Bad things come in threes...

May 10th
Hannah's ipod gets stolen. Which is a real super bummer cause Whit and I are goin on a road trip soon and I realllllyyyy needed that! urg

May 12th
Approximately 3:30 in the afternoon.
Hannah get's into an accident in the parking lot right after booking an appointment to get her hair colored. The man was a total dink and was trying to get the witness to go away cause he was taking my side...furthermore buddy in the van was driving on my side of the road (hello!) and blamed the accident on ME! I dont think so sir. Hannah is late for work after spending ridiculous hours at the police station and on the phone with the insurance company. Lame. Nevertheless, Hannah gets her grumpy ass to work and tries to forget about it.

May 12th
Approximately 11:30 at night.
Hannah walks her, still, grumpy ass to her car which is parked in a near by cul-de-sac after work. Stunned Hannah realizes that her facking car window has been smashed! In a rampage Hannah goes back to work, calls the police and her mom to come help her. 2o minutes later Hannah returns to her car with her mom and the car as been moved and some asshole poo head has tried to steal her car by ripping up the steering wheel and being an overall moron...( who the hell steals cars?!) Feeling completely violated and totally freaked out that some random was in her car Hannah throws a bitch fit and her and her mom get into a completely full on yelling argument. Definitely not a mother/daughter hallmark moment. At 1:30 am (yeah am!) the police finally show up after Hannah has spent hours sobing and wondering why the world is full of cruel people. Hannah fills out her second police report of the day and tries her best not to be a complete nut case/ragging lunatic in front of the cops. Only bonus of the whole day/night: The police men were BOTH (yes both) smoking hot! Gotta love men in uniform!


Let's just say my life is a little bit of a gongshow right now. Aside from having no idea how to handle insurance issues and loser people that enjoy stealing other ppl's stuff/cars I still have to manage retaining my sanity at work and now saving money for freaking repairs on my car rather than school or traveling or things I actually care about.
But! Even though when it rains it pours there have been 2 things that have kept me on my feet and have helped me keep my chin up 1) My road trip with Whit in t-minus 7 days to lovely Victoria, BC. And 2) I got accepted to U Vic!!!! So I guess life isn't all bad and there is still plenty to be smiling about. This is just another one of those challenging obstacles that life likes to throw in there every now and again to keep you on your toes! Let's just hope the bad luck is done for the time being

Every day is a new day

No one is perfect
People make mistakes.
In fact, making mistakes is one of the biggest parts of being human
and one of the best ways too learn.
Ive always thought that its impossible learn from other people's mistakes,
instead we have to make our own and learn from them ourselves.
Today I made a mistake.
I was pretty bummed because I hurt someone that I really enjoy and love working with.
Luckily, she had to decency to sit me down, tell me how she felt and give me the chance to let her know what was going on in my life.
In the end, we hugged it out and we let each other know how much we respect and care about each other.
Needless to say, I don't think I've ever had such a productive disagreement.

On my drive home, this whole situation got me thinking.
Does everyone learn from their mistakes?
Do people see second chances as a gift or do they just take advantage?
Furthermore, how easy is it to grant a person a second chance?
And how do we come to truly forgive a person and believe they can change?

The last couple years I've made a lot of mistakes, and I've seen others make them too.
But it's funny and almost crazy to me to see that, in the end, those who care about me the most, and those who truly love and know me, still respect, care, trust and love me just as much as they did before. I think this truly speaks to why I am so able to forgive and move on from those who have hurt me, intentionally or unintentionally.

I have been blessed by the grace of others who know I can, and will, change the mistakes that I've made. I think that now, is my chance to pass on the grace and love that people have shown me. Life is far too short and there is far too much to experience in this world to waste our time holding grudges and negative feelings.

We can only be free when can forgive ourselves and those around us.