Bad Mood

Today I am in a funk. I think it is because I am just tired and wearing myself thin this week. See people, this is why I am an introvert. No one believes me... but here is why. Because when I am faced with weeks like this one I crave being alone and just want to crawl into bed and pull the covers over my head.

My week has been crazy. My weekend a couple of days ago was crazy. This weekend is going to be crazy. And all of this is a good thing. I LOVED hanging out with people this past weekend; loved dinner with the girls on Friday night, loved the Bulls game on Saturday night... just makes it so I don't get any rest. Work has been nut-so and so i just feel overwhelmed and need to rejuvenate, and can't.

However, I am excited for Caswell this weekend :-). Friday I am heading to camping at Carolina Beach with the girls. And then Caswell Beach Retreat all weekend. :-) :-) :-)!!!

But, with all of this going on I have just noticed how bad of a mood I am in. I want to complain about everything. Complain about stupid Hilary. Just drop out of the race already. Your stubbornness is just making you look worse. I guarantee the only people excited about you staying at this point are Republicans who want this chaos to continue. Complain about oil companies and how they are currently rolling in more money than they know what to do with; what they really should be doing instead of giving all the money to the shareholders is figure out how to make gas prices go down. Ok government, now is the time to step in and change this. Monopoly? put a cap on how much the earn? i don't know, just do something before my budget is only gas and I have to starve myself to survive. Complain about things at my job that are just giving me a headache. Complain about the state of my room, the lack of time I have, etc.

Bummer. I am just praying that God would first give me rest and second to remind me to praise Him before I complain. He is in control. None of this stuff matters in the grand scheme of things anyway.

Hope you day is well! Pray that my attitude changes. I want to enjoy today.

a Quiz because it is late...

Have lots of things to say, but too late to really attempt to actually write it. So, a quiz instead.

1) What was I doing 10 yrs ago?

May of 1998? how old was I? 14... so that puts me at the end of 8th grade; probably enjoying my friends, getting ready for the end of middle school and preparing for the vast new world of High School...

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

We'll do this for tomorrow, since it is midnight now...

1. work at the NBC Health and Fitness Fair
2. grocery shopping (its in dire need)
3. change the cat litter
4. Durham Bulls Game with friends
5. enjoy the day!
   

3) Snacks I enjoy:

so many, but I really like sweets. Sweet 'n sour gummy worms, Cinnamon Buns Ice Cream from Ben and Jerry's,

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

1. Pray like crazy…That’s a lot of responsibility
2. Pay off my debt (car, credit)
3. Pay off my parent's debt (house)
4. Give to charities, oversees and here in America
5. Quit my job and start some sort of non profit, probably with children and helping to rehabilitate moms who need to get back on their feet
6. Save the rest and live off the interest
   

5) Three of my bad habits:

Only three? I have many...

1. buying music off of iTunes that I can't afford
2. not being disciplined when I should be in bed
3. wasting time that could be spent loving people, or at least more wisely
   

6) 5 places I have lived:

1. Virginia Beach, VA
2. Ann Arbor, MI
3. Durham, NC
4. Raleigh, NC
5. ??? who knows where God may send me!
   

7) 5 jobs I have had: (there is a related meme in the on-deck circle)

1. Chick fil a
2. Taste Unlimited
3. Temp
4. Cafeteria at Couzens and South Quad
5. Workstudy in Psych Undergrad Office
6. Grants Assistant at Duke
7. Membership Director at Girl Scouts- NC Coastal Pines
   

God is working...

So, I am not one of those "God did this natural disaster because those people deserved it" Christians. I am, however, one of those "God allowed this to happen for a reason" Christian.

I look at the cyclone in Myanmar and now the earthquake in China as God shaking that part of the world so that they are ready to hear His Good News. But it is just so sad. So many have to lose their lives in these crazy natural disasters. I just pray for them, their families. I pray that God will have good done despite all the sadness and devastation.

Random thoughts...

... I so voted today in the primary here in North Carolina. Kind of felt cool... like it was important. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Still, I did it!

... yesterday as I was driving to work I pulled up to a guy in his Aztec or something SUV-like. He had his windows down and out was hanging his hand with his cigarette. It took all of me not to role down my window and SARCASTICALLY tell him how cool his was. And the proceed to tell him was going to die someday from smoking. But I didn't, I am not that brave.

... tomorrow we have an all day staff meeting. not too excited about it. we have to ride three hours just to get there, eat lunch, and bowl. yippeee!

... Ross (my brother) graduates this weekend. I am soooo excited for him. :-)!!! Not to mention proud of my little (ok, not so little, younger) brother.