DayDreaming Diva

  This summer has flown by... I feel like I have not stopped since May 16. Between multiple beach trips, Camp Caswell, babysitting, and getting things ready for the fall, my life has been a whirlwind. I want to document and keep track of everything but I just don't have time to stop and do it. So, this post is an effort to record the events of this crazy summer! My summer started off with a bang...I tagged along with the family that I nanny for on a trip to the beach. I have been so fortunate to nanny for a family who I love so very much for the last 3 summers. They are always so gracious to take me along with them when they go to the beach in the summer. I go to help out with the kids and just be an extra hand. It is always such a fun trip to go on and doesn't feel like work at all lol! They treat me as one of their own and I'm so thankful for them and everything they have done for me over the years. The next week I took off with my church's youth group to Camp...

"Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When I was young girl I used to be terrified of storms. I was afraid that my family and I would be hurt and that my house and all of my sentimental belongings would be destroyed. What really frightened me was the unpredictability of the storm. I like to be in control, I like to know what's going on and what is going to happen in the future. You can imagine what being in the middle of an unpredictable storm was like for me...not good. ...And this is why I was so terrified I remember my mother always telling me and sometimes singing to me the lyrics of a popular christian song, "Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When she first said this to me I didn't find much comfort in it... I thought "Mama..really?? That is not very helpful..You must not know how scary this is for me?" I would pray that God would stop the storms because I was so afraid of ...

My life has been turned upside down for the past week and a half. Seriously I have been like a whirlwind running from place to place, never stopping or slowing down. I have been exhausted and have been feeling so off balance in every aspect. Between trying to get school work done, Lyceum requirements, work, housework, and visiting loved ones I have been a running around like a chicken with my head chopped off. Saturday, I took some time to reclaim order in my life. I worked out for the first time in over a week. Whoowee... that was rough! I really did not want to. But I talked myself into it. I feel soooo much better about myself and I had a ton more energy, now if I only I could remember this feeling when I wake up at 5:00am to exercise!! I also cleaned out my car (which was a MESS!), cleaned my room, the bathroom, did some laundry, made plans for the week, and organized some of my crazy mess. Man, I feel so much better now! I like order and I like for things to be in there...