Saturday, May 30, 2009

Holy Graduation, Batman.

last night i was blogging about the anticipation of the graduation "hiccup". no matter how much planning i do and the efforts to proactively put out fires, there is always something that is a bit of a surprise.

usually the hiccup is like a torn gown or a hairspray issue, but i didn't remotely expect the surprise i was in for on this day though.

i arrived at the church to get all the media/tech stuff set up before the kids arrived...and found a complete mess. my niece and i had organized it all the night before. we had all the chairs arranged, the floors were vacuumed, stands/podiums/stools were all set...i was so glad to have that all done because set-up can be the biggest hassle the morning of. well, somehow, some group showed up after we left last night and took it all apart and left messy floors, bathrooms, etc.

let me be honest...i had a complete meltdown. no, i don't mean a little smidgen of "darn"...noooooo, i nailed down the pissed off cry. it was...not pretty.

i think because it has been just one thing after another as the year has wound down...situations where we have to wing it, unexpected things that have needed to get done. my cup of "overwhelmed" runneth over...

so to walk into that (when usually i would be able to be ticked and then move to productive rage...hehe)...it was my last straw.

god is good though...just that morning i read isaiah 43 where it talks about how god is with us in tough times. my dad walked in. my aunt maryann walked in. kitty walked in. mom walked in.

and they all let me cry while i set out chairs and swept floors. (it is possible to multi-task even when one task involves the messy cry). :)

i guess it was time to purge the build up from a stressful season.

after that...graduation went so well. everything else went better than it has ever gone in other years. amazing!

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