February 12, 2011

ahhhhh i finally made it to saturday night!!!!!!! i cannot express how serious i am when i say that i did not know if i would make it to this point. after the way things went for me last week, it was questionable. i'm going to give a quick run down of my week, and please keep in mind that this is a quick overview so multiply what i type by a lot. lol

so monday morning i got up and my car wouldn't start. most of you don't know that i have been having an issue with my car where my brake lights come on all the time, even when the car isn't running! and it happens a lot of the time at night and therefore runs my battery down. well my assistant director and her husband came and jumped me off on their way to work. then i had a sub with me in my class, which made the kids act like it was their first day ever in my class. then monday afternoon at my other job my boss sat with me for two hours and critiqued everything that i did. then on to tuesday. it wasn't necessarily a bad day at the start, they are just always crazy for me with classes, until my last class. when i get there i am getting everything out and my kindle doesn't work! the screensaver stays and then because i am worried about that and not putting forth my best effort i made a 6/10 on my quiz. ugh. oh and in-between classes i went to the library and met a guy how works for one of the toyota places here and told him about my car and basically told me that i was making it up. not in those words, but that's what he was implying. then wednesday and thursday i had to work at both jobs, go to small group, and write an entire 8 page paper with little to no time left to do it. and finally yesterday and today i had class. whew again needless to say it was a little crazy and stressful this week!

but through the craziness and stressfulness of everything this week i really did begin to realize how at home i am here. i had several friends who were constantly checking in on me, sending me texts, writing on facebook, giving me hugs and encouragement everyday throughout the week. now don't get me wrong i still miss my friends from home like crazy, but after a year and a half i feel like i am truly building lasting relationships here in raleigh. again God never puts us through hard times without teaching us a lesson, and while i honestly feel like i have learned a few different ones but one of them is that i have friends here. there have been so many times since i moved that i have felt so alone and homesick, but after this week, i know without a doubt that i am not alone! another lesson is that i really need to work on my priorities. everything that i am a part of is important. i really need to make sure that i am keeping Christ and my ministry first and then the rest will fall into place. unfortunately i don't feel like i have been doing this lately. i have been so busy with everything else, that i am beginning to loose sight of why i am here! but i am going to get better about this!!!! well i hope everyone has a great week :)