Waiting, Waiting, Waiting...

The second leg of The Impossible Journey brought me to Richmond, IN, to visit my family before I leave. There are several reasons to stop here:

1. I just said, to see my family--namely my Uncle David's family
2. I'm leaving my jeep here with Uncle David in hopes he can sell it for me while I'm gone
3. To spend time with Grandma. She hasn't been doing so good, so why take chances?
4. I found a great price on tickets from the Dayton, OH, airport

Those of you who follow my other blog will be pleased to know that Con the Cat is doing well, and he has a beautiful, sparkly collar with a red, heart-shaped tag. He did great on the trip to Knoxville, but by the time we got to Indiana, he was pretty cranky. It took him a couple days to settle in and stop yowling every time anybody spoke to him.

A lot of people have asked me what day I am leaving. I don't know. The reason I don't know is that I am waiting to get my tax refund check in the mail. I had to file an extension on my taxes in April because some of my papers had been mailed to my old address in GA. So, as God knew I would need that money in JULY instead of APRIL--to fund this trip--I am sitting around waiting on my check.

The waiting is killing me. I had a migraine yesterday that made me beg God to skip Mexico and take me on to Heaven. But He left me here, and I'm glad because the headache is gone now. If any of you ever suffer with those things, you know what I am talking about! I need to calm down and trust God to handle the timing.

Odd--I can trust Him enough to leave my job, pack my bags, and drive away. I apparently do not trust Him to handle a simple thing like getting that check to me in a timely manner, despite the fact that the U.S. Government itself assures me I will receive it. I should be ashamed of myself, huh?