IRONY - somewhat comical and twisted

We are headed to Springview, Nebraska this weekend to visit Luke's folks. For those of you that don't know where this is... it's up near Valentine (about 5 1/2 hours from here). More specifically it's kind of in the middle of "nowhere". There is no Wal-mart anywhere close, so it takes some doing for the folks that live there to get things they need that they can't find locally. Luke's mom called and asked if I would pick her up a gallon of wall primer and mentioned that she is wanting to get a jump on her Christmas shopping, so she asked me to look for a specific Veggie Tales DVD. I said sure, no problem. I love Veggie Tales movies, they're well made, cute little kid movies that always share an awesome message about God. Adults love these movies too, they're great!

This morning I was running errands and picked up a few things at Wal-mart, so I'm walking up and down the video aisles searching for this cute kids video and I'm not finding it. I was beginning to think that Walmart didn't even sell these anymore. Finally I decided to ask for help.

I notice that the clerk is already helping someone, so I decided to stand by and wait patiently for my turn. I observed that the other customer didn't seem to be the brightest bulb in the box and he was looking for a "Friday the 13th" (horror) movie - he kept repeating "The one - Jason goes to hell, the one - Jason goes to hell" I'm like - ok... why would anyone wanna watch this movie, it's obviously gonna be sick and twisted. ICK! So the clerk tells him that they don't have the movie and the guy appears put out and disappointed. I was thinking to myself that it was no great loss and the fellow was actually lucky that they didn't have "Jason goes to hell". Then... I couldn't help but chuckle when the clerk turned to me with a "how can I help you" expression and I said with a smile, "I'm looking for the Veggie Tales movies". Talk about irony!It was classic.

GRR!!

Ok, I know that "family stuff" comes up, but I feel really frustrated. I've been waiting more than 6 weeks to get in to see the neurologist - after all this time of wondering and trying to be patient - I get a phone call this morning that I will have to reschedule my appointment that was scheduled for Nov. 1st. GRR! Apparently the doctor had something come up that he had to leave town and the receptionist "hopes" that he will back in time for my rescheduled appointmet at 1:00 on November 7th. (sigh) Ok, I hope whatever the Doc. had to leave town for all works out, but I just wanna get this appointment over with so I know what I need to do next. After I received that phone call this morning, I thought to myself "I haven't prayed for patience recently have I?" *smile* Seems that whether I did or not, my patience is being tested for sure. At least it's only an extra week, for that I'm grateful. The bad thing is, Luke rescheduled his whole week of work to be here with me for the appointment and now he's supposed to be in Georgia next week on a work related trip, so most likely won't be able to come with me. GRR!

Enough growling... just thot I'd get an update to those of you who are trying to keep up with all this.... uh... "excitement" :) I'd still appreciate your prayers next week. Thanks in advance, for your prayer support, it means so much!

Jami