A No Good Very Bad Week..with little glimmers of happiness :)
Complain, complain, complain. That's what this post is about. So, please do not read this if you are sick of hearing about my easy life, that sometimes seems hard to me. But, there's some happy moments in here, don't worry :)
The week after spring break + mother nature bringing her gift + a busy week = a stressed out Alysha.
Monday was perhaps the worst day I have had in quite some time. Sadly, this was also our one year anniversary. I woke up and just knew it wasn't going to be a good day. After looking at my school and work schedule, I decided it would be best to not work the ER job any more. I am extremely sad about this but my schooling is the most important right now. I let my boss know I was resigning from the job :( The day just went down from there. I went to math class and remember nothing of what I learned before spring break… which wasn't so great because I had a test in a few days.
The rest of school was spent by me being overwhelmed and making list, after list of what I needed to do this week. Assignments, readings, studying for quizzes and tests, planning the relief society activity for Saturday, going to work, fitting exercising in there somewhere, and hopefully spending the weekend with Jesse as a late anniversary. Now that I type that, it doesn't look so bad, but at the time, it was overwhelming.
I tried to make our anniversary special somehow, even though we were both so busy. Ha… that didn't work out. Post coming soon.
Luckily, I had Jesse texting me the whole day saying cute things and that he would be praying for me to have a better day. I went home and took a much needed nap before doing my homework. I tell you, this whole PMS thing makes everything ten times worse. I couldn't figure out a math problem, so I cried. My favorite contestant on the Biggest Loser went home, so I cried. I couldn't make it to yoga with my mom and sister, so I cried. Please tell me I'm not the only over-emotional girl here!
Wednesday was bad too. Luckily later that night I heard a knock on the door and guess who it was? Mi madre bearing gifts… in the form of a smoothie. She knows me well. She knew I was having a bad day and she came to the rescue. There was another knock on the door. This time it was Ryan…. with a bag of hot cheetos and a drink. Five minutes later Jesse came home with a smile and a hug. Well, hello all the people I love! Even if I cried in Jesse's arms after they left, they made me quite happy for a good amount of time :) I am extremely blessed to have them so close to me.
Thursday was almost just as bad. I cried lots. And was overwhelmed with all I had to do again. I prayed lots… especially that I could just get my history paper written, it was stressing me out! Just as I started to write my paper, I got called into the ER. I had picked up shifts a while ago, so I was happy I got called in. It was my first time there! It was an awesome experience. I got to sit and talk to a crazy woman for hours. And guess what? I realized my little problems weren't so bad. Here, this woman was having a terrible day filled with lots of insane stuff and I was worried about writing a paper. I prayed for her the entire time. I prayed that God would help her feel at peace and help her get through her trials. When I got home I sat down and wrote a pretty good paper in about an hour. It was magical. Prayer, I tell you. It's the greatest thing.
Jesse came home and comforted me. We ate dinner, watched The Office, and Jesse so graciously gave me a foot massage. He is the greatest. He did the dishes the whole week, made the bed everyday, and didn't laugh at me for crying over the silliest things!
On top of everything, I have been super sick after eating lately. I knew getting my gallbladder out would cause some weird problems for a while, but this week was really bad. Stomach ache + cramps = the worst.
Did I mention how great Jesse was to me this week? Not once did I come home to a messy house the whole week. Jesse had everything picked up and cleaned every day. It honestly was such a blessing.
Friday Jesse and I were excited to have a night out together in hopes of making up for our lack of anniversary fun. But, of course, Lysha was sick again. We went to Happy Sumo and I barely ate a thing, I was too worried I was going to throw it up later. Jesse enjoyed some delicious sushi, which makes me happy. After playing catch phrase while waiting in line for an hour, we saw The Hunger Games… I loved it! But the during the whole movie I was having the worse cramps! Damn you woman body.
Then came Sunday. Oh what a glorious day Sunday was. Jesse was extremely tired and had bad allergies and didn't make it to church, but I knew if I wanted the next week to go better, I needed some serious spiritual enlightenment, even if I did have to sit in sacrament alone. And guess what? That's just what I got. Seriously, I think the Relief Society message was for me that day. It was all about recognizing blessings and the Lord's hand in our lives during trials. So many things stuck out to me and I wish I would have wrote them down. I realized how even though it was a stressful week, everything is fine. And I was blessed so much throughout the week.
The day continued to go well with celebrating Sarah's birthday for dinner at Jesse's house. It was great to be with family and forget about all my problems. The weather was great, we had a delicious meal, played scum and ping pong, and had a family prayer before going home.
So, here I am. A week later. Doing better. I am a complainer.. I'll admit it. But I do really try to be grateful for all that I have and realize that my problems are oh so small in comparison to so many other people's trials. I know that bad days are supposed to happen every now and then… it makes me be extra thankful for good days.
The week after spring break + mother nature bringing her gift + a busy week = a stressed out Alysha.
