All in a day's craziness

Frustrating craziness...

1. Sat down to eat breakfast and read at 7:35am thinking I had a good 40min to enjoy a slow morning. Realized I was supposed to be at the church at 8:00am instead of 8:30am. So long slow morning.
2. 1:30pm found out I was the only cell group leader attending cell group.  Our group consists of 30 7th grade girls and starts at 3pm. This could be chaos. 
3. 2:45pm headed to cell group. Swerve off the road a little because of a reckless driver.  Get a flat tire. Really stupid driver?
4. Must drive 40mph or under on 540 to Walmart (thanks to the spare). Will I ever get to Walmart?
5. 1.5 hour wait for the tire to be fixed. My Pinterest app isn't even working. 
6. Walmart calls to tell me that my tires were originally put on backwards...fixing will take 30min longer. Really?! Really?! 

Sincerely,
Negative Nancy
(otherwise known as my first reaction)

Better perspective...

1. Having a job where you are asked to arrive early in order to pray together is a blessing.
2. Getting to hog the attention of 30 amazing 7th grade girls...not bad at all. 
3. Just a flat tire...could have been worse.  Amazing host home dad to the rescue...wasn't even late to cell group. 
4. 40mph on the interstate aka opportunity to laugh at yourself. SMH. S.M.H. 
5. Overhearing ridiculous convos between Walmart employees in the Walmart McDonald's & rescued by Shelley (roommate) who entertained me with Laffy Taffy jokes....worth it...totally worth it. 
6. Killing time in the Walmart book section.  Pretty much reading "Eat This, Not That" in its entirety...extremely insightful.

Sincerely,
Positive Polly

For real though...I pray that I continue to learn from days like today...I don't want circumstances (especially the little things) to dictate my attitude.

"Be joyful always..." 1 Thess 5:16

Tension in Transition...

Here's the deal...I've been contemplating on whether or not to write this blog post for about a week now.  I don't want to be the girl who appears to be screaming for sympathy, so if you read further simply know, that is FAR from my intentions.  When I started this blog honesty was was one of my goals and that is why I'm writing this post.

My attempt to put 7 days of thoughts and experiences in a few words...

Problem:  Loneliness (with a side of over analyzing).

Progression of solution:  (Too many fun details to share...here are some highlights)

• The Lord convicted me of being a bit ridiculous in believing in lies that had so easily formed in my mind, because I was too prideful to share how I was feeling with a human being. 
• Faithfully He provided opportunities for me to be honest and open about how I was feeling to some amazing friends. 
• The amazing friends were encouraging and offered up great advice/wisdom. (i.e. you've only lived here 5 months).
• Shift in perspective.  Realizing just how much I am blessed.  I am surrounded by wonderful people, literally surrounded....live with an unbelievable new friend, have my fake fam in Fay (note alliteration), work with some of the most wonderful people who double as great friends and continue to meet stellar individuals who are possible future friends. 

Sure.  This past week has been hard, however, I wouldn't trade it.  I'm more aware of the blessings the Lord has given me...and that is a fun place to be. 

Aspiring to be crafty...

I dedicate this post to Pinterest. (If you are a boy...feel free to stop reading).

A couple of weeks ago I bought a lamp for $2 at a garage sale.  Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of it in it's original state, but imagine green and gold (Go Baylor), with no shade.  With a Pinterest state of mind, I had high hopes of making it look wonderful, so I purchases a shade at Target and some spray paint at Lowe's.  Pretty simple right?!...WRONG. 

While spray painting, I discovered that the cord of the lamp was all kinds of jacked up and this is what happened...

• I plugged the lamp in anyway. Smoke. Slight shock. Blew breaker. Silly curiosity.
• Took apart lamp. It had MANY parts. 
• Lowe's trip #2...very helpful employees. 
• Shamefully it took me, 6...count them...6 tries to re-wire the lamp properly.

I learned that I'm persistent, but really not a perfectionist when it comes to crafty things.  If it works, serves the function it's supposed to and doesn't look hideous it's a #win. 

Progression of pics to follow.

at this point I do NOT know what I'm doing.

wired this sucker 6 times

The parts I had leftover...oops.

 

finished project.

Proof that it actually works.

side view...I just wanted the same
number of pics on each row