Because of Friday...

I have challenged myself to post 1 song every day of this glorious work week because of Fri-YEAAAAAAH!!!!!

I chose today's song, Chris Tomlin's "Resurrection Power," because when I first heard it, it spoke to my heart.

https://youtu.be/AxH8Q8ue65o

I don't have to react to rude coworkers.

Condescension is not the end of the road.

I don't have to respond.  Period.

Boy what a change of events.  I remember it was noted by RAL.  RAL inquired of the dynamic duo as to why I was being kind as if that was something new.  No, honey.  I was never mean; I just set a boundary that you did not ever understand.

I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me and His power is so much more than enough.

The last 58ish weeks

Three primary things have gotten me through the last 58ish weeks...

1st - Reading through my Bible

2nd - An excellent Praise & Worship Spotify playlist

3rd - Laying all the cards out on the table so my favorite dynamic duo is aware...

Other beautiful gifts of grace include...
Dear friends.
Coffee.
Jesus.
Laughter.
Funny memories.

More recently the following things have been a blessing....
The #chainofhope.

Talking through things.

Adding new songs to the aforementioned Praise & Worship playlist.

Being present.

Splurging on a pedicure.

Pastor John's sermon series.

Taking time off while my mom was in town.

Video-chats that will probably send-up on 20/20.

Three summer meet-ups for life group.

And LASTLY...it has helped me GREATLY when others have started opening up about encountering exactly what I have been dealing with the last several years.

5 days!!!!!!

There are exactly 5 paperclips left on my #chainofhope.  FIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!

Today I found a legal-sized (8.5x14) document that was printed 8.5x11.  The printout was then scanned.  One-and-a-half inches of info were cut off each side.  Those 3 inches of info were kinda important. 

It's like game.
I told Batman and Robin it would be a game for us and we would ALWAYS lose.

Five more days.
Deep breath.
Forty more hours.
How many things can this person delete in 40 hours? 

We will see..........

What to write - Part 2

Some more possible card sentiments...

Proverbs 6:6 (Just the reference.)

Bye. 

Bye! See ya!

When I mentioned all the options to my friend, she said the safest was "Bye."  But I really like the Bible reference.  :) 

Sincerely,
Me
The Done-iest Done that there ever was

What to write...

I need to come up with something witty for a retirement card.  So far I have...

Enjoy your retirement; I know we will.

Some people are like clouds; when they go away it's a brighter day.

Hope you have the retirement you worked for. 

Bye Felicia.

Dos hours

My coworker:  "I am exhausted and my brain hurts."

Me:  "Welcome to my world."

Narrator:  "Also known as hashtag Bye Felicia."

A new theory

Women who say men are women haters are really women who hate, loathe, despise men.

Through no fault of mens' own, these women (the declares of men hating women) have married deadbeats or are dating deadbeats. 

Instead of saying they (the women) made a poor choice on spouse / dating partner, they declare men to hate women.

I can't even believe I figured this out while blow-drying my crazy curls.  Wow. Just wow.  This is so revelational.

A movie clip

Dear Blog-stalker,
Do you ever have something happen in your life and immediately your brain reminds you of a scene from a movie?  

This happened to me this past week.  

The scene - yours truly was leaving the file room.  My coworker walking towards me would not budge.  It was one of those moments that often happens at our local mall when a group of teenagers (emphasis on teenagers) walk through the mall and they refuse to budge.  You make eye contact and it's a stare down.  They are usually 3- or 4-teens across...like a small gang.

Sooo when this happened to me - with clearly not a teenager - I exited to the right because that's what you do when someone won't budge.  Plus I just don't have the energy to expend anymore.  #noexpectations 

What movie did this remind me of?  Mean Girls.  Ever watch it?  There's a group of, you guessed it, mean girls.  They are high schoolers.  The scene is titled "Meet the Plastics."

My incident was so much like the MG scene that I just went back to my office and looked longingly at the Chain of Hope.  I did not count the clips but I know that every single day the chain is getting shorter and shorter...and soon, very soon, there will be no more clips. 

Every day I have a choice to make.  
Every day I am reminded that I have Resurrection Power flowing through me.
Every day I am reminded that I don't have the stoop low.
Every day I can choose to not respond.

Don't be a mean girl.
Sincerely,
Me

Chain of HOPE

 ...and just like that we are down to 62!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyday that a paperclip is removed, I think to myself "What a wonderful world."  :)  

No expectations: Day 13

Earlier today I found a scanned award letter.  Not the complete 2 page letter.  No.  That would be too easy.  I found JUST the 2nd page. 

Hmmmmm....

SOMEBODY CALL NASA!!!!!

Wait - call me!!!!!

Why?  Because I literally double-clicked open the Word file and printed page 1 on letterhead. 

And then what???

I got up and walked to the printer.  Man, that was like 27 steps one-way.

I took the freshly printed page 1 and I walked to the other printer and scanned it to myself.

