Roller coaster they call life....

So I'm currently riding the roller coaster called life.  One day I wake up extremely happy, ready to greet the day, and overjoyed with become a speech therapist, but the next day I wake up hating everything especially school! I know grad school isn't easy or they wouldn't give you a master's degree for doing it, but still! I want to enjoy it more.  I've decided, after a presentation from one of my professors, that I dislike school so much I have literally kept my brain from obtaining information.  My brain is so burnt out on everything that it will not allow me to store any more information.  So how do I get past this slump in life?  I've decided I HAVE NO IDEA! I've been working on increasing my prayer life and studying the word.  I think I've put so much focus into school that I've lost some sight of God.  Also, I haven't really been the faithful exerciser that I should be.  Surprisingly working out really can change your life way more than just your physical appearance.  I need to get my ever increasing tail into a gym or out on a road! 

So besides school what have I been doing?  Well as we speak I have 3 precious babies sleeping in my living room.  No they aren't actual babies and NO THEY AREN'T MINE! These angels belong to Sara and Jason Elms.  I'm only calling them angels tonight because it is their first night with me.  By Sunday afternoon they will demons I'm sure! Tonight we all went to eat at Habachi Grill and let me tell you I think I made 15 trips to the buffet and they weren't for me! I never realized how annoying a buffet can be when you have 3 kids that require adult supervision at all times! Mark that down on another reason why I HATE buffets! So besides having the kiddos life is just life.  It has its ups and downs.  Although I'm currently in a down, I know that I'm only here because I was UP and it's only a matter of time before I'm UP again! I need to find my chipper energetic self again.  I know she is hiding up the rock called Grad school.  Everyone pray that I learn to move this rock so she can come back around! That's all for now.  Sorry there isn't much fun stuff to talk about!

Reading...

So tonight when I got home from my softball games/Tyler's house I decided I needed to reflect upon my Summer in Italy!!! I miss Europe dearly and I need to re-live that experience as often as possible.

Needless to say I ran across an entry from 7-25-2009 that caught my eye.  For those of you who don't know much about my trip at this time I was free traveling Europe by myself.  On this particular entry I found myself in Interlaken Switzerland on a park bench looking up at the Swiss Alps some of which were still snow capped others covered in Summer flowers.  The part of the entry that caught my eye was:

"Here I sit again on my bench looking at the same mountain I gazed upon this morning, but I've changed.  There's been a change in me.  An experience not many 21 year old American girls can say they've had.  I took a chance, I jumped, I conquered, but I couldn't have done this alone...Dave was holding me, guiding me the entire time.  In life I've got to learn to jump, but never alone...God is always there to hold me and guide me making sure I have a safe landing."

The above analogy is referring to my tandem jumper "Dave" after I had jumped out of an airplane at 15,000 feet.  This all stands true today:  Each day I must decide to jump and take chances.  I cannot live in a bubble, but I must shoot for my dreams.  If I get hurt or disappointed its ok because God is always there to catch me.  I'm really glad I ran across this entry and I can't wait to read more of my journal entries and compare them to my current life.