Two Nails + A Dead Battery = A Blessing in Disguise

Do you ever have those days, or weeks in my case, where you feel like everything went wrong? This week it was my car. Wednesday I drove over two nails on the way to work and killed my tire. Then last night after dinner Richie and I came out to the car to find it was completely dead. A nice family gave us a jump start so that we could get to Autozone but when we got there we found out the battery itself needed replaced - the guy couldn't even get it to read on their battery life tester. A new tire, a new battery, four hours, and $200 later my car is working as well as ever.

And even as bad as the situtation was, there is only one thing that crosses my mind when I think back about this week. God heard and answered our prayers for safety before we drove back and forth to Ohio last weekend (some 800 miles) because someone or something was holding our car together until this week when it was safe to let go.

The Only Thing Better Than A Good Coaster is a Great Memory on One

This weekend Richie and I went on a spontaneous limb and decided on Wednesday to take a couple of days off to join my family at Cedar Point in Ohio for a coaster filled weekend. It's one of the first times we have just decided on a whim to take a trip, and I'm so glad we did. A weekend away from work and studying was exactly what we both needed. And there is nothing better than making great memories with the people you love most.

**Sorry for the picture quality - all of these were taken on cell phone cameras.

Losing It

Control is such a simple word. But such an important one as well. I'll admit it - I'm a control freak. Lately at work I feel like with my new role I have a little less control over the projects I'm working on, which is both a good and a bad thing.

The bad thing is that as I've lost control at work, I've also lost control in all of the other parts of my life. Rather than controlling my life, I've let other things control me - TV, food, and stress.

But not anymore. I'm done. I'm taking control over my life again starting today - no more hours of TV or letting a week go by without running. And no more making excuses for myself because I'm stressed from work.