the essence

Well, I officially started school today & I still don't ahve a complete schedule. I left for USF a little after 6:30 this morning. I'm pretty tired now. I was able to get into the Human Relationship Skills Counseling blah blah blah whatever it's called. I showed up & she said she'd add me into the class. That was really great. Now I'm trying to find out if I can cross enroll for a class at HCC instead of taking it from USF this semster. I'm exhausted & I'll be so glad when this is taken care of.

Saturday was the football tournament at camp. It was lots of fun & I got to see some of my friends. Unfortunately I forgot the sunscreen & my face turned a little pink. Our team did come in third (out of 11 teams too!). That's kind of our traditional place to come in at except for the past soccer tournament where we actually won!

Isn't it funny how when you decide you need to change/work on something in your life the Lord seems to put you through trials in those areas? I've always liked the verse in Philippains 2 about doing everything without complaining or arguing but I find it very difficult to put into practice. So, when I was away at the football tournament something happened that gave me a great opportunity to put it into practice - which I didn't do. I found it very easy to complain about this situation especially when everyone else I've talked to wasn't happy about it either. It's like Paul says about not doing what you want to do & doing what you don't want to do. I get very frustrated at myself when that happens. I also know it's nothing I can do on my own but only through the Lord so I need to keep going to Him for the strength to do these things. So, there's a lesson I'm trying to remember.

Advice for the day: always drive your own car, never car pool.