blessed doesn't stress it enough

Another morning I'm actually awake, how amazing is that? We'll see if I'm still whistling that tune in an hour, though. I'm working at Sensory Sweep again this morning, 8 to 4:30. I love this job, I wish I could have it full time. Who knows, maybe down the road I might. The company is basically family and family friends, so, they're nice and just way cool.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. My best guy friend, Nick Galloway, is coming out here to visit me in September! I just can't believe it. I have all these friends saying I need to keep in touch, I need to visit, blah blah blah. But most of them don't even try to make the effort on their end. But Nick, he is coming out here. This is going to be the best birthday present ever! It's funny what measures you sometimes go through finding who you real friends are. Nick is definitely one.


Last night, for the first time, the three roommates hung out! We haven't been able to catch each other to sit and chat, not even for a moment. We are so busy with school, work, family, etc, none of us are hardly ever home but to sleep. I know I won't be now with working here in the daytime and Denny's at night. But, back on track, I love the girls. Brittany is a fairly new Vegan. She was so adorable last night, eating her soy ice cream. Yeah, soy ice cream. I'm going to HAVE to get some and try it, ha. She said it's kind of chalky, but still good. She has a boy on a mission. One more year for him! Jen is the one that got us all together on the apartment. She's so nice. She had just about everything to complete a house, so for an apartment, we're pretty rockin!

Jon has two free tickets to Lagoon for today/tonight. He offered them to me. I wanna go if Denny's doesn't call me in to work (fingers crossed!). Lagoon is a small theme park. Smaller than Carowinds, if I was told correctly. It's all they've got out here, haha. But, everyone loves it, so I figure I need to go. Plus, I get to see Jon Jon and Laurie, get free dinner there, AND the words free are just so enticing!

So here's something that was encouraging to me. I got a call from Denny's yesterday, but I was working at Sensory Sweep, so it went to voice mail. It was one of the managers asking if I would come in and work, because we just had 2 people quit. So, I called a few hours later when I got home. Luckily it was really slow, so they didn't need me. But then I got super nervous, because I was going to ask them that same day to change my schedule to just work nights. But with 2 people having just quit, that seemed too intimidating to ask. But, I had to, and I did. Then the shift manager, Villa, said, "Yeah I'll leave a note in the office. That should work perfect because Rayna worked the swing shift and Jacob worked the graveyard shift," (those are the 2 that quit). So where am I going with all this rambling on? I was talking to Mom, and we were just like, isn't that amazing how that worked out? I know it's something so simple, but for me, it was a huge deal, because if that wouldn't have worked, I would have to give up one of the jobs, or my hours would be cut horribly.

It's amazing just how much I took for granted. How most of us do. I'm not preaching or anything like that. I am just beginning to realize what the important things are that I should focus on and to be happy with what I'm getting, because truly... it's a lot. Grieving, fretting, worrying, stressing... we're all going to have those feelings more times than we should, but we need to try to keep a clear mind. We all know how impatient I am, so it's a long process.