Just not as easy..

This week has been HARD.  Ok, so not hard, my life is really pretty easy.  But this week has felt.. not as easy.  It's amazing that something so simple and fun as a community play has brought such heartache to so many people.  I have received texts, emails and phone calls about sad, brokenhearted children not being chosen for a part or even the play in general.  Some of those kids have been my own.  I just couldn't have guessed how many little ones were so emotionally invested in this particular play.  It's been really hard on my heart.

For starters, Whitley did not get the part of Ariel.  I didn't even want them to call her back for it, but they did anyway and she was quite sad at how it all turned out.  They chose a first timer who came from far away and who didn't make any effort to get to know any of the other girls the whole time.  After many tears, prayer and some soul searching, she decided to come audition for my play, Glee.  She was awesome.  We call it "either sitting the bench on the Varsity team or coming to JV and being a star."  She has been second string her whole career thus far.  And she's been happy with that, she just likes being on the stage.  Well now she decided she wanted more.  She came to our callbacks and rocked it.  It wasn't me, but the other two directors that decided to give her our starring roll.  Complete with lines, solos and lots of stage time.  I hope she doesn't regret walking away from all her friends who are doing Mermaid.

Not to expose her entire personal life, but after 2 days of crying and pondering, she then cleaned herself up and went on with things.  Only to find out the boy she really thought liked her (we ALL thought that, including the singles ward bishopric) tells her he likes someone else.  Logically it's easy to say "fine, moving on." but your heart always seems to fight against that.  To top off her awesome week, she finally got registered for the classes she was supposed to take to do respit care.  On her way (the morning after the boy thing), she stops for desperately needed gas to find her debit card is expired so it rejects her.  Stuck far from home and still too far from her class, she sits helpless at a gas station.  But on the bright side, there was a bank somewhat close that she could get to to get her new card.  Unfