I went to the Lisk Flag Football party this afternoon after work. I was told there were 71 people there. They had 3 teams playing in the football game. (after scoring, one of the teams would trade with the team that currently wasn't on the field)

I'm feeling much better. I'm now fighting a bit of congestion and cough, but not serious--and not nearly so hard to work through. (Whether that's good or bad might depend on your perspective.)

When I'm feeling so overwhelmed and stressed, it feels like I've been trying to get this position filled for so long! I really have to remind myself that God is in control, that He doesn't give us more than we can handle, that He must have someone out there, and then I start to wonder if I'm being really dense about something he's trying to teach me. Maybe if I could just figure out what I'm supposed to learn I could get it done and then God would go ahead and bring the person in to fill the position. But I know God doesn't work exactly like that. Yes, there are lessons for me to learn and God is teaching me things, but someone arriving for the position isn't the passing grade for a particular lesson learned.

Friday was especially tough. I still wasn't feeling up to full strength. I was feeling particularly overwhelmed and stressed because of the tasks that had built up while I was sick, one of my student workers was sick, and one of my student workers had left for a debate trip. I was forced to deal with a couple of requests that were less than top priority in my mind. And one of my student workers asked to quit so she could spend more time studying. At one point in the afternoon, I went out to my car just to cry.

Friday was especially blessed. One of the requests I was forced to deal with could've been very time consuming (pulling particular stats about the library collection), but I was able to finish it easily by lunch. The other request I was forced to deal with had the benefit of relieving some of my stress as it removed several lower priority items that had been nagging, including making some minor progress on both of the searches for the open library positions. I also received some very timely encouragement from both people that knew some of what was happening and from a student that (to my knowledge) knew nothing about my week.

At the end of Friday, I was tired, but I had a song in my heart and knew I had finished a blessed and productive day.