Burned Popcorn, Residual Skunk Smell, and Other Adventures

Someone just burned popcorn - that will make a fun smell for the rest of the afternoon. Kind of like last weekend when I accidentally hit some remnant of a skunk on the road. For days...that thing hung onto my front left tire. I think it's finally gone - or maybe I just got used to the smell. But this popcorn smell is going to linger for a while. I'm on the tail end of my lunch hour, counting down the hours...minutes?...until vacation begins for me.

This has been a very long week, and for once, it wasn't because of work. It was just a long week for my heart. I've been in a Beth Moore Bible study for the past six or seven weeks and I knew at some point, things were going to get really serious and I was going to "feel" the effects of what I'm learning. This week was my week. Proverbs 3:11-12 says "My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in." He must love me a lot because I've been disciplined more than once this week. And it has hurt like crazy - and left me crying in the Wendy's drive-thru yesterday, actually - but it has been a good hurt. I'd rather hurt and know He's refining me than not hurt and wonder if He loves me at all.

So between being SO DONE with daylight savings, being exhausted from the discipline, and being sore from having my way-too-tight back worked on yesterday, I'm ready for time off work.