Am I Ready For This ?...

I planned on posting yesterday but remembering to got away from me. Oops. Its Tuesday, and my first full week back to VCU. My senior year has finally come and I am trying to get through it, hopefully in one piece, and make it to May 10th graduation.

I decided it would be a good idea to take 5 classes and work 40 hours and plan my wedding this semester. My professor called  me a "crazy person" last night for that very reason. Eh, I think I can do it. I am sure at least one other person out there has done it successfully, and I will be the second.

Here's my dose of laughter to you all for the day: After working all day yesterday, I get to school and make it through my first class (that I was surprisingly very interested in) and head to get some coffee. While walking with a cup of water and my cup of coffee from the cafe downstairs, what do I do? I spill my entire cup of water. Everywhere. People staring at me, coffee on my pants, water everywhere. Hello Monday! I calmly went back to the cafe and told the nice lady working there that someone had spilled some water and asked for a wet floor sign to put out. Hey, I did the right thing, I just decided to leave out the embarrassing part that it was me.

Moving on, I get to my next class and am greeted by my professor. A man dry of personality and humor, he assigns a paper before class and expects us to turn it in as soon as we get in the door, "Aint nobody got time for that!", is running through my head at that moment. He then proceeds to tell us that we will never be leaving this 2 hour and 45 minute class a single minute early. Thanks Teach! Way to make my evening on a Monday! As I sit there in my coffee stained khakis, listening to this lecture, all I can think is, "What did I get myself into?!". This man continues to talk for the entire class period and by the end I am so exhausted I can barely stay awake. I was so thankful when 9:45 arrived.

Even on my weakest, hardest, longest days, God is there with me. Complaining comes so easy to us all and it makes us feel better in times of annoyance, hurt, anger, etc but the real task at hand is to put aside the complaining and focus on how blessed we truly are to have the things we do. I am working on this.

I am blessed to be able to go to college. I am blessed to live in a country where I can go to college. I am blessed to have a support system while I am there. I am blessed to even have a vehicle to get me there. I am blessed with a job that helps me pay for my education.

When we shrink it down to blessings, the complaining ceases and we see how much we truly have.

Hopefully Tuesday has less spills in store for me!


xoxo