Today was a big day. My sister left for her freshman year of college. But that's not the biggest part of that situation: she's headed to Florence, Italy. She'll be spending her freshman year in Florence because she is participating in an international studies program at the university she's attending. We drove her to the airport a couple hours away to see her off. (My dad is also going over for a few days so she can get settled.) It's tough to think that my confidante, my trustworthy advisor, and ultimately the one person who knows me best other than God and my parents, will be gone for four months, and then again for another four months. That's been such a hard change for me, especially, because my sister and I have gotten really really close recently. I tell her everything.
Another big deal today was getting up in the morning to read a nasty facebook message from my best friend saying how angry she was at me for keeping my word to someone else. But here's what happened: I had a study party at my house on Sunday afternoon. She was invited, but didn't come. I was with a bunch of girls in my school's band. One of them told me about how my best friend's best guy friend was planning on asking her out again. She's already rejected him at least twice via facebook. Well, she then swore me to secrecy, because he didn't want anyone to know he was going to ask her out. I didn't tell her. Well, after he asked her out, I told her I knew. It probably wasn't the smartest call, but honesty, as long as it isn't hurtful honesty, is generally the best policy. Then you don't get caught in your lie. But anyway, I told her I knew. Well, she was mad at me after that. How could her best friend know that and not tell her? I explained to her exactly what happened, and that I knew it wasn't right to betray his trust like that, especially when he didn't know it had been given to me. She told him maybe at the time, because she was caught unaware. Well, she apparently told him no today, and he was really mad at her for saying maybe at first, then no. Well, that translated into her being really really mad at me for her being unaware when I was aware.
The last stressful event today is that while I was at my aunt's house a couple hours from home, my mom and her brother in law (my uncle) got into a debate. My uncle has always scared me a little bit, and now I kinda know why. He was okay while they were debating and he knew exactly what he was talking about. But once my mom had a good point that he couldn't refute due to lack of information, he got all uptight about my mom pointing at him. He said, "HOW DARE YOU POINT AT ME IN MY HOUSE?!?!?!" That was one of the scariest moments I've ever had with him, and I've been seriously afraid of him before, mostly when I was little. So my mom grabbed me and my brother, and we left. We're now staying in a hotel for my brother's soccer tournament. After we were in the car, I asked my mom if my aunt would be mad at her. My mom said, "probably. But she's been upset with me before. But really, I'm not going to live my life trying to please people." That really said a lot to me, since I was dealing with a similar situation with my best friend.
Anyway, that was my day. I saw God in it, even through all that crap I dealt with.
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