Well, it has been a while and I don't know where to begin. There have been many events in the past month, many with frustrations, bad days, good days, and a whole lot of in between's. Work, Valentines Day, St. George with Rachel, snowboarding with Courtney, a weekend at home, and this weekend I am sitting here at my counter on a Saturday night, being 12:13 a.m. wanting to go to bed.
Work has been good and bad and I finally made the decision to go home for the summer. I know that I need to work and I am working on finding places to apply to. I hope that I will get something! I told my boss last night that I will be back in the fall and he said that is the only way that I can quit is if I come back to work for him. I plan on working for him in the fall, I hope that he is still willing to hire me back on. Valentines Day was just another day, I went to work and I ran my butt of so it was simply a good day. On the 11th of February Rachel and I went to St. George to get out of our apartment and away from our roommates. We had dinner at Olive Garden and then made our way to a movie theatre to watch "The Vow." It was such a good movie! I loved it and I am definitely going to buy it when it comes out. The next weekend after that I went snowboarding with Courtney. I had a great time, I fell a lot, but over all it was a good time.
You may be asking what the big deal is about the trial and gift of patience is, well, let me tell you! I have been living in an apartment full of six girls including myself. The first semester didn't ever feel like it does in our home now. The first semester we all got along and laughed and had fun together. Now it is two on two and competing and DRAMA! I have not had this much drama, not even in high school. Three of the five girls that I live with do not know how to clean up the counters or the sink after they have eaten or prepared food. The whole first semester I didn't mind just wiping off the counter, but now it's to the point where I don't want to do it any more because it's not my mess. The girl that I share my room with always has her boyfriend over and takes him into our room and it really does get bothersome. I personally feel that it is very disrespectful. If she had her own room, I totally wouldn't mind, but because it's the fact that he is always here when I want to get ready for bed and get into bed, I can't because he is here. I am truly happy living here in Cedar City, I am just pushing my way through to the end of this semester with my happiness. Many other situations have come and gone in our apartment and through them it is surely a trial of my patience, but at the same time it is a gift. I have the gift to hold my comments to myself and not say them aloud. I have some patience with others, but I still get angry and frustrated. I know that these are developing patience as well because I am not perfect and do not have all the patience I would like. I guess that is the reason why it's a trial and a gift.
