Good vs. Bad

I have some good news, and I have some bad news. Bad news first: I talked with my mom and it didn't exactly go over well. She, of course, is blaming a combination of her circumstances and us not working hard enough. Yes, I could be working longer hours outside, but that is on the condition that she wants me to work hard two days and then be an invalid for a week waiting for my hands to heal from all the blisters!! I haven't done yardwork in like 9 months! What more does she expect from me?

Jeez! Why does everything have to revolve around me? I know that she knows I am doing my best. I just get the flak because she trusts in me so much. Sometimes I wish that I wasn't her confidant just so she couldn't dump on me like this. Argh! I wish I grew some thicker skin or a more waterproof coat so things like this didn't affect me so much. I know I'm going to have to deal with things like this on a daily basis when I get married. "You just have to give all the little things up to God to deal with because you can't deal with every little thing". I wish that was so easy to do. Oh, well. I'm also told "practice makes perfect". I guess God thinks I need more practice. Well, here goes!

Finally, for the good news: I was contacted by a longtime friend and working partner asking me to be the full time interpreter for the Seattle Union Gospel Mission Senior's Camp this summer!! Yay. I worked with the camp for three summers as a part-time interpreter and I couldn't go last year because the camp was after school started. Summer ministry opportunity #1. It's only three days so it's rather short in comparison to the week long trips to Mexico but I'm still grateful for the opportunity. The great thing is that this year I will interpret everything, the lessons, the devotionals, the conversations, the games....before now I only interpreted the conversations (interpersonally).

Well, I hope this helps remind me to replace the Spanish-English dictionary I lost in Mexico last year. I had forgotten for a long time that it was stolen so for the entire school year I was looking for my lost dictionary! I just remembered yesterday what actually happened to it! Flaky me!

(one of these days I'm also going to learn how to post a short blog)