It's a mess, but it's not the end.

So there's a lot that's a mess right now, a lot of fairly standard mumbo-jumbo but it feels like a mess. There are mounds of laundry taking over my room, and there's been more take-out nights than I'd like to admit. Projects have been put off, and I can't tell you the last time I've been to the gym. All very average things, but sometimes it piles up and becomes a little out of control.

One of my very best friends mentioned to me that she recently started meditating before work. The meditation has been crucial to centering her focus on positive thoughts before she begins her daily tasks. This reminded me of the importance that prayer is in my life. Starting out my day and going through my day in communication with my Heavenly Father is SO important. My ever growing list of "messy" can easily be shamed if I made more time for prayer and centered my day on Christ.  Though it feels like the world is starting to pile on top of me, I'm taking comfort in the truth that each morning brings with it, a new day. This new day brings new opportunities and areas for improvement. Tomorrow I will try to do better, make healthier decisions, stay on task, and attempt to mend the messy areas.

Our little place is all decked out in C h r i s t m a s   c h e e r  so I'll walk head-on into the mess with an extra pep in my step. It's totally normal for sparkly decorations to add fuel to the mundane, right?

Little by little I'll conquer my very normal, average mess :)

Speaking of the gym, and not going to it, I think I'll eat my advent chocolate now.

happy day

Okay so I went into today with a positive outlook

and even though my day has ended with a very anticipated,

but dropped Skype call

I will continue to dwell on the positive from my day.

You can't ruin my good day deployment

keep your stupid happy hoarding to yourself

I'm really not interested in

letting you steal more of my happiness.

Anywho...

where was I?

Oh yes,

my happy day.

It was finally Spring time today

the forecast is 70's for this entire week.

I really needed some sun,

rain puts me in this

"its cold so I need to cuddle" mood

that I shouldn't necessarily be in right now.

Needless to say

I'm stoked for blue skies and sun!

Nextly..

I turned in the paper that made me stare at this 

for the last 4 days

I also received a 92% on my English midterm

score for the Mrs!

However,

don't be fooled into thinking I'm

always this collegiate..

 I arrived home from school around 3:15 with

just enough time to relax on the couch and watch

Rachael Ray before work at 4:15.

After I finished my lunch

I went over to my backpack

to pull out my laptop

 only to find out my computer was not in my backpack

where it should have been

[insert: absolute state of panic]

I raced out to my car hoping my laptop

had somehow jumped out of my backpack

and landed on the seat right next to me

safe and sound where it belongs. 

Not so my friends. 

A quick run down of my thought process for you:

I work in one hour 

If I leave now, at 3:40 I will be to school by 4:10 

and I have to inconvenience work.

If I wait and go once work is over 

my computer is stolen for sure.

What if it's already stolen?

What if the thief already hacked into my accounts?

What if he signs into my bank account

and steals all my money?

Okay I'm getting side tracked,

I choose...

inconvenience work.

Back to real time,

I call the school lost and found to see if any computers had been turned in.
The receptionist informed me they hadn't seen a single computer all day.
But she was nice enough to tell me I could go online and
fill out a lost and found form.

With the computer that I don't have...right? 

Brilliant idea lady.
I suppose I'm not the only one lacking in collegiate skills today.
Following an unsuccessful phone call,

I jumped in my car after of course calling work and informing

them of my dyer need to save my computer from

all the potential computer thieves on campus.
They sympathized and wished me luck.
Jesus opened up the freeway
for me this evening, because there was not
one single traffic jam in the 4 o'clock hour,
and that's nearly unheard of here.
So I got to school, parked and started running
oh yes
I ran, but the embarassment of running
on campus would not be complete
without seeing someone
you know in passing,
while completely out of breath
awesome.
So yada yada...
I managed to make it to the classroom where I left my computer
approximately 1 hr and 30 mins
after I had initially left the classroom
to find my computer
propped up next to my desk
right where I had left it.
Truly one of the happiest things I have ever experienced.
I thought we were going to be out $1000 for a new computer,
our accounts would be hacked,
I wouldn't be able to write that paper that's due tomorrow.
Oh the scenarios were endless.
But all is well and good in the world again.

In my defense,
I have deployment brain
and can't be held responsible for
it's lack of function.

Never the less

it was truly a happy day

:)