Another DQ account...

This was one of those very long ds days that your mama told you would happen if you ever became ds, given that your mama was a knowledgeable Methodist Mama like mine. Unexpected meetings tonight, four evaluations, another one on one meeting of great import, signing of invoices, okaying daily things that Barbara does for me, nearly falling asleep in one of my meetings, drinking gobs of water, making sure to get cookies to take to the office this a.m. before I left, and did I mention the meetings tonight? One of the things about this position is it's not really the amount of time you need to put into it to do it right that can lead to fatigue, but it's the intensity of emotions that you witness and experience with folks that really can tire even the truest extrovert (moi) out.

But a major highlight of the day was that the office threw me birthday party today. Our birthday parties in the office, just like every other party in our office consists of laughs and food. The food that was present for our party today was....DQ Ice Cream Cake Roll!!!! (I could not find a picture online of a DW cake roll so I settled for regular ice cream cake...) My FAVORITE cake....this one had pieces of Butterfinger candy bar, and vanilla and two kinds of chocolate ice cream. I love those things. And the best thing was that this was my second DQ Ice Cream Cake Roll in less than 24 hours!!! My family got me one for my celebration at home the night before!!! It makes me feel great that at both loci of my life--home and office--people know me well enough to bring my favorite cake...

Now how do we tie this in with Advent??? God revealed himself in his Son...and we await that revelation again. This Sunday will be Gaudate Sunday, Joy Sunday, Pink Sunday, when even as we still wait, we get a peak at the joy that will fill us on Christmas. God is like that, you know? There is often that foretaste of glory divine...that whiff of the gently wafting aroma that lets us know that something's coming, something big. For me today that foretaste tasted like oreo crumbs and dark chocolate ice cream. Thank you Lord, for the reminder.