Divine strength and mercy

This hasn't been a rough week or anything, just an insanely busy one. I think I'm still trying to find that balance between studying, having a social life, being a friend to those here or those abroad or back home, a sister, a daughter, and juggling all my responsibilities from volunteer work to being a board member in student associations. Falling sick and sleeping 15 hours a day didn't help. And on top of all of that, I WANT TO TRAVEL.

I can't be stuck in a place for too long a period, and yes two months is too long, I have TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE :) It's just me and part of me wants to enjoy my freedom. Escape. Live. So I'm off to my beloved San Francisco this weekend, and maybe even a day trip to Napa. We'll see. Go with the flow.

I miss my summer so much. I LOVED my job. It was my passion. I worked 12 hr days but enjoyed every bit of it. And....of course there were perks (weekends off to travel): 

This is what I used to do at the end of a long work day

This is what I did on the weekends (on my own dime) - fly

Stay in hotels

Biking the golden gate bridge in SF

Flying to Washington DC to visit a friend for the weekend

Taking a ferry to Catalina Island for my birthday weekend

Catalina Island

Doesn't it look like heaven?

Visit friends in SoCal, Work in LA during Dine LA week, and get free tickets to the Long Beach Aquarium (thanks Westin!)

Fly like a boss - Virgin Airlines is my fav domestic carrier

Stay at places like this

Visit Harry Potter Land and drink Butterbeer

Party in Disneyworld, Orlando, FL.

Anyway so this has been a stressful busy week with tons of demands on my time and will be for the next 5 days until I leave, and as I was thinking about how stressful my week is going to be while trying to be positive and give thanks for the things I had, a verse came to mind:

Isaiah 40:31

New International Version (NIV)

³¹ but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

 He knows my heart, and he comforts me. Give me divine strength to get past this week. You know how much I need sleep (I am not kidding, plus i get sleepy alot from my thyroid condition). I need it. #positivity So glad for the gospel in my life. I'm not religious, but I am glad I have a eternal and omnipresent source of comfort and that He is my guide.

Things to conquer this week (and by this i mean Wednesday)? 
- Chinese vocab + summary 7.3
- Warranty accrual + team meeting agenda
- Marketing exam
- Operations exam
- Tuesday/thursday hw
- Consulting project

Stress max? Go me.
I LOVE MY LIFE. The fun parts, the stressful parts, the painful moments, the carefree days, the joys and the sorrows. It's part of my journey. It's not perfect, but it sure is part of my woven identity :)
I love my life. I wouldn't have it any other way. It's imperfectly perfect.

I was just thinking about my family and how much I miss them. They never judge me, love me for me, even with all my faults (I need to watch my budget!), was getting a little teary-eyed...and suddenly it struck me. How much our heavenly father must love us. If my family loves me so much, what more him who loves us beyond our comprehension?

Someone loves me that much. More than my family?! Get out of here!

I must be the luckiest girl in the world.