Trying to get it together....

Right now pretty much everything in my life is out of wack...but I'm getting it back together slowly. I have spent so much time taking care of everything else but myself and some priorities that should be at the top of my list. When I got home yesterday, there was a great card from my parents waiting for me that had taken longer to get to me through the mail. It really spoke directly to what I'm going through right now and actually arrived on time to be an encouragement. Here is what the card said:

You are the author of your own life. It's up to you to dream it, imagine it, sketch it, shape it, build it, go after it, and make it happen. And then color it in with bright, shining shades of joy and deep, lasting shades of meaning that are yours and yours alone. No one else can know the dreams you dream or the strengths you have within you that will help you make your dreams come true. No one else needs to. Because they're yours. And so is today. Happy Birthday!

I am now sitting at the Toyota dealership...waiting and waiting and waiting. Yesterday I had a little episode in my car that made my car's front passenger tire get a huge bulge in it. I texted Chris and asked if that was a bad thing. He said it was very bad....a blowout about to happen. So, since my brother was working his shift and Dad was back on the road headed to Denver....Chris dragged himself out to my house and put the spare on for me. Now, I'm at the dealership getting a new tire put on and getting it's regular maintenance taken care of. I felt so bad for Christopher. I had kept him out till 3:30 in the morning on Saturday for my birthday outing and then when he finally got home and settled from being at church...I call him. :~( I love him though...he is the bestest....he could of said tough pooh. But, instead he was on his way over.