First of all, the last time I updated was two weeks before Tommy got home from EFY. We had planned for him to stay here in Alabama with me this fall and to take online classes-but due to issues that were out of the control of both of us, he had to go back to Provo. He spent two WONDERFUL weeks here in Alabama before school started though- and that was something that I was extremely grateful for. Any amount of time I get to spend with him is worth more gold! I won't pretend like I was okay with this, because for a really long time- I wasn't. I wasn't angry with anybody, I knew it was nobody's fault. I was frustrated with our situation. We somehow always end up across the country from one another. But one thing that I absolutely love about Tommy and this relationship is that one way or another, we always patch up whatever holes we find. (and this fall, that patching has costed us 4 plane tickets worth of money backward and forward. How's that for commitment?) And even though I would MUCH rather have Tommy here with me, I am trying to look at the situation in the right light and focus on what wouldn't be happening if he was here. (which list isn't very long, or convincing....but I'm working on it.)
Second- my internship. Is from HECK. I appreciate the fact that the Associate Health Nurses basically pulled a position out of the air for me, and that I get paid extremely well. But no amount of money is worth sitting in the same room, in the same chair, doing the same thing, for eight hours every day. And sometimes I just sit there and breathe because there is nothing for me to do! So that hasn't panned out exactly how I planned. But I wanted for so long to get paid for doing nothing. I guess this is the good Lord's sense of humor. I didn't mean literally nothing!
So in short, I am working two jobs, a ton of hours a week, and saving a ton of money. Life is good, it could always be better. But I think people who think that all of the time, aren't living in the first place. One of my favorite song's lines tells me to:
"Hope for the best, plan for the worst and maybe wind up somewhere in the middle"
And everyday is teaching me how little by little. I'm strengthened by lots of prayer and the support of wonderful people all around me. I have a heck of a boyfriend-who is always the best part of my day and who I love to the moon and back. I don't know what I ever did before I had him!
Hopefully next time I have more pictures and happiness to blog about! But until then-
All my love!
Brittany
