Well, my road trip has come and gone. To the naked eye, the week kind of sucked. In order to enjoy the trip, I had to work hard on something that I'm not very good at: looking on the bright side.
Before we even left Seattle, two of my bags went missing. It's like they disappeared into thin air. I have not a clue as to where they could be. My suitcase full of ALL my clothes, and my bag full of ALL my cosmetics. My straightener, my blow dryer, my shampoo/conditioner, my makeup, my hairbrush... ALL of my cosmetics. So I had to pack a garbage bag full of the clothes I had left, which of course were all of my ugly clothes, and then I was on my way. I promised Brandon I wouldn't let it ruin the trip, and that I'd cry about it after I got home.
The next morning, I got a terrifying phone call. I won't write what it was about so as not to embarrass a dear, dear friend of mine; but it left me terrified for my health, to be vague. I think I'm okay and healthy, but all week long it was totally consuming my thoughts. It was really hard to get over.
We got lost more times than I care to admit. One night we got so lost that we were actually 7 hours off track, and we missed a hotel reservation that I had paid for, and ended up having to pay for a hotel elsewhere. The fact is, though, that I have been saving for this trip for so long that I had more money than I knew what to do with. I was very prepared, so it was all ok. It just threw me off that nothing was going as planned.
The good news is that Brandon and I had a wonderful trip. Even though it wasn't exactly what I was planning, and I didn't get to see everything I wanted to see, it was a week away. A week away from work, a week with my best friend in the world. I saw my favorite band perform from the FRONT ROW. I saw so many people that I've been longing to see. I had some really good talks with Brandon, I had some really good moments with God. I learned a lot of things.
Situations really are what you make of them. If Paul can praise God from prison with joy, I can certainly find happiness in a situation that was only sort of difficult to deal with.
Anyway, that was my week in a nutshell. ("Ah! I'm in a nutshell!")
By the way, I've started writing a few songs. Just for those of you who wanted an update since I wrote that blog about writing music. I haven't gotten very far on the actual project, but I had a few really good ideas while I was driving and I started on those. One song is completely finished. Another is halfway done. I think they're pretty decent.
That's that!
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