Last weekend I had a bit of a tiff with my boyfriend. So I kept this weekend on top of my prayer list.

We resolved the tiff with communication but I didn’t want to have a repeat. I always seek to try and make the time I spend with loved ones a time that is memorable and joyous, especially with my sweet boyfriend. Last weekend was mostly fun but just ended on a bad note.

The other thing I needed to accomplish last week was to find a job. Since this blogging adventure has not paid even one bill yet and my savings is quickly catapulting down into the red zone, I needed to get an occupation which can keep a roof over the head of my daughter and I.

I have been a registered nurse since 1993 and I left a very successful career because I was just burned out on working so hard and making hardly any money.

I worked in home health which is never a steady income but at least it helped pay some of the bills.

During the past two years I have had some health problems which essentially made it very difficult for me to go back to work. I think I have those whipped now and I am excited to not be homebound anymore.

When I interviewed for the job I realized that they expected me to have an I pad to do the job. I know everyone on the face of the earth has one, but I don’t, neither do I have the money to buy one.

I worried a bit about this difficulty the day after the interview but not too much. The Director of Nurses seemed to be compassionate and I figured we would be able to work something out.

I really didn’t even consider praying or pleading to God about it. When you work with good people you don’t really need to bother God about a lot things.

I did continually pray about this weekend though hoping that it would be a good memory for my boyfriend.

He came over Friday evening to take me to the movie, “Heaven is for real” which is a wonderful movie.

It took me a while to get ready because I like to have the house cleaned by Sunday, that way I can relax on the Sabbath.

I was cleaning up the living room and vacuuming when I looked up and saw a package on my kitchen counter.

My first thought was it could be an IPad.

My second thought was that there was no way my sweet boyfriend could afford an IPad.

My third thought was that if it was a book then I had better pretend it was a whole lot better book than any IPad so I needed to be excited no matter what was in the package.

I would like to say I tenderly opened the package with patience and dignity but that would be outright lying. I tore that package apart as if it was my last meal and I had been famished for a whole two years and what did I see?

AN IPAD AIR!

My first thought was that I needed to start praying about my weekends a whole lot more because this praying thing really worked!