it was worth it...

what a week, but i'll just jump right in...
i was loving the rain on monday, but i think i have short term memory loss and really can't remember anything that happened on monday that would be interesting enough to talk about.
tuesday i got to do some high jumping, and although it wasn't the best i've done, i still felt good to be out there again.
yesterday was...long! good, but very very long. i left track practice early to go to the Long Beach Rescue Mission, which was a lot of fun, but i probably should have used my better judgement and not gone. you see, i was feeling a little sick over the weekend, but monday and tuesday i had been feeling a lot better, thinking i was over it. but, with track and tennis on tuesday and then a bunch of homework, i didn't get much sleep and woke up on wedneday not feeling up to my usual par. i was doing okay up until the point when we were at the Rescue Mission and then it hit me full blow and today has been pretty awful. i didn't go to practice, although i did want to because our coach was coming and i really wanted to jump, but oh well...can't do it all. i came home and took a three hour nap and now i'm trying to get through my homework, but really i just want to go back to sleep. can't wait for the weekend right now!
anyway, enough of my complaining and a little about last night. we hit a ton of traffic and the 710 was closed, so after a bit of backtracking we arrived around 6:00, i think it was. we were to do the service for them at 7:00, which included some worship, scripture reading and a short film to enhance some really inspirational quotes. somehow, don't ask how, i got roped into leading worship, along with 5 others. mr westrup asked if anyone would be willing to help out because they needed another singer and i just said i would do it, since no one else wanted to. usually, i don't sing in front of people. like i will when i'm messing around, or just singing to a song, but with a small group of people on stage is not something i'm usually comfortable with. oddly enough, i wasn't nervous at all and really had fun with it. the video we showed got some truly great responses from the people at the shelter. the main theme of it was "when we can rise above our own tears, we will finally be able to see the tears of others". good message and so powerful. after the service, one guy came up and hugged me, which i'm not going to lie, was a bit uncomfortable, but he also said "you guys really touched my heart"; and that totally made my night. again, that feeling of "blessed to be a blessing" is really unlike anything else.
well, tomorrow is friday and i am so glad!
and "remind yourself that it's okay not to be perfect." :)