One Fine Day

Today. Oh, today has been one for the books folks. It's had it's surprises, both good and bad, but I still find thanks that it wasn't any worse. First off, we were told we would get rain. We were told we would get lots of rain. What we were not told was that our lake was going to overflow from the rain. Yep, went straight through the spillway. The dock was a good three feet from shore and there were several turtles scurrying in the flooded bank.
Then, I was looking out the kitchen window and saw one of our two outside dogs running around the driveway. This was not good, seeing as they are supposed to be in the big pen next to the house. Apparently, thunder had scared her so much that she discovered a new found strength and broke through the chain-length. So, my mom and I quickly moved the two into our laundry room. They were filthy. Beyond filthy. The were covered in mud and wanted nothing more than to sit in our laps. This forced my dad, bless his heart, to mend the broken fence for three hours in the pouring rain.
Next, I went to my church to a movie night with the youth to watch "Fireproof." It was an amazing film and I really felt the Spirit moving in me as I watched it. It takes a story from one polar end of hopelessness to the complete opposite of love-it was truly inspiring. I found myself disappointed with my friends a bit though. To them, everything is a joke-life,love,gossip, God-it doesn't matter to them. It breaks my heart because I know one day, they're going to realize that those things mean everything. I also felt I let myself down as well, letting my frustration with them get the best of me. I should be stronger. I am older than all of them-I should be and I have to be an example. It's just hard standing alone at times.
Finally, I get home and realize that all of those cupcakes I made, the hours of frosting and backing, was pointless. The egghunt is not until NEXT weekend. I'm not angry, just stunned by the facts I guess. Then night ended on a fine note though-watching the cheesiest Sci-Fi movies with my mother and just being thankful for the simple things admist the hard. Life is challenging- there's no way around it, and today was stressful- there's no avoiding it, but life is also brilliant and there's no denying it.