Psalm 118

This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.

The cross between the Shane and Shane song and the Biblical passage merge in my mind as I'm also reminded that hard days often follow directly after good ones.

Today has been somewhat dreary as well. It started off nicely. I got a lot of things done this morning, and I felt confident going to musical theatre. Theatre class was awesome. We worked on the guy's ensemble that has a 3 part harmony. My section did pretty well, and it sounded awesome. The song seems fairly sacreligious (sp?) in its purposes, so I'm a little frustrated with that, but otherwise, it was a really great class with no complaints or issues. The problems begin when I get out of that class and try to get motivated to do late hw, study for several tests for the day, and figure out something to eat for lunch.

Lines at restaurants, inability to focus, and general desire to do nothing keep me from accomplishing much, so after a 1 1/2 hr break, I head to my next class. Upon arrival, I am informed by my friendly classmate, Shannon, that we have hw that was due 3 minutes ago online. (: In order to make up hw, you must read a business book - not terrible because I plan to read several anyway. This was just a little downer. She then reminds me that we have law notes due in the next class with a test. I haven't had time to type my 10 pages of law notes, so those are going to be turned in as a half-butt attempt at goodness. I hate turning in handwritten work, but it's better than turning in nothing.

I get out of that class early to a voicemail that we are going to have to severely delay closing on one of my pendings. The issue with delaying closing - the seller is already really ticked at us for asking for so much. Changing the closing time is no simple feat. In fact, it may just be impossible, short of the Lord's graciousness to me. This whole transaction has been one stressful headache after another, so after Saturday when it miraculously started working again, I was hoping for a simple and easy close - not so. Maybe the Lord is really showing me how in control he is. For this one to close will be nothing less than a miracle.

I have another 1 1/2 hr break, so I plan to do some hw, update my listings, call Kevin, and move on to the Marketing Quiz. I call Kevin and hear more bad news. I'm still wondering how to resolve that one at this very moment that I'm writing. I go to update my listing, and then I realize how depressed I'm becoming, so I start walking around campus praying. I'm feeling relieved, so I moved toward the library to check facebook, grab some coffee, and regroup (and as evidenced by this posting, I decided to blog).

My mind is still racing with things to do, but I have realized that the best thing for me to do sometimes is to sit, think, take a deep breath, and trust. I'm a fixer. I want to resolve every issue and make everything make sense, but I can't fix all of these issues. I'm thankful that I seemed to do well on my test, and I definitely have a glass that is more than half full. In fact, the glass is not only half full, but I already drank several other glass fulls, and I'm yelling for more glasses! That's how good everything is. The daily grind can sometimes feel like too much, but the Lord has made this day to teach me, grow me, sanctify me, bless me, and allow me to turn around and worship him. I will be glad and rejoice in it.