Keeping It All Together

Ya know, I really wonder how some people keep it all together. As you may know, I work in a busy family practice doctors office. I see a high volume of patients a day and work pretty long hours. I am not sure how to make it all work. When I get married, (its only about 7 months away!) I am just not sure if I will be able to do all of the things that I want to get done in a days time?!? Cooking, cleaning, ironing, and washing clothes is exhausting after you have worked and been on your feet for 8+ hours most days.

Today, I awoke to snow falling down fast in the North Georgia Mountains. If I am going to be perfectly honest, I didn't think it would snow at all but Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me. I went about my normal morning routine and left the house earlier than usual to go to the bank and get some breakfast. I got to work and we wound up only working until about 12ish. It was a pleasant and nice surprise to get to go home early! Caleb brought me lunch from Gainesville. He left his work early too. We packed bags and the dog, Ridge, and headed to his mom and dads house outside of town. They always have fun stuff to do on their farm especially when it snows. Caleb and I went off roading and looking at the pretty snow all around the farm and saw many beautiful picturesque places. The land is beautiful with a couple inches of snow on the ground. It is then that we discovered that it really wasn't the hard kinda snow we are used too. It was more like a slushy snow. Needless to say it quickly turned to mud and it was EVERYWHERE!! Lumpkin County school was out today and they are out of school again tomorrow. I think they may be making up some school at the end of the year. Caleb and I finally headed to his mom and dad's house and warmed up and talked and talked. We then took a trip down the road about a mile to a little brick house that has been for sale for a few months now.

The house is quaint and cozy. We didn't get to see the inside but Caleb was elated to say the least because this house has a "shop". The shop is basically a free standing over sized garage for those of you who don't know what a shop is. He has made so many plans of what he would do with it. It has a nice size yard and is a great school district. It is also only a mile from the Copeland farm so if we one day did decide that we wanted to build there we would be literally right around the corner. I am a little bit leary of this house though because the bedrooms are small and I think it will need a little bit of my touch to actually make it feel like home. Don't get me wrong we will have plenty of help with that. My dad owns a wet saw and can tile just about anything and everything. He has a lot of experience with my mom. I am just unsure of this house and our future. My goal is to go to PA school and I really wont let anything stop me from doing that except maybe organic chemistry that was miserable and I don't know that I could bring myself to do that ever again but only time will tell. '

I guess I wrote a lot tonite?!? I think I have a lot on my mind with my decisions that I have to make about my job offers that I recently received. I got two within about 2 days. They are both great but its just those hard decisions that will alter my life path that I am afraid of. So, instead, I have told myself that I am going to keep it together and let God do the rest. I will do my best, as always, and He can guide me.

Lord, Please give me the strength that I need to make the right decision for me and my future. Let no one's feeling be hurt and no harm nor foul committed. Lead, guide, and direct me in the days to follow. As always, watch over my family and friends.