looking out for me. I just wish he would hurry up and let me know the plan.

Wow almost a week has gone by

I just do not know where the time has gone. It has been six days since I posted. I just don't know what I did that made me so busy. I did get a call yesterday from Sac (my brother-in-law) and he gave me a web site of a company that is looking for technicians. I checked it out and will get a resume to them asap.

I did get to, two worship services on Sunday. One to listen to a person in my bible study group give his first sermon. It was good to be there for him. It was more of a biography with a message that tied to the scripture of the day. I also really enjoyed the pipe organ it brought memories of going to church when I was young and going to the Auburn Methodist Church. I then went to To The Table at Central United Methodist Church and another inspiring service from our great Pastoral staff.

I did spend sometime over the weekend watching racing. I really enjoyed the F1 and Indy Car races. The NASCAR races were average.  It was nice to see that Kenseth won for the first time in a long time.

Well today is the day to get our taxes done. I wish I could use the Jackson-Hewitt software, oh well. Time to get to it done and in the mail.

I have seen a lot of posts on facebook lately about people complaining about having bad days. I really think most of these people need to realize that life is not easy and there are going to be some "bad days". I know it is tough, but we all need to focus on what is going good and what we have, not what is bad and what we don't have.

A different Kind of Day

Well today started out better than most. I actually got up shortly after my alarm went off. I did my morning Internet stuff, then my daily devotional, took Meng to meet her car pool. Next  was the best part. I made plans to meet Rosemarie from church at church to work in the garden. It was great to work outside the weather cooperated it wasn't to hot or cold, it was just right. I helped her a few hours had lunch worked some more. There is much more to do, but we did make a dent and it does look better. It took more out of me than I thought it would, so much for sitting on my assets all winter. It gave me more reason to get off my assets and get some exercise.

Yesterday, was different also. I got up after sleeping in again, this is becoming too much of a habit. I had some Cheerios, then dropped some food off at Meng's Moms. After that I took a ride down the Garden Highway along the river most it I have never been down. It was a beautful ride and it showed me some stuff I hadn't seen and did not know was there. I turned around at the airport and on my way home I saw a $.99 tacos at Jim Boys Tacos. I was a bit upset with there ATM as it is an ATM not a point of sale system. The fee was $.79 which isn't to bad as these things go, but my bank charged me $ 2.00 since it was a non-bank ATM. The food and service were above average, so I was happy about that.

A new week

Well today started as usual, nothing new there.

Well Saturday morning went well, I thought. Joanne was at least willing to listen. She was also glad to hear me apologize for my Misgivings during our relationship I felt better too. It really made me wish I had done it when I first realized it well over a year ago. She also seemed opened to changing the collection of the in the rears child support.

Yesterday was a good day; a great worship service, some quality time with Meng's family, then a couple of quality phone calls.

I am finding a way to stay positive, but it's difficult. My brain is fried it is very hard to concentrate on even some of the simple tasks. Meng is still on me to get her paperwork done for the County Medical program. I know it is really bothering her, "why don't you just do it" she asks. I reply I don't know why. I can't say I haven't asked the same question to myself many times. I don't have an answer to her or myself. I would be a very rich man if I had a dime for every time I have asked that question to myself. Yet, I can play Tetris for hours and not bat an eye. I just do not understand.

So it Begins on April Fools Day, What does that mean if anything?

Well this day started different than most. I awoke to alarms going off before 6:00 am. The reason, I needed to get to The Table at Central United Methodist Church to preform some janitorial duties I volunteered for while the regular person is taking a little vacation. I went and got the trash out and took some pictures of the cross display in the Sanctuary. Next I made it home logged on to the web and checked all my mail and social sites. I then paid a couple of bills, next it was nap time, after that I watched some TIVOed TV. I turned off the TV and turned on the stereo. I need to do this more often. I did watch a very inspiring episode of Secret Millionaire. Just another reminder that, even thou things are bad for me right now there are many people that have it far worse. I also did some devotional time. Well the rest of the night I will spend getting ready for my conversation with Joanne and a little more work at the church.

My mind is a little more settled than usual as I finally have a meeting with Joanne in the morning. I am at least happy that she will be listening to me. I have decided to start with the apology and then the subject of the back child support. My goal is to at least get her to get the collections out of the states hands and come to some kind of reasonable agreement for his stage of our relationship.