Random Rantings

Because this is still just my blog, I'm taking executive liberties and dedicating this post to the random rantings which I would ordinarily think through while attacking a blank canvas in the middle of my boyfriend's dining room table. I'm out of paint supplies and still not able to get to Michael's....Nashville took a pretty hard hit from last weekend's rain fest and much of the city is still underwater or just recovering from the damage. Lesson learned - always prepare for the worst and stock up in advance. Larger lesson - God is great, so merciful and kind when the biggest of my worries is that I'm out of paint supplies. Friends of mine took their exams with borrowed books and laptops because their homes were completely washed away. Guess tonight is one of learning lessons - the next one being cling to those things which are eternal. This world is not our home, we're just only passing through.

If I had a canvas tonight, I would paint a scene of despair, reflective of the many tumultuous feelings swirling through my head, my home, and my city. The air outside is filled with grief and disaster. Just take a walk through the Kroger in Bellevue... everyone sort of looks like they were abandoned and left to die. I think a good number of the pajama-wearing-no-hair-combing zombies are just taking advantage of this little situation to relax their already quite relaxed standards a bit.... but its still pretty depressing.

Then there is home.... a war zone of flashcards and outlines at the moment. I've completed 4 huge exams, and with one more to go I am so mentally exhausted. I would paint something dark and angry in hopes that getting those dramatic sentiments out on canvas would calm my spirits and help me to return to the sweet sensible person that I normally am. Note to anyone thinking of law school - it is a stressful character-building experience to put it nicely.

To sum it up, because there is still that one exam to study for, I'm blessed tonight to be alive and well and loved. Can't let complaints of stress and disaster take that away...