Today I am writing early as I have tickets tonight to the Sawyer Brown concert with friends and I want to just enjoy the evening, plus I will probably get home very late. Yesterday was in many ways a bipolar day full of highs and lows. It was so exciting to share the joy we felt as Jordan received his confirmation that he would indeed be serving the Fargo PD! We have been waiting for what seems like forever as we did not want to announce anything until the last "i" was dotted and the last "t" was crossed. All of us knows how it feels to have the slats pulled out from under us and we wanted to make 100% sure. So we waited patiently, and some of us (ME), not so patiently!!!!
Last Friday, I opted to spend some time in Fargo. This is getting to be a habit! We opted to celebrate early as Jordan had finally completed each and every element necessary to become and officer. I think it is important to celebrate life's joys both the big ones and the little ones. After all, in the blink of an eye, the winds of life can change and we have to shift our proverbial sails, find another path, and even another place to sail our life's sails.
I was really on a low yesterday morning. I tried to call my sister, she was swamped with work stuff and could not break free. I tried to figure out what my major issue was, but I just could not pinpoint what it was. I have to admit that I was really worried that Jordan was not going to get his job. I panicked about wedding stuff that needs to be done. No wrapping done in my house. I had work tasks that needed to be completed before I could leave for the next couple of weeks and get some much needed R&R. I looked at the blog and that was a downer too as it seemed like very few were reading it. I kinda just wanted to crawl into a hole and have a real nice pity party for myself. WOOOOOOOOOEEEEE is MEEEEEEEE!
Then the day shifted into a first, then second, then third, and finally, we were full speed ahead. I had some time to hand out some gifts to my employees that totally ROCK! I work with some amazing people and I wanted to do something for them to just say thank you! They make work FUN! Then we got HAMS! Every employee got a nice ham. I know that it is just a ham, but to me it is a HAM! I made sure to say thank you as someone went to bats so we all could have that HAM! I love presents!! It totally made my day. I was talking with one of my students about quitting the blog next year. She FREAKED! She said you CANNOT do that! I love it! Then I heard about Jordan's job and that just sent me over the happy edge, and all of the sudden, everyone was invited to the happy party!
Last night, writing was full of inspiration and love. These men have all touched my life and I am so proud of all of them! I got to write about something that I know and what was written was from the deepest places of my heart. I actually sat in the chair and cried as I wrote. I spent almost 28 years of my life as a cops wife. I remember the sheriff's wife, my neighbor, giving me the ins and outs that I needed to know laying out how tough it was going to be. She told me about the sacrifice. She told me it was going to be hard. She was right. I still wake up in the middle of the night for no reason like I did when I was waiting for Cal to get home. I still worry that something will happen because I know that it can and does. Now I have two young men I love that are on that same path. Now when I wake up, I will pray for all of them as the streets are much different than they were when I first was a cop's wife. Then I pray for their wives as I love them too! Sigh . . . please pray for all of our law enforcement men and women, EMT's, firefighters, military people as they all work to keep us safe.
Today, I know that what we wrote mattered to some folks because Rah and I got told. It melted my heart and made this whole entire blog-rama (Blog Drama) worth it! For the next few days, I am just going to enjoy riding the wave until the waters push us to shore for another year.
Blessings,
Sheila
Sarah Day 23
This afternoon I had a bit of Christmas shopping left to finish. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to wait until today, but unfortunately that's what happened. I knew that I was in for it because A. it's Friday and Friday's are usually no less busy than Saturday. B. There are only 6 days left until Christmas. And C. It's Bison game day. Regardless of the all the chaos and traffic, I had to finish my shopping, so I ventured out around 2:00.
Mom and I have talked a bit about how holiday shopping sometimes tends to make people grumpy. There have been multiple times where I have went out to Target or Walmart, and people run into me with their cart and they don't apologize. They cut me off in the isles without saying excuse me. They budge in front of me at the checkout lines. And they often times don't even stop for me at the crosswalk when I'm leaving the store. It can be very frustrating. I understand that this time of a year can be stressful for people because of limited time and limited finances. Trust me, I do NOT have extra money this holiday season with the wedding coming up, but regardless, shopping for others never puts me in a bad mood. I am always happy to be out and about picking up whatever gifts I can somehow afford to purchase.
Today was different though. I was so pleasantly surprised today when everyone seemed to be in such a great mood! It was not what I was expecting at all. Of course I had myself thinking maybe everyone who was at the mall was from Minnesota. You know how people talk about "Minnesota nice?" It's a real thing, I'm telling you! Minnesotans are usually very nice and respectful and many North Dakotans just . . . aren't. Regardless, I loved passing by strangers in the mall and having them smile at me. When I went into Victorias Secret, the workers were actually walking around having full conversations with customers. There was several times that a passerby and I would accidentally brush shoulders, and we would both apologize and giggle a little as we walked away. The vibes today were refreshing and I decided that I actually picked a GREAT day to shop!
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Today I learned that I think it's important for me to try and surround myself with people who are positive and happy. I started my day at CrossFit and spirits were so high from the second I walked in. I knew that I was going to have a tough workout as it was my 5th day for the week, but being surrounded by such a great group of people assured me that I was still going to leave in positive mood, regardless of how my own personal workout actually went. And then being out shopping noticing that for the first time in a while, people actually seemed to be in the Christmas spirit! Laughing at a bunch of lost folks who were looking for their vehicle honking their horn is not something that I would normally pay attention to. However, because my day was filled with so much random joy and happiness, I couldn't help but take that moment in and just laugh. I wondered if anyone else noticed that too. All I know is that for me personally, a good or a bad mood is very contagious and I would rather catch the good mood!
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