First Off .... HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY! I hope your green kept you pinch free today and if not...well punch that asshat in the face and tell him you were mistaken you didn't think he had on green either.
That being said Lent has been filled with a
ton of activities and thoughts that I’d like to share here …. So well enjoy, or
go get a samache and come back later, the choice is yours.
Someone check on Golden… please
I asked in my initial Lent Post that someone take care of Golden while I was gone and I need to know who dropped the ball … was it you …. Or the guy next to you at the coffee shop reading over your shoulder ….. no it was you….. it could have been that guy, either way one of you needs to apologize. Not only did Golden get the sickest I think she has been in years, NO ONE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS SICK!? I finally reached out to her via text only to find out she was sick, come’on guys that’s not checking up on Golden at all. I need you guys to focus for the next week or so until I can get back online. My bestie has pneumonia and bronchitis and has very low oxygen, upon checking on her this week she’s also bruised a few ribs from the violent coughing. She is indeed a medical marvel and I pray no one ever has to put up the amount of crap she has to put up with on a daily basis. She’s my hero cause no matter how much live beats her down she gets back up, looks life in the eye and says “Is that all you have … please let’s do this!”
She’s the strongest person I know and I’m blessed to have her in my life. Feel better my amazing friend. HUGS
Funerals
A lady at our church recently passed away from
a fight with cancer. This was a true case of the treatment was harder on the
patient that the disease. They never found the right combination that would
fight her disease without also destroying her. She was the first woman at our
new church to welcome our family to the “fold” for lack of a better word. She
was really great about being supportive and welcoming without being too
overwhelming with it. She was really supportive of me when I taught Bible
School last year and was kind of freaking out about it and she told me that I
could do it and kept checking in on me. It was really sweet. She was quite
lovely. I miss her more than I thought that I would. I’m not a funeral person, I
don’t really care for them cause they seem like a celebration that is either
insanely sad or that is filled with people trying to pretend that this person
was perfect when they had their flaws. It’s almost like when a singer dies and
for like 4 days on social media people are talking about what an influence said
person was on their life or their Itunes bump is huge. It just seems like that would
have been more beneficial when that person was still here to see the influence they
have had on their industry. Tell those artists today how you feel about them so
that I don’t’ know it will mean something. After the fact it just seems …. Like
a waste cause the one who really needed to see it isn’t there to do so. I tell
you this cause when I heard Miss. Yvonne passed away there was no hesitation on
if I was going to the funeral or not. I not only felt I needed to be there but
wanted to be there to celebrate her life.
There was more people at the Church than I
have ever seen, standing room only which was really nice to see for such a
wonderful lady. She was the woman who taught Sunday School for 37 years, helped
with Bible School for just that long, and was always there for every function,
it seems weird to think that she just won’t be anymore. It was the first
funeral that I have ever attended at that church and to say I was kind of surprised
by the service is an understatement. It was nice it was pleasant it just didn’t
seem as personal as I thought it could be for someone who was such a part of
that building. However during the service a semi-sick-funny thing happened to
me. While the preacher was reading the obituary, in full, he got to the part
where they list all the people that had gone before her and for a brief moment
I had this vision of her walking through a gate seeing all of them standing
there waiting on her and her saying, “well why are we just standing around
there’s so much to do and see … let’s go!” As this thought passed through my
head I started to giggle. It was one of those giggles that once you start it’s
really hard to stop. My mom nudged me and my dad looked over, others also
turned and I just put my head down and pretended I was overcome with tears. It
was exactly what I hoped happened for Miss Yvonne when she got to Heaven cause
there’s no doubt in my mind that’s where she is now. She’s in a much better
place than we are surrounded by loved ones and enjoying every second of the afterlife
her Christian doctrine had told her she’d have. I’ve never thought of a
“preceded in death by” list as a guest list to a party like that. I kind of
like that thought tho. I think Miss Yvonne would have loved that idea tho and
had she been there would have come up to me at the luncheon and said, “honey
you laugh if you need to laugh, cry if you need to cry, God knows what’s in
your heart and it’s all ok!” I’m gonna miss you Miss Yvonne …. RIP we’ll take
care of Mr. Jim.
Work/SMPS
I know this is a running theme on this blog
but work had just been insane. Like crazy insane, like I tried to quit 4 times
last week and my boss laughed at me and told me he didn’t have time for that right
now and to get back to it. It’s ok I wasn’t really serious but I have thought
several times if they fired me for whatever reason I’d not be too broken up
about it. I’d have no idea what to do next but I’m young, smart, and
untethered, I’d figure it out. Truth is and don’t tell them please I’d be devastated
and heartbroken. That’s just our little secret. There is a light at the end of the
tunnel. It’s a long tunnel and the light is very feint but I can see it
starting to emerge from the blackness. The problem is that I know there’s
another tunnel behind it and another one after that. On the plus side at the
end of the week my boss walked in with a folder that said “confidential” and
had my name on it. He handed it to me and said, “It’s long over due really.”
They gave me a bonus. It was a nice pick me up at the end of a long few weeks
that reminds me why I stay where I’m at and why I do what I do. The guys at the
top, really appreciate the effort I put into my job. That’s why. When I need a
reminder of that please dear reader send me to this blog post.
I am also working towards my own professional certification/registration
through the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) of which I am a
member. SMPS is a community of marketing and business development professionals
working to secure profitable business relationships for their A/E/C companies. SMPS
offers members professional development, leadership opportunities, and
marketing resources to advance their careers. My boss is also a member. Last year he obtained his Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) designation and this year has challenged me to do the same. My test is in June which sounded really really far away but now feels really really close. He just got back from the annual SMPS conference in Atlanta and has stated he'd like for me to go next year. He would like ach of us (our team) to attend it at least once for the comradery of it. I'm excited but it will likely end up where I'm one of those in the various panels working on a proposal with both eyes while one ear is listening to the speaker. Something my boss joked about. I told him they should have had a Marcy back home, he said not everyone gets a Marcy. I told him I'm glad to see he realizes that. ha!
Fun stuff
It hasn’t been all work and no play for Marcy
however, tho I admit I have felt like it was.
A few weeks ago the head of our division
bought tickets to a local Jags baseball game (University of South Alabama) in
which they were playing my beloved Auburn Tigers. As an Auburn fan I got a few
of the tickets. My father and I joined the group of office peeps for a night of
fun watching some really great baseball. Team building they called it, I
enjoyed it and hope we do that more often. It didn’t hurt that Auburn won. WAR
EAGLE ! Speaking of WAR EAGLE how about them Tigers at the dance?! I won’t pretend
to be a huge basketball fan but it has been kind of AUsome watching this team
rise to the occasion.
I've bought a few movies I wanted to see in the theater and didn't, but haven't watched them yet. I plan to, it's going to happen I'm just not entirely sure when.
I've had a few meetings at church to talk about the upcoming Easter Egg hunt, Vacation Bible School and other activities. I've also got a few concerts with friends coming up. I hope to have some travel for this summer lined up soon cause I need something to look forward to, like for real.
So that’s what I’ve been up to during Lent,
how about you guys!?
