Bad Day, Good Day, Red Day, Blue Day

I tried. I really did, try. I didn't complain or wallow in sadness for the first half of the day. But it kind of tapered off when suddenly I had so much to do and so little time to do it all.

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My car battery died this morning. I didn't make a big fuss. I let it go, called my amazing, wonderful, beautiful friend to come and pick me up. She did. I was 13 minutes late for work, but I couldn't change it and I didn't miss an appointment or get in trouble. I worked on my Spanish homework for a little while and made some progress there. I read my assigned talk before institute and I even wrote all of 50 words in my novella. Yay.

Well, then the afternoon came and I realized that I would probably need a new car battery (which I did), I had to pay my car insurance premium (on a car that wouldn't start this morning, mind you), I was in desperate need of a chiropractor, I had a 4-5 page paper to write, no time for FHE, I was hungry because the lunch I made this morning tasted nasty and so I didn't eat it, my ears hurt (because I've been sick), my Debate advisor was trying to get information from me that I didn't have, and I realized that my Spring Break probably isn't going to be a break at all. That, and someone took my bike.

I tried! Really I did! This morning when everything started bad I tried as hard as I could to just let it go and move on with a positive attitude. I did pretty good until the afternoon when everything just started crashing down.

Patience is hard. Now, I did not pray for patience (I am not that stupid) but I saw this as a great opportunity to work on it. Yeah, not such a great turn out. I broke down in front of my amazing, wonderful, beautiful friend and I kind of feel like a moron because most of my problems were not a big deal; they just needed to be dealt with one at a time. I am feeling better about things though. Granted, I'm by no means where I need to be for the week as far as homework, but I'm within manageable limits, for now. If I can just get through Wednesday...

I guess I'm just upset because I've been trying to have a better attitude and it's harder than I thought. I know, everything is harder than you think, except when it's not. I remember the line from Oh, the Places You'll Go! By Dr. Seuss: "Except when you don't. Because sometimes you won't. I'm sorry to say so, but sadly it's true, that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you." Yes, then can, and yes they did.

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But, today was a good day: things are looking up for my parents, my car has a new battery, my insurance premium is paid and I don't have to worry about it for 6 months, my voice is flickering back on, my 4-5 page paper is written (maybe not well, but it's done), my shoes are glued together again, I realized that the "drama" in my life was self induced and completely unnecessary, I finished reading Believing Christ, I have friends who are amazing and cute, and quite frankly, I am a daughter of God who loves me and I have a Savior who died for me. Yeah. Today was a good day.

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"I've had many problems in my life, and most of them never happened." --Mark Twain

"And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed. 98 3/4 % guaranteed. Kid, you'll move mountains." --Dr. Seuss

"You're about as happy as you make up your mind to be." --Abe Lincoln

"Let it go." --Indian Jones and the Last Crusade

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Today's Featured Quote:

"Words and hearts should be handled with care, for words when spoken and hearts when broken, are hardest to repair."