Let My People Go!!!

This weekend I planned on an exodus from Fort Worth to Austin to spend the weekend with my family. Too bad I had to go through the 10 plagues to get to the Promised Land. The journey to the car was worth a blog post, and what happened after I got to the car made it even better. So here we go. Disclaimer: any similarity to the Bible story is purely coincidence. =)

Like the Israelites, I wanted to leave in haste to beat traffic, so I grabbed the guitar, my overnight bag, and my watermelon (I had a watermelon that I needed to eat) and headed downstairs. Unfortunately my sandal slipped off my ankle and I was scared everything was going to go flying everywhere. Thankfully I made it down the elevator and out the front door. I got to the car and loaded everything inside and then the plagues hit (not all of the plagues were really bad, just funny things that happened).

1) The Passover meal:(aka peanut butter, yogurt, frozen grapes, and a ricecake). I forgot it. The whole point was to make one trip. Fail. I ran back upstairs got my dinner and set off for the Promised Land...or so I thought
2) The plague of the flat tire: I made it about 20 feet when I realized my car was driving somewhat crooked. I parked the car at the end of the parking lot and looked. Yep. Flat tire. REALLY flat tire.

So I got my cell phone and called my Mom to tell her. When I opened my phone I had a text from a friend from college who I haven't talked to in at least a year and a half. She said that I had been on her mind all day and she asked if there was anything she could be praying for! I love how the Holy Spirit brings us to other believer's minds when we need prayer. It just reassured me of His love and care. This made the whole thing worth it.

I called my friends Bradley and ErinElise. They came to the rescue!
3) The plague of the missing spare tire: Pretty self-explanatory. Couldn't find it.
4) The blue pop tent appears: This tent was in the back of my trunk. We pulled it out and EE found the spare tire! It was like the pillar of smoke/fire.

5)Bradley changes the tire!


We laughed later because the tent provided shade in the wilderness so he didn't get sunburned.

After Bradley changed the tire we got ready to take the car to Wal-Mart...One problem...
6) Where's my cell phone?: Yep...couldn't find it either. I could hear it ringing when they called it, but couldn't find it in the car. Finally Bradley found it on the curb.
7) The plague of darkness:After we all went to Wal-mart and the tired was fixed (no charge b/c there wasn't actually a hole in the tire) it was too late for me to go home so we went to Taco Bell and hung out.
8) Crossing the Red Sea: I made it to Alvarado last night so I could get a head start this morning.
9) The plague of darkness continues: Like the Israelites, I hardly slept the night before the exodus. I woke up at 3:00 this morning wide awake and ready to hit the road...too bad it was 3:00 in the morning! So I tried to rest and came up with the idea of this blog post. No joke.
10) The plague of the crazy driver: This morning I woke up early and left Alvarado for the Promised Land. FINALLY! I said goodbye to all Miss Kelly's dogs who were outside sleeping and looking at me like I was crazy. Somewhere outside of Waco a crazy man decided to pass me by coming over into my lane and forcing me into the shoulder. HELLO!??!!? Iffy tire sir! Do you know what happened to the Amalekites when they attacked the Israelites on the way out of Egypt? Don't mess with me, dude!

A land flowing with milk and honey! I made it home and was welcomed with homemade pancakes. Yum. My journey was over. CokeZero and Watermelon is my inheritance. And lo, it is very good!
Thank you so much Bradley and ErinElise for being such wonderful friends!!!!!!