Day 444 -- Pleasantly Surprised
I found myself pleasantly surprised by lots of things today, which is always nice.
1) I woke up and had a GREAT, long swim at the Y of Grand Rapids. I was kind of expecting for it to be terrible, if I even managed to wake up in time at all. But I did, and the swim was delightful. I left feeling refreshed and accomplished.
2) I had an amazing breakfast in the very questionable hotel restaurant, which I was not expecting based on the general appearance of the place. They even took the $10 in gold dollars I got from the parking garage change dispenser last night. I say this because I swear that stuff looks like play money.
3) I was dreading my assignment on vault for the division 2 individual championships, mostly because of all the events, vault is undoubtedly what I would consider myself to be the least confident in judging. With four judges, I was certain that my scores would be way out of range of the panel and the others would wonder what the heck I was doing. But, it went extremely well, and I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying every minute and assessing the vaults right in line with the rest of the panel.
4) I was exhausted on the way home and found myself almost nodding off on the highway. I pulled over and got some fresh air, which helped a little. I finally called my dad to let him know I was close so that I could come pick up the kids (who were all over at his house). When he heard how tired I was, he spontaneously offered to keep the kids a bit longer so I could take a nap.
So, that's enough to consider myself extremely blessed for one day, I'd say!
Thank God I was pleasantly surprised!
Dear God, thank you for the nice surprises today. Thank you for helping me make it through this busy and adventurous weekend successfully. In your name I pray, Amen.
1) I woke up and had a GREAT, long swim at the Y of Grand Rapids. I was kind of expecting for it to be terrible, if I even managed to wake up in time at all. But I did, and the swim was delightful. I left feeling refreshed and accomplished.
2) I had an amazing breakfast in the very questionable hotel restaurant, which I was not expecting based on the general appearance of the place. They even took the $10 in gold dollars I got from the parking garage change dispenser last night. I say this because I swear that stuff looks like play money.
3) I was dreading my assignment on vault for the division 2 individual championships, mostly because of all the events, vault is undoubtedly what I would consider myself to be the least confident in judging. With four judges, I was certain that my scores would be way out of range of the panel and the others would wonder what the heck I was doing. But, it went extremely well, and I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying every minute and assessing the vaults right in line with the rest of the panel.
4) I was exhausted on the way home and found myself almost nodding off on the highway. I pulled over and got some fresh air, which helped a little. I finally called my dad to let him know I was close so that I could come pick up the kids (who were all over at his house). When he heard how tired I was, he spontaneously offered to keep the kids a bit longer so I could take a nap.
So, that's enough to consider myself extremely blessed for one day, I'd say!
Thank God I was pleasantly surprised!
Dear God, thank you for the nice surprises today. Thank you for helping me make it through this busy and adventurous weekend successfully. In your name I pray, Amen.
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