Sometimes Mondays just come with a double helping.  Like when all 8 phone lines at work just won't stop ringing and everyone wants the 2 people in the office who are on vacation for the whole week.  Or for me I had noticed my car suddenly getting noisy yesterday and the boyfriend who was in town for the weekend says I probably have a rust hole in the front of the exhaust of the system that I should get checked out soon...didn't know soon would mean that the whole front of it would fall down when I tried to leave for lunch leaving my muffler and catalytic converter sitting on the parking lot hanging from the front so I couldn't go anywhere.

I started to let the frustration get to me.  Then I call the boyfriend for advice, who now is back home 150 miles away, though he did offer to make the drive back to help out.   I tried to pull the muffler out like he suggested but my arms were a little too short to reach it, but God is good.  I eventually got help from two of the insurance agents in my office.  One of them turned out to be "McGyver" in disguise who tied up my muffler with a men's belt so I could drive to the repair shop.  Then they find only minor issues with rusted bolts and one cracked pipe in the exhaust system but a nice crack in my coolant system that could have caused me serious issues down the road with the long distance driving I've been doing lately.

So I've been reading Gary Smalley's book The DNA of Relationships lately and I have to give a serious plug here.  One of its main points is you are in charge of your thoughts and your emotions.  You choose how you will think about and react to the things that happen to you. So is today a bad day or a good day?  Yes, I had to pay out $250 in repairs and lost 2 1/2 hours of work.  But this happened at work, where I was safe and people helped me out.  They found a repair that needed done; that had it been neglected could have caused much more serious or costly repairs down the road.  It even strengthened my relationship because my boyfriend felt really respected and appreciated that I called him first for advice.   Hmm, guess I'd have to say it was a good day overall and that it was an example of God working all things for good.  Itdidn't feel good at the time but God was taking care of me, just like He always does.