What A Jokester....

Last week my boss and I catered lunch in to a very important client of mine...

...I ordered lunch from Panera Bread.  My boss gave me a $100 bill to use to pay for the lunch with the instructions of "bring me back the change and the receipt...."

I paid for the lunch, $60 (even, that NEVER happens) and I was given $40 in change along with the receipt.  I carried the lunch to my car and I remember thinking that I would place the $40 with the receipt in one of the Panera bags so I would remember to give my boss his change (and the receipt).

Fast forward to the next day...

....after a VERY long (but fun) quarterly sales meeting ALL day, the sales team along with our boss went to Prison Brews (local restaurant) for some appetizers and a game of boccie ball (it ended up raining so we didn't get to play).  Sitting on the (covered) patio at the restaurant, my boss reminded me that I owe him the change and the receipt from the business lunch the day before...

...PANIC!!!

....OMGosh....THE MONEY AND THE RECEIPT ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG...

....THE BAG IS IN THE TRASH!!!

I grabbed my cell phone and quickly dialed my clients number, I (hysterically) explained the situation to my client and asked her if the trash was (by chance) still where she could grab the money (and the receipt) out of the bag....

....no such luck...the trash had been dumped and picked up earlier that day!

Guess what?....I still owed my boss the change...he was VERY kind and forgiving and said he would handle the receipt part, meaning I wouldn't have to owe him the ENTIRE $100, and I could just pay him the change ($40).  Frustrated and upset, I handed my boss $40 out of my own money (this is a BIG deal you guys...$40 is A LOT of money to me)!

That night I was laying in my bed, saying my prayers, and I whispered...

"Please God, if you could somehow make the $40 and the receipt appear....

.....I'll place the $40 in the collection plate at church on Sunday...."

The very next morning I drove through McDonald's to get a mocha coffee....my total was $1.13

....I pulled up to the drive through window and unzipped my coin purse to pull out .13 cents....

....Low and behold, $40 cash AND a Panera Bread receipt were folded neatly inside my coin purse!

Rather than put the change in the bottom of the Panera bag, I decided to put the money somewhere safe!!

YAY!!!!  I FOUND THE MONEY...

.....BAM!

....Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhh....I have to put the money in the collection plate on Sunday....

.....God is SO funny!  :)