Tonight I enjoyed watching the basketball game of a 14-year-old son of a couple I'm good friends with on staff. The parents sitting by us in the bleachers were talkative and friendly even though I don't know any of them, and that was fun!

And me? I am still going through some "mini trials" (I don't know that I could really call them full-blown trials! ;0)), but the Lord has really been giving me the reassurance of His love, and I know that these things can bear much fruit in my life!

Oh ... funny story from today.

So, today I was on the phone, twice, about a memory card I'd ordered last night, working to get the transaction through since it didn't go through the first time. Well, as I was on hold the second time I called, I was also proofing a web story for a co-worker. Since I wanted to get it to her soon for deadline, I put the phone down and walked over to put it on her desk.

I was grinning and telling two of our other co-workers that I was on hold and wouldn't be at my desk to respond if one of the customer service representatives happened to pick up. Course, I kind of figured I had plenty of time, since I was on hold a while the first time. When I got back to my desk I could tell someone had already picked up and I was no longer on hold!

Me: "Oh! Hello?!"

Customer service rep: Proceeds to greet me and ask how he could help me.

Not really sure when he picked up, but of course my co-workers started laughing about the whole thing and so it was really hard for me to keep from laughing, too, as I explained about my order. I must say, I managed to do pretty well though! I had actually thought about putting him on speaker phone while I was away, so at least I'd know if he picked up. :o)