Find the Beauty in Hardships

It's been awhile since I posted - not because I haven't found anything to be grateful for, but because I've been busy. Work, school, work, school, DISNEYLAND, work, school, work, work, work, school.... The upside? Next week is finals. Are you surprised to hear that is my upside? Don't be.

So, between work and school, I managed to get a night off  a few weeks ago to go to my mission reunion. On the way there someone behind me decided that texting their friend was more important than watching the road and noticing that traffic had stopped.

Oops. Needless to say it ruined my day. Actually, it's ruined the last two weeks. I was SO sore for at least a week, my car was totaled and we have been fighting with the insurance company to get things all figured out, and did you know that apparently you still have to pay a deductible, even when it wasn't your fault? Thank you Liberty Mutual. I will never recommend you to anyone, ever. All this going on while I'm trying to finish the last few weeks of school. Awesome.

This is my grateful blog. And I probably know few people that are grateful that they were in a car accident, however, I am going to say it, I AM GRATEFUL! Yeah, it has been an absolute nightmare the last little while, but through it all, I have felt little assurances that God knows what is going on. I didn't die in the accident, I'm not maimed beyond recognition, and I was able to get a new car quickly and for a real steal. Also, I am getting back $1,600 more than I paid for the car a year and a half ago, so, who's complaining? :)

So, moral of the story: don't text and drive, when bad things happen, watch for the hand of the Lord, and muscles relaxers are the bomb - but watch out, they make you sleep, A LOT.