I then walked back to my computer and clicked around saving the first page in front of the 2nd page. 

Wow.  Rocket science, I say full of condescension.

How in the world the scanner is the scanner is beyond me. 

I am thankful today is the 13th day of #noexpectations because when I discovered this quandary, I actually laughed.  I laughed at the stupidity of the situation.  I laughed because years from now we will be look for crap and it will be like a game...a game where we lose.  We will probably find pages 3 of 6 and maybe even 1 page out of 10.  We could place odds on what will find. 

#noexpectations

No Expectations: Day #6

This whole #noexpectations notion is my BEST idea ever (EV-ER)!!!!!!!!!!

I literally expect nothing so I am never disappointed.

Today I did slip because I asked #noexpectations to do something because I had made a mistake and my computer froze. 

Sooo what happened? 

#noexpectations proceeded to do exactly what I did (don't mind me with my current *RCA dog* head tilt) I thought I had said, "....I did this and then my computer froze." 

Interesting.  *she notes sarcastically*

By doing what I did that I shouldn't have done, everything got wiped-out. 

This made me sad for the people who have to fix this mistake.  I suppose #noexpectations views at as job security. (Insert a big fat LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!)  Pretty sure ever-other sane soul would say, "Why would you do what was just told did not work?"

Precious.

NO expectations: Day #2

Today is the 2nd day that I have literally had zero (making an actual zero when I shared my personal policy with a dear friend had me laughing for a solid minute) expectations.  It has been my BEST idea ever.

Why?

Because today, for example, zero expectations made me want to give  round of applause when I saw work being done.  Not once...but twice.  Whoa dude!  #noexpectations

Two instances where I witnessed stuff getting done.  My mind was amazed.  *speechless*

I literally wanted to stand-up and give a round of applause (the kind we would do in 2nd grade where you clap in a circle formation).  #clapyourhands #clap_clap_clap_clapyourhands

I did not stand-up and clap.

Should have done this #noexpectations sooner. 

Laughed hysterically

Have you ever had one of those ah-ha moments?  Like a lightbulb clicks on and you are suddenly very aware of your wrong thinking?  For me - this happened tonight in the Woodman's parking lot.  Yep.  Fourth row from the front.  I was sitting in Rosie thinking about the end of my work day and SUDDENLY Albert Einstein's quote popped in to my pretty little head.  Which quote?

"Doing the same thing 

over and over again 

and expecting different results."  

~ Albert

Now for the WHY...….
Last week it was discovered that some pretty important project pay documents were not scanned.  It was determined, at the point of discovery, that the person in-charge of making sure said documents were scanned did not, infact, really give a rip.  Nice.  *sarcasm noted*

Since I was shredding the project's payroll reports (I love when we hit a can-be-shredded date on the calendar...makes my little shredding heart go pitter-patter), I took the time to go downstairs and rummage through the box.  I also managed to remove the stack o'non-scanned pay docs.

I brought up said stacks.  Removed a GAZILLION staples.  Scanned the 66 pages of pay documents.  Emailed the file to the person-in-charge of making sure the documents were scanned.

I, then, shredded the appropriate payroll reports and went about my fabulous life.

Fast forward to today....January the 8th.

As I was going through and cleaning up my work email inbox, I stumbled upon my email that contained the 66 page file.  I thought to myself, Surely Angie Good, __________ has saved that 66 page document in the project file.  You can delete this email.  

As I was about to click delete, another thought popped in to my head, Ummmmmmm...did she really save it?  I mean the whole not-giving a rip thing and all....hmmmmm...  

The latter thought made me check.

It was not moved from the email inbox to the project file.

Not there.
No, Not anywhere.  {Too many Dr. Seuss books when I was a nanny!}
Not here.  Not there.  Not anywhere.
Apparently she does not like them with a goat;
not in a boat.  Not in a tree.  Let her be.  LOL!
Lovely.  *sarcasm noted*

Tonight I proceeded to feel my non-turmeric flowing bloodstream pumping at a near treadmill strolling rate.  After all, I taken the time to go to the basement.  I had removed the gazillion staples.  I had scanned and emailed the file.

Let's go back to Woodman's...  Remember we are in the parking lot.  Albert Einstein.

I expected a different result.
For 9.25 years I have observed.
I expected the file to be moved from the person's inbox to 
the project file and renamed accordingly.

I'm insane.
I, once again, did something to help and expected a different result.  I EXPECTED WORK!  

Hahahahahahahahahaha.  Jokes on me.

So I sat in Rosie and I laughed...slightly hysterically....but laughed nonetheless.

No more expectations.  And too be honest - that's a hard pill to swallow.
I don't like not having expectations because you see someone's potential.
I mean, it was saving a file.  Literally a double click and then File drop-down and Save As.
NASA does not include this task on their entrance exam.

I'll keep ya posted on the NO EXPECTATIONS!!!!  #noexpectations