Learning to Dance in the Rain

A friend once shared the following quote with me: "Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain." He shared a lot of such snippets with me seeing as I complained to him an awful lot.
Now that he is serving a mission for the Church I don't really hear from him anymore. But that doesn't mean the advice he gave me doesn't still ring true.
Lately I feel as though I've been just barely hanging on, treading water, if you will. Part of it is my sleeping pattern, I'm sure. No matter how tired I am, I can't seem to get to bed before 11 at the earliest each night. This, coupled with my Tuesday through Friday work schedule that asks me to be awake and getting ready by 5:30, 6 at the latest, doesn't exactly add up to a healthy amount of sleep for any young woman (or probably even young man for that matter).
So, sleep aside, I've already mentioned my morning. 7:00 (or 6:45 on Fridays) is when my work day starts and it ends at just about 2:30 each afternoon. I'm currently a part of the Young Women's Presidency in my ward and thus am usually found at our Mutual night on Wednesdays at 7 more often than not.
Just to add a little more craziness on top of my family time, I've been rehearsing for my community's showing of Lady Pirates of the Caribbean and have recently auditioned for and gotten a minor role for My Fair Lady. That puts me at practice 6 times a week (Mon-Thurs, and two separate practices on Saturday).
I feel as though I'm falling short in some areas but no one, not even my parents, have said it's too much or that I am falling short in one place or another. I suppose it's good practice for when I return to college. But I don't want to feel inadequate, you know?
However, through all of this building stress, I've also seen me sitting in one place. I'm "waiting for the storm to pass". Not the best plan, apparently. So, what am I to do? Do I give up something? Do I throw in the towel? No.
I guess the smart thing to do is to turn to Heavenly Father. You know? Do what I can do, give it my all, put my priorities in the right place and face them head on and then pray that He will make up for my shortcomings, whatever they may be.
So, here's to the end of a rough week! And here's to the fresh beginning that dawns each and every Sunday morning!
Welcome, welcome, Sabbath Morning.
Now we rest from every care.
Welcome, welcome is thy dawning,
Holy Sabbath Day of prayer.
-Hymns (don't have a legit reference...)

Mid-Summer Nights Dream...

Here it is. The middle of summer. What have I been up to? Working. Yup. I've held a steady job for (going on) 7 months now and have saved over 3 thousand. My return to college is a work in progress to put it nicely. But I've been working on my reapplication to BYU and just need to get a few loose ends tied up. I just need to make a phone call or two and I will have the most important and harder things to complete done by the end of this month. Yay! I can see an end to this road!
I've also been rehearsing for a musical that opens up July 21st. Yup. I'm part of the chorus. ;) I'm actually an understudy for one of the more minor parts and as such am being given the opportunity to perform the part for two of the eight performances. It's been a few years since I've done something like it BUT I'm sure I can handle it.
I think I'll tie up a loose end from my last post...
It's not going to work out between me and my friend it would seem. He's just not that into me. It's apparent in the way we have a good time together for a few hours and then he's perfectly content to give me the "silent treatment" for the next couple weeks. I care about him still but it's just not there.
I'm finally getting my head wrapped around the idea that I need to let go of the past and move on with life. Be my own person. Of course, it doesn't hurt to repair past wrongs and if it means I have another person to seek counsel from or lend my support to, by all means- I'll accept it gladly and most gratefully.
Haha! I just reread all three of my posts (grand total, I assure you x]) and I realize I talk about my guy problems a lot. Well. Not anymore! Ha! I'm changing my approach to this whole blogging thing. Be more thoughtful about what I put here. Granted this post wasn't exactly completely thoughtful... but it was a start.
Goodnight
Cassidy