Have any of you ever had a job that is so unbelievably, mind numbingly terrible that it makes you want to smash your head against something? I have one of those jobs right now. Let me interrupt myself for a minute to say that I am incredibly grateful to have a job right now, when many people I know are struggling to find one so that they can feed their family. I am thankful that God has provided me with a job, even if it is a terrible waste of time and not beneficial to a single person.

So today was just one of those days at work where nothing goes right from the start. I was so bored and frustrated and seriously ready to punch the next person who walked into my musty copy room that has a table in it/office. I was just about to give up and throw all of these papers in the air and just cry….when something amazing happened. The power went out. Like, complete black out in the whole building. We all congregated downstairs, and sat around, and called TECO. The power wouldn’t be turned back on for at least two hours. They wouldn’t let us go home, so we got to sit around for two hours and do nothing and talk. AND they ordered us some pizzas, since it was around lunch time. I got to talk of my co-workers, hear about their cats, and eat some pizza.

The whole time the power was out, I could just picture God up there chuckling, saying, “I got your back Emily”. It’s nice to be reminded of that sometimes, you know?