Sigh no more.

Untitled, a photo by angie anne on Flickr.

Proverbs 3: 5-6

One of my favourite childhood Bible songs. Enjoy!

Panic attack

Let me tell you all a true story:

One summer I tried to pile too much on my plate: Working part-time in retail, working part-time as a TA in my university, and taking 3 online summer classes. And that's all in addition to having a social life, going to church, and having at least a little bit of a summer. So I realized that it was too much to do in one summer, and I decided to drop the hardest and most demanding of my three online classes. I followed the procedure to apply for a refund for the online class well before the deadline to drop classes, and left it at that.

Fast forward a week later. I checked my account for my summer classes and noticed that I haven't yet been refunded for my online class. Odd, I thought. I looked over things again and realized something: I applied to get a refund for the online class, but I didn't 'drop' the class in my student account... meaning that I was still registered for the class, still expected to pay tuition and fees, and already days late for the drop deadline (with tuition refund). I figured this out, had a panic attack, called my boyfriend and sobbed on the phone, went to the living room and sobbed to my family, and when I was done sobbing my stresses away I came straight to my computer to blog about it.

So I had 3 options:

a) Pray like a maniac and beg beg beg the registrar's office to remove my class without me having to pay the full tuition fees (which comes to $400),

b) Quit the part-time retail job and work my butt off to pass all 3 classes and still TA at the university, or

c) Drop the class, pay the $400 fees, and take it as a lesson learned.

How does the story end?

I don't know yet, because this just happened to me today.

Tomorrow I'm going in to the school to grovel and cry and hope and pray that they'll let me out of this mess I've found myself in. Please pray that they'll be sympathetic to me and let me keep my money!

Burst your bubble.

Untitled, a photo by picolsphoto on Flickr.

Let your light shine!

Let your light shine., a photo by Marina Montoya. on Flickr.

Morning Dilemma

The alarm goes off at 6:20 AM, and the bus comes at 6:59. And somehow I end up spending 20 minutes in my room, wondering, "what should I wear today?"

"...clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. And over all these virtues put on LOVE, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Colossians 3:12-14)

I still don't know what to wear, but keep these words in mind next time you're in this kind of morning dilemma!

iPray.

"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time - waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God - it changes me." - C.S. Lewis

Home...

This definitely does happen... but there's also an added complication in my situation...

Where is home?

As we get older...

It's funny how experiences change over time... 

I remember the first time I got to write a cheque or to use my Visa... I felt all grown-up and important and stuff.  I liked it, and couldn't wait to do it again.  This morning, when I sat down to write a two hundred dollar cheque, the feeling was definitely not of excitement, but was more of something along the lines of

Ugh....  there's not that much more money they can squeeze out of my bank account.

 Yeah, not much of an update... just writing cheques and spending money without any formal income.

ever

forget how beautiful you truly are to God

and feel just PLAIN UGLY some days?! and compare yourself to every "hot girl" that passes your way?

btw, not trying to get any pity comments! haha

don't forget how precious you are to God (and all of us!)

Here's to the start of my summer... school

Summer school starts in 10 minutes for me.  I finished my last exam last Thursday.  It feels like I never got a break.  I've never taken any summer courses before, not even in high school.  I hope I won't regret taking 2 this summer.  It's supposed to make life easier during the regular school year.

Side note: there's only 3 other people in the class room right now.