forgoing the good to make time for the better

This week has been crazy!  I hadn't seen Bob since Tuesday, and we are both home, just going off separate directions.   I worked so much that I didn't even know about the earthquake or Tsunami until someone told me about it at work today.  It was busy today so I didn't have a chance to watch any clips or think about it much so it wasn't real until  Ichecked my facebook and realized that there were a lot of missionaries in one area that had not been contacted yet. (something like 80 out of the 100 have not been contacted yet).    I just felt sick, that is way too close to home. I am really grateful that my boys came home safe and sound from their missions, I had an underlying fear that something catastrophic like the earthquake would happen to them.  I am grateful it never did, and my heart and prayers go out to the family of those that have to be struggling right now, I don't even want to imaging what they are going through.

  The newscasters were all talking about how people are afraid, yet facinated and drawn to the footage.  That's me, when I got home tonight I went straight to the computer to check the latest footage.  It just seems so unreal, even after watching the clips a few times it looks like a bad end of the world movie.  I can't comprehend a disaster on that level, no matter how many clips I see.

Bob and I went to the church cannery tonight and helped can tomato sauce, I couldn't help but wonder how much of it was going to end up in Japan, although I don't think that tomato sauce is something they use a lot in their diet.  I almost cancelled on the cannery tonight because I am so tired, feeling the stress of having a paper due tomorrow evening, and no time allotted to work on it before then.  I am so glad that we went to the cannery, I always have fun, and get to meet new people and I feel so good when I leave.  It also helps me remember what a great job nursing is, it beats working in a factory by miles and miles!

As for the paper, looks like my run and relief society just got bumped from my calendar tomorrow, dang!  The 2 funnest things, they are both good, but I really want to go to the temple tomorrow evening, and that is better, so they are what got bumped.  I need to learn to be more realistic and careful with my time management.  Maybe my paper will go really fast and I can catch the end of relief society, but that is not looking like a high possibility.  If anyone wants to run in the 10k tomorrow in Lacey just check in under my name,  its paid for, and I won't be using it.

My Prayers are dedicated to the people in Japan tonight and their loved ones, wherever they may be, I expect just about anyone that prays will be doing the same thing. 

Life is about change and overcoming adversity, the only way through it is Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in our Heavenly Father.  I have faith that there is a plan that is much bigger than I can even comprehend and my life is but a small part of that grand scheme, I hope I can live my part well.