Breath of Fresh Air!

Oh man!  Today was SO LONG at work!!! But then again, it totally wasn't!!!

It began with some random car alarm going off right outside.  It kept going and going, and I was like "ugh....people!"  But then a thought went through my head, "Maybe the Lord is trying to tell you something, Shayna. Turn around and look at your clock."  So, I did it, for some reason....and it was 20 minutes PAST the time I was supposed to get up and get going!!  OH NO! and then again, as soon as I was alert enough, I realized the car alarm wasn't going off anymore...I've been wondering all day if that really was a car alarm, or if there was some alarm going off in my brain! ha!  (hey, it could happen!)  Talk about a tender mercy!!

Anyway, I was soooo dreading working a double!! That is 16 hours of work...crazyyy!   My one ray of hope was that I got to pick the unit I worked on for the second half, and I chose Children's!!! I haven't been there for about 2 months! OH MAN I have MISSED that place!!  I hoped that they weren't going to send me somewhere else...because, they do that. Thankfully, they DIDN'T!!

The second I walked through the doors, it was like a light went on inside of me!  This may sound really dorky, but it happened :)  I felt so many good things just walking into the building :)  And being around all of those wonderfully crazy kids was like a breath of fresh air.  I didn't even feel like I had worked at all that day, and the whole shift went amazingly fast and beautifully. We played basketball in the sunshine, watched some TV, ate dinner together.... It was like Heavenly Father was not only helping me through the day, but helping me to forget myself and just enjoy the zeal and vigor and happiness that oozes out of kids.  Even with all their wiggles and tantrums, they giggle, they goof off, they flip you off, they ask for hugs, they are so dependent on you as a mentor (so you better be on guard), they rip out their hair and get mad, they want to get up and do things every 5 minutes....and they are always coming up with the funniest things!!  HA Even when they are mad, its so cute! lol :)

I am definitely grateful for today :) And definitely grateful that I was able to work on Children's...it was just what I needed!  Kids are awesome.