Bad Day –> Good Day

(Warning: This is another “stream of consciousness” kind of post.)

Yesterday was not such a good day (if you couldn’t tell by my somewhat depressing post), but today has been MUCH better! Last night I pretty much took it easy (I skipped out on choir! *Gasp*), even though I ended up staying up late to finish studying for my test today. But mostly I just chilled and “watched TV” (in our home, that means either watching TV shows off the network website or iTunes, or a Netflix DVD). Oh yeah, and I had fun texting Tracy back and forth for a little while…oddly it helped me focus on my homework (and made me feel better).

At work I’ve been kicking butt (nailed one account I’ve been trying to get, and nearly have another one for an airplane – first one of those! – that my dad’s been pressuring me about. Hopefully tomorrow.) and I’ve got like 5 other clients that I need to quote new policies for. I might delegate a couple of those, though. If I can get all of them booked this month, I’ll exceed my goal for March!

This coming Sunday Nathan’s working, so I’m going to just take it easy, at least in the afternoon. I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to do Sunday AM. The current plan is to go to Christ Presbyterian with Chaun & Tracy, but I found out that the pastor at my parents’ church (the one I grew up in) is leaving and his last Sunday is this coming Sunday. I’m not *super* close to him, but enough that I might feel kinda bad not going to my parent’s church this week. *sigh*

But anyway, I’m gonna try to take the afternoon to just relax at home and do what I feel like doing…or not do anything at all. I might work on the crochet blanket I haven’t worked on in forever. For some reason I thought about it today and thought it might be nice to do some crocheting since I haven’t done any for quite some time now.

 

THREE WEEKS!

ACK!

Three weeks from this moment I will be at the beginning of my Theory Placement test for SFSU….the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a CRAZY day.

SO much to do, SO little time.

Thursdays look like they’re becoming my “safe” day of the week. Today I’m having lunch with Tracy and Chauntel may join us also, and then knit group tonight (which will be my only non-bus knitting for the week), though I’m probably going to be late.

Although now, my Thursdays are also marking the weeks prior to my audition. Darn butterflies!

 

Sisterhood

My sister sent me this. It’s from a chain email, but I like the sentiment, especially as a newlywed. It’s a good reminder!

A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.

“Don’t forget your Sisters,” she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. “They’ll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.”

“Remember that ‘Sisters’ means ALL the women… your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. “You’ll need other women. Women always do.”

What a funny piece of advice!’ the young woman thought. Haven’t I just gotten married? Haven’t I just joined the couple-world? I’m now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!’

But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.

After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I’ve learned:
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don’t do what they’re supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT………
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley’s rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley’s end.

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you…Or come in and carry you out.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life!

The world wouldn’t be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other.

Every day, we need each other still.