Balancing Act

It's been quite a challenge lately balancing everything in my life, but I can say that I'm definitely getting better at it! I recently recommitted my relationship to a girl whom I was seeing for a few months last year. We separated for a good 3 months to pray and see what the Lord would do and ask for His guidance. Well, about a good week ago we got together after service on Sunday and had a good talk about things, and it turns out that what she said was the Lord separating us was really her own conviction that we weren't pleasing the Lord by being together, only because we were struggling in a few areas and working to amend them. But her feelings for me never diminished and neither did mine. So, upon clearing that up and also talking with her parents about things, we decided to make a committment to each other to work on things and just go forward with this, since we know that we're content with one another. So...we'll see how things go. So far, so good.

With that established, I'm having to make my own committment to doing my homework and stay focused and disciplined with my reading and all. Not only that, but I just recently got hired by Starbucks and will be working the morning shift starting tomorrow, at 5:30am! Actually, that's nothing. When I start opening, I'll need to be there at 4am, cause we open at 5am. Nice eh? It's funny cause I'm constantly trying to make the transition from waking up late to waking up early, so hopefully this will give me the motivation I need. Besides, they have so many little perks that come with it, it's almost ridiculous. lol I mean they're great, but almost overwhelming: free coffee while working, 30% off everything when not working, and a free bag of coffee every week! And of course, tips. Then they have all these little reward systems and all, which could actually make it fun. Interestingly enough, this is one direction I have been contemplating going, into the coffee business, that is. I was almost shocked when she hired me on the spot! I was sitting there thinking..."they hired me." lol Well...an open door was provided...and I walked through it.

So with school and Starbucks and my other small businesses, Usana and Onoma going on, plus my revived relationship will require a concious effort to keep things in order and balanced. Especially with two classes overlapping this week and next week. But it's been working out well so far and hasn't been stressful thank God. We've even been a little creative about it too. Last night she was going to a bday party for a friend in MiraLoma and wanted me to come. I needed to do homework at some point that day, so we decided to see each other for a bit during the day instead, then I would do homework that evening while she went to the party. She was driving quite a distance though and I and her parents were a little concerned about that. So she came up with the idea that maybe she could drop me off at a Starbucks nearby to study while she went to the party for a few hours. It worked out perfectly, because I lived halfway back to her house, so she wouldn't be driving back alone all the way home so late. Now I know your'e thinking 'come one, you couldn't take one night off to go have fun?' And that's what I thought, and ideally yes, I should've prepared for that by getting ahead. But...I also know myself, and that's that same excuse I used every time to get out of doing my homework, and it got me in lots of trouble! So standing my ground and deciding to do homework was good therapy for me and will help me to be more disciplined and to plan ahead for events like that. But again it worked out well.

Besides that, my tailbone has been bugging me for over a month now, mostly when I'm sitting down on harder surfaces. When I'm sitting on the couch I'm fine, but if I'm sitting in a weird position it will start acting up. Not sure what's going on. Too bad I don't have medical or I'd get it checked out. Getting lots of prayer though. Hopefully it'll diminish soon. =)