Blessed beyond measure

An overwhelming & happening week

Monday:
I had my CPA exam, my first paper of the 4 that we need to take - my financial paper. It was TOUGH! I had studied for 2 months but still it was tough… I forgot some of the things I studied and I had made quite a few guesses of the MCQs and I didn’t finish the last stimulation. I came out exhausted and drained… My prayer would be God’s miracle in this paper.

Tuesday:
In Wichita, weather was good… in the 60s F… was not cold at all…love it!

Wednesday:
It was cold in the morning… The temp was in the 40s F… And when it was time to knock off… we found our car not covered in frost but was totally frozen… covered in ice. The temp was now in the 20s. Such a HUGE change in temp! It was cold… and difficult to walk on the slippery ice-covered carpark. I almost slipped a few times while walking towards my rental car. It was something I could never imagine. I was scared. I did not know what to do. Thank God I still have a co-worker with me and he offered to drive me back to my hotel (we were staying in different hotel). I took his car back and he was driving with only his side of the windshield scrapped off the ice while my side is still covered by ice. The door would not open and we had to YANK it hard to open and he had to push really hard from inside. It was an overwhelming experience for both of us.

Thursday:
I had to take a cab back to my client place in the morning as I left my frozen car in the carpark last night.

And this time it was only me as my co-worker had left for the airport.

When it was time to go to the airport, I stepped out into a carpark covered in SNOW!



Snow was falling from the sky. It was amazing… at the same time I was overwhelmed. I have never seen the action of “snowing”… my first and only experience of snow was a small part of unmelted snow on a Mountain “dome” in Yosemite.

I thought I would be excited to see snow, to play with snow… but I wasn’t excited then. I was worried and afraid… my thoughts were “how do I get to the airport safely, without skidding and being on time, etc…” Now I understand that snow is only for tourists and children… it is only good when you are not working.

I had to borrow a scrapper to scrap off the snow and the ice that was on my windshield and the windswipe could not move because of the ice. I had to scrap off the snow and ice amidst the snow and the wind. It was SUPER COLD!!!! Everyone drove slowly on the road and it was easy to skid… I thank God that I could arrive in airport way ahead of time and in safety. However, the snow by then was getting heavier. My flight was cancelled because of the heavy snowing and the weather channel had predicted 6-10 inches of snow. I needed to get to Waynesboro, Virginia for my work the next day!!! How?!

God at work again! I was able to get on the AirTran plane to Atlanta to catch my connection. I have to go through numerous calls and pleas with the personnel involved. It was not easy. Super Stressed!!! but still Thank God.

And it wasn’t easy to navigate to my client place at 1030pm when it was pitched dark. Though I had the maps, I still got lost. With divine help and protection, I managed to reach my hotel safe and sound and not too late… phew! End of a crazy day finally…

Friday:
I had problems getting to my client place…. Yes I am not a good navigator… And then the weather was supposed to be rainy and windy and super duper cold as the prior years have been. But No! God has blessed me with good weather… not that cold… It was about 50s F and later was 60s in the afternoon which was totally cool! God is sweet and wonderful :)

And then I had to navigate and drive myself to Washington DC which was about 120 miles away. I left my client place at about 330pm and reached my hotel in Washington DC at 830pm with an hr of rest in between. A what-seemingly 2hr drive… I took 4 hr to get there!!!

Well there was a bad jam before I entered into Washington DC… and not to mention that I got lost again in DC itself trying to find my way to my hotel. It wasn’t easy driving in Washington DC, not as easy as in Houston. A lot of roundabouts and I keep going rounds and rounds but could not find the street I wanted to go… And then I had to drive to the airport to fetch my boyfriend. And needless to say, I got lost a bit again… It was indeed an adventure!!!

The temp was cool when I reached Washington DC, not cold but in the 60s… which it was good… much better than in the 20s… But by the time I went to fetch Yiren, temp has dropped to low 40s.

Weekends:
Temp has dropped further to 30s. It was really COLD… I hate the COLD!!! I wonder how well I would like Denver and I’m going skiing in December. I now had doubts if I am going to enjoy myself there…

The weekend was good, spending time with my beloved boyfriend. We went sight-seeing and Washington is a beautiful place. I would have loved it more if not for the cold weather. I had to wear 3 tops and 2 pants with the thick wool jacket and with gloves and scarf and the headgear. It was heavy and super uncomfortable walking around in these heavy clothing. Yet when the wind blew, I still feel cold especially with the ears and the face exposed to the cold… and my feet felt cold too even with socks and covered running shoes.


I thank God that He knows me well, better than myself. He knows that I cannot tahan cold... so he puts me in Houston where the 4 seasons are not that distinct and the winter is mild. That was why my attempt to move to NYC nor Chicago did not succeed and I thank God for it. And I thank God for this week and the trip to Washington DC.

As God has mentioned in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.

Hence I shall trust God and believe that He is in control of all things. Even if things did not go my way, I will remember and trust that God has a plan for me… not my plan but HIS Plans…

Amen.

posted by Ying @ 9:17:00 PM