The snow stopped!
The last few days have been all realted to snow. Driving back from the DC area with Amber, we hit snow (from a ... to a blizzard) in every state except Illinois (and maybe Indiana). Amber is sick, so we stayed at a hotel in Ohio along the way. I have to say that Pennsylvania and West Virginia are some of the most beautiful places in the country. Amber drove then, so I really got to soak it in. I drove yesterday for 11 hours, and if I were older and less healthy, I probably would have had a heart attack. There were a few bad accidents and road construction, (not to mention it being one of the busiest traveling days of the years) and I couldn't help but think of the poor sould who, in trying to escape the coastal area a few months ago, ran out of gas on the highway, because traffic was so bad! We didn't run out, and the time it took us wasn't even double what we figured, so although it seemed awful to me, it probably wasn't.
On perhaps the opposite end of things:
Aaron and I broke up.
We had taken a week off, because we were arguing and not getting anywhere, and we thought about our relationship, etc., and I didn't conclude anything- just that things could work, but we'd need effort for it to (for any relationship), and I was dying to think what he came up with, but considered that breaking up was a possibility, so when he did, I was surprised, but not as much as I could have been. Probably because of prayer and God, I felt at peace about it immediately, and still have that for the most part, even though it does hurt and is confusing. Because of the way Aaron worded it, I don't feel inadequate- like there's something wrong with me and he's found someone better. I'm not going to convince someone to like me or stick with me, unless we're married, and if I had to do that, I definitely need strong friends to support me.
Who knows what the future holds? I'm not worried about it. Everything happens for a reason. (I think I sound stronger than I feel right now. . . but no time to dwell- I've got a ham in the oven!)
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