Felix Felicis Day

I had a Shamazing day last week and meant to post right afterward, but as with so many things lately, I just didn't make it around to it. I'm posting now, however, because a day as amazing as last Tuesday cannot go without my expressing my gratitude and awe.

6:00 - 9:00 a.m. I got up, and had a stressful, guilt-ridden morning over trying to finish up a Book of Mormon assignment that was due that afternoon in class. I love love love that class because my teacher is so wonderful. She gave us the assignment at the beginning of the semester, but I underestimated the task and never made it a priority, which put me in my Tuesday-morning predicament. Because of this, I left for work feeling horrible, and that feeling lasted all morning.

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. I fought tears at work and during devotional. I was tired, and felt physically and emotionally drained.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Book of Mormon class was great as always, but I walked out of the building and felt everything coming down on me. I needed help because there was so much on my plate and so much to be working on that there was no way I could do it all. I didn't have enough time to do everything and I needed to know how best to use my time so that I could do all that I needed to do.

Let the magic begin!

3:00 p.m. I'm walking over to Charlotte's house to pick up the car, and as I was walking past Smart Cookie (an ice cream sandwich store) I felt the spirit prompting me to get some ice cream. I'm not kidding. I felt prompted to get a scoop of ice cream. I'm walking down 7th East, just wanting to get to my car because that's a safe place, so I go into Smart Cookie and buy a scoop of my favorite Double Fudge Brownie Dryer's ice cream. With ice cream in hand, I walked down the street, listening to Sting, enjoying the sunshine, and I couldn't help but smiling and just feeling happy.

When I got back to my room, I was ready to hunker down at my desk for some quality study time, when I felt a sudden desire to walk back up to campus and go to the library. What the?! I normally have to psych myself up for trips to the library or force myself to go while I'm still on campus. Normally, when I'm back in my room, I'm there to stay. Acting on my sudden excitement, I packed my bag, grabbed the Coke Zero from my fridge, and walked back to campus, loving the sunshine and loving my life.


I spent about three hours in the library, and left with everything crossed off of my to-do list for the day. Econ homework: check! Stats homework: check! Bio Paper research read: check! I was already on a homework productivity high, and on my way down the hill back to the dorms, I felt prompted to check my mail. Lo and behold, there are THREE cards waiting for me in my mailbox! Yes, I received out-of-the-blue Good Mail from Michelle, Rachelle, and Jill! Jill even sent me my own Good Mail labels. Sham. Wow. By this point, I was completely happy. I walked back to my room, reading my mail, listening to Supertramp.

At the end of the day, I was so amazed by how much I'd seen the Lord's hand guiding me every step of the way. I started out as low as I've ever been, and by the end of the day, I was as high if not higher than I've ever been. It was a testament to how the Lord knows every move we make and he cares about everything we do. It helped me see that I don't have to know the whole picture of how I'm going to do everything I need to do. I just have to follow every next step the Lord lights ahead of me.

Oh, and here's some Paula. Sorry I've been gone for so long. =)