Getting back into reality!

I am just now getting back into the real world. This past weekend was amazing. I really felt God around me in this place. I met wonderful women that spoke positive things into my life. It was my first time in the mountains since I came to Idaho. It was beautiful. God met me here and it was no accident that I was able to go. On the way up to the mountain alone was God and His timing. A woman in the car I was riding up with told me here story of how she got to where she is today. It was amazing. Her story gave me hope that God is really here for me and He has a plan for me. I was almost in tears after hearing her story because it hit home to me. I am so thankful that God has a plan for me. I know my plan will never be as good as His. I can't wait to have my own story and be able to share with others. Once we got to the retreat I was in tears because I found out that I was not going to room with the people I requested for the retreat. I got myself into composure and found my room. I then realized I had one woman from my home group with me. I was excited that I would know at least one woman in my room. We got to hang out with each other and I like to think we got to know each other a little more. There is no accidents. We had our first worship session and the first song that hit me was, Draw me close to you. God was telling me that He was singing this song to me because He wants me closer to Him. That He never wants to let me go. I was in tears. God was truly working on me this past weekend and He still is today. After we sang the song God showed me this vision of a sun rising over the mountains. I felt God wanting to let me know that He has a new beginning for me and that the only way to get there is to go up from where I am today. This is a blessing to me because I sure do feel like I am hitting rock bottom sometimes. After I felt this I was changing inside some more. I didn't think I could change anymore. I feel already that I have changed 180 degrees from who I was in Texas. God definitely has plans for me and He is really working hard on me. Thank you God for helping me grow closer to you in every way. I am so excited to see what You have next for me. During the rest of the retreat I got really close to my spice group. We all were interested in mission work. So we had a base to start with. I believe we created some truly lasting relationships from this retreat. Saturday night we got to have a campfire and roast marshmallows. I was so excited, even though I had a really bad headache. Once I saw the fire blazing it was going away. I got to talk with a few more ladies and hear there stories. It is amazing how much we all had in common. I also met someone who might help me with a job, another no accident for me to be there. God is great. Sunday came and it was amazing. The morning was really cool outside. I was all bundled up and some of the ladies were making fun of me since it really isn't winter yet. I have a feeling this winter will not be a fun one for me. My body still needs to acclimate to the weather here. For breakfast me and some of the ladies were talking about my fascination with Twilight. A few of the ladies were on my side as far as wanting to go to the midnight showing of New Moon and taking a tour of Forks, Washington. And a few of the ladies thought it was too funny that I was so passionate about this book series. I do have to say that this is my first time be so passionate about a book. I didn't really read books in High School I did the cliff notes instead. It was still fun to discuss each point of view and laughing about it. My connection with these women definitely grew stronger and I am excited to see what God has planned for each and every one of us. On the way home from the retreat I was really tired due to the fact I really couldn't sleep on the bed the whole time. We got home and I found my car had a dent in it. I lifted my hood of my car to see that a store where I got my battery changed left a socket wrench in my hood/engine area. I was really pissed. I prayed to God that He would calm me so I can handle this appropriately. At that instant I was calm but still mad. I talked with my cousin and uncle and they both told me I should take it to the shop and have them take care of it. So I did. They were actually really surprised I wasn't more pissed than I was letting on. I knew that if I exploded I would probably not gotten it handled in a timely manner. The manager asked me to take it to a collision shop and have them give me a quote and then bring it back to them and they will handle it from there. I left and went to church. I couldn't sleep last night so of course I over slept again this morning. I was only 5 minutes late to class. Today has been an okay day. I got out of class and checked for places online to get a quote. Then I went to two places and they quoted the same price. So I took the papers to the shop and then they told me they would contact me shortly. What does shortly mean? I asked and they said hopefully by today. Wrong. Not today. Hopefully tomorrow.

I came home to construction workers paving the road I live on. So I had to park on another street while they finished. I walked home to watch my cousin's son while she went to class herself. He is such a great kid. Unfortunately he was sick today so he wasn't really as happy as he normally is. Even though he was sick he still wasn't that bad of a kid. He took his medicine willingly and rested as much as a 20 month old can.

I got to end my day celebrating with one of my friends her quarter of a century birthday. It was an amazing night.

Now I am ready to go to bed so I can go to school on time tomorrow.

Until then,
Dannie