Sitting in the room. . .

The past few days have been very frustrating. I've become so consumed in homework and other activities all while being sick. Last night I found myself in a really grumpy mood. I was working on theory homework, which never seemed to end and on top of that I had about 60 pages of reading to do for Women in Lit. I had not practiced at all yesterday and I felt like the world was caving in. I went to sleep at 2 AM only to wake up 5 hours later for English.

I woke up this morning not very happy about losing sleep. After English and Women in Lit. I went to theory. Theory was what really upset me last night. Thankfully, Dr. Shaftel took the time in class to go over some of the homework. Things soon got better. Since I did not finish my homework he let me take it and finish it after class. Suprisingly enough everything seemed to work out. I found it really easy to work out the harmonizations and I was even more pleased when I played them at the piano.

Over the course of the morning I really thought about how I was acting last night. One thing I remembered from Epicenter was how many times we can become selfish, focusing on our own objectives. All I was thinking was, "I have to get this done and then do that and. . ." Looking back at last night I realize I was getting upset over nothing and my attitude certainly did not reflect how God would have me act. I was so concerned with what I had to finish, I lost my focus on what really mattered, that is Jesus Christ. With the retreat coming up this weekend I'm really looking forward to getting away from school work for a couple of days and turning my focus back on God.