And I'm Still Rolling Along. . .

Ahem. I was all excited about being a faithful blogger and it's been TEN WHOLE DAYS since I posted last. I am ashamed. :( 

But to bring you all up to date: Exams are over. I survived (barely) and I'm home! My dad and my uncle came down and helped me clean and pack and then took me to Disney World! We spent half of Friday in Animal Kingdom and the other half in Epcot. We even stayed for the fabtabulous fireworks and braved the rain in our Mickey Mouse ponchos. Fun times. :-D

Since I've been home I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning, unpacking and catching up on watching "Lark Rise to Candleford." It's good to be back with the home folks, eat real food, and see rolling hills of green again. I missed Virginia a lot. 

On Thursday I called McDonald's to see if they had a place for me and they asked me to come in Friday morning! I guess they missed me. :-P I worked eight hours yesterday and today. Last summer I was nothing but a frightened young whippersnapper so I didn't dare ask for Sundays off, which I regret. This summer I asked Jackie right off about not working Sundays and she was totally chill about it. Yay!

Also on Thursday, I spent most of my morning quite ruffled and troubled because I could not get our vacuum cleaner to work. I was distressed over this because my room was in desperate need of vacuuming and my allergies were flaring up something terrible and if your vacuum fails WHAT CAN BE DONE???? I researched machines and they're all frighteningly expensive. I grew more impatient and frustrated by the minute and I spent several hours on this search for the affordable-yet-powerful vacuum. I eventually gave up and decided to check my grades and financial aid again. My grades were posted (well, all but one) and my financial aid package was complete and <drum roll. . .> I found out I got a another scholarship for next year! ! ! And then I laughed at myself for how wound up I'd gotten over a stupid vacuum cleaner. My Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills (and is quite generous about them) and I was wasting energy worrying about a dust-sucking machine. That's embarrassing. :-P 

And is if that weren't enough to put all my worried feelings back where they belong, my dad came home that night and fixed the vacuum for me and I was able to vacuum all around the house without buying a new one after all! It reminded me of Matthew 6: 

"Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, 

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 

And why are you anxious about clothing? 

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: 

they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon 

in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

So yeah, I just wanted to share that in case any of you all are worried about anything. We have Someone watching out for us Who knows our every want and need and holds back no good thing from us! :) Take heart and happy weekend!