Patience and Trust

So last night was a little bit of a humbling experience for me. I was all set to sit down at my blog and take out my frustrations at the world (in a post aptly titled "I'll cry if I want to") becuase things were just not going my way. Darrell was gone at work/meetings and wouldn't be home until close to eleven, I just found out that over the course of the next four weeks at my part-time job I'm going to need to pick up 15+ additional hours (and when I'm already there until 6/7 at night, that adds up to late nights and long days quickly), and at 8:45 PM I was just getting a chance to eat dinner. I was even minutes away from going and grabbing a nice, big piece of chocolate cake and topping it with caramel and ice cream to consume during my "pity party" blog post. And then I got the call. Two hour late start today. I know it doesn't sound like much, but at the very least it meant that I could stay up until Darrell got home and actually get to see him without sacrificing too much sleep. And then I realized that the late start also meant that I had time to bundle up and blow the three inches of snow out of the driveway so Darrell didn't have to worry about it this morning (or at eleven last night). And let me tell you, that was a much better use of my evening than having a pity party for myself. I've been realizing more and more lately that I'm not very good at giving up control, which causes stress and anixety whenever things don't go "my way". But really, the whole concept of trying to have control in bogus anyway, because really, what do I actually control? I need to have more patience and trust in The One who is actually in control, and know that my way isn't always (or ever!) equivalent to His way, but that doesn't mean I'll be less able to handle what comes. I'm still counting down the days though until February 12th when (hopefully!) I'm able to cut back hours at my part-time job. I think I'm allowed to do that :-D

And because blog posts are more fun with pictures/graphics.... Check out this awesome weather!

Right Now	Next 36 Hours

	Today	Tonight	Tomorrow
Cloudy	Flurries	Flurries	AM Clouds / PM Sun
-4°F	4°	-4°	5°
Feels Like: -22° Get FREE weather on your desktop	High	Low	High

(courtesy of http://www.weather.com/)

Windchill of 22 below zero? Sign me up! Not. This kind of weather SUCKS. I hate trying to dress professionally for work but feeling like I need to have a gazillion layers on so I don't freeze walking the 50 yards into the building. The high is supposed to get up to 21 by this weekend, but then plummet again to single digits for the first part of next week. Gross. Looks like I'm going to be getting some good use out of my long johns in the coming weeks.