Monday was perhaps the worst day I have had in quite some time. Sadly, this was also our one year anniversary. I woke up and just knew it wasn't going to be a good day. After looking at my school and work schedule, I decided it would be best to not work the ER job any more. I am extremely sad about this but my schooling is the most important right now. I let my boss know I was resigning from the job :( The day just went down from there. I went to math class and remember nothing of what I learned before spring break… which wasn't so great because I had a test in a few days.
The rest of school was spent by me being overwhelmed and making list, after list of what I needed to do this week. Assignments, readings, studying for quizzes and tests, planning the relief society activity for Saturday, going to work, fitting exercising in there somewhere, and hopefully spending the weekend with Jesse as a late anniversary. Now that I type that, it doesn't look so bad, but at the time, it was overwhelming.
I tried to make our anniversary special somehow, even though we were both so busy. Ha… that didn't work out. Post coming soon.
Luckily, I had Jesse texting me the whole day saying cute things and that he would be praying for me to have a better day. I went home and took a much needed nap before doing my homework. I tell you, this whole PMS thing makes everything ten times worse. I couldn't figure out a math problem, so I cried. My favorite contestant on the Biggest Loser went home, so I cried. I couldn't make it to yoga with my mom and sister, so I cried. Please tell me I'm not the only over-emotional girl here!
Wednesday was bad too. Luckily later that night I heard a knock on the door and guess who it was? Mi madre bearing gifts… in the form of a smoothie. She knows me well. She knew I was having a bad day and she came to the rescue. There was another knock on the door. This time it was Ryan…. with a bag of hot cheetos and a drink. Five minutes later Jesse came home with a smile and a hug. Well, hello all the people I love! Even if I cried in Jesse's arms after they left, they made me quite happy for a good amount of time :) I am extremely blessed to have them so close to me.
Thursday was almost just as bad. I cried lots. And was overwhelmed with all I had to do again. I prayed lots… especially that I could just get my history paper written, it was stressing me out! Just as I started to write my paper, I got called into the ER. I had picked up shifts a while ago, so I was happy I got called in. It was my first time there! It was an awesome experience. I got to sit and talk to a crazy woman for hours. And guess what? I realized my little problems weren't so bad. Here, this woman was having a terrible day filled with lots of insane stuff and I was worried about writing a paper. I prayed for her the entire time. I prayed that God would help her feel at peace and help her get through her trials. When I got home I sat down and wrote a pretty good paper in about an hour. It was magical. Prayer, I tell you. It's the greatest thing.
Jesse came home and comforted me. We ate dinner, watched The Office, and Jesse so graciously gave me a foot massage. He is the greatest. He did the dishes the whole week, made the bed everyday, and didn't laugh at me for crying over the silliest things!
On top of everything, I have been super sick after eating lately. I knew getting my gallbladder out would cause some weird problems for a while, but this week was really bad. Stomach ache + cramps = the worst.
Did I mention how great Jesse was to me this week? Not once did I come home to a messy house the whole week. Jesse had everything picked up and cleaned every day. It honestly was such a blessing.
Always making me laugh
I love him quite a bit
Friday Jesse and I were excited to have a night out together in hopes of making up for our lack of anniversary fun. But, of course, Lysha was sick again. We went to Happy Sumo and I barely ate a thing, I was too worried I was going to throw it up later. Jesse enjoyed some delicious sushi, which makes me happy. After playing catch phrase while waiting in line for an hour, we saw The Hunger Games… I loved it! But the during the whole movie I was having the worse cramps! Damn you woman body.
Our anniversary getaway didn't happen, which obviously made me sad, because we both had too much homework to do and I thought it would be best to the attend the relief society activity I planned. Fortunately though, the activity on Saturday went great! I was grateful for all the help and that my first activity as Activities Chair went smoothly.
Saturday night my parents took us out to dinner at Red Robin. It was great to be with them and Ryan but uh oh.. Lysha had fat-filled ranch. I even went with a salad just in case! Mom: "Um… Lysh you are like really pale.. Are you okay? Jess, let her out to go to the bathroom." Hahaha. I luckily kept myself from throwing up in a restaurant bathroom...gross. But we spent the rest of the night watching Parks and Rec at my parents house, which made up for feeling sick.
Then came Sunday. Oh what a glorious day Sunday was. Jesse was extremely tired and had bad allergies and didn't make it to church, but I knew if I wanted the next week to go better, I needed some serious spiritual enlightenment, even if I did have to sit in sacrament alone. And guess what? That's just what I got. Seriously, I think the Relief Society message was for me that day. It was all about recognizing blessings and the Lord's hand in our lives during trials. So many things stuck out to me and I wish I would have wrote them down. I realized how even though it was a stressful week, everything is fine. And I was blessed so much throughout the week.
The day continued to go well with celebrating Sarah's birthday for dinner at Jesse's house. It was great to be with family and forget about all my problems. The weather was great, we had a delicious meal, played scum and ping pong, and had a family prayer before going home.
Sar's 21st birthday
Laying on the tramp
Girls vs. Boys
So, here I am. A week later. Doing better. I am a complainer.. I'll admit it. But I do really try to be grateful for all that I have and realize that my problems are oh so small in comparison to so many other people's trials. I know that bad days are supposed to happen every now and then… it makes me be extra thankful for good days.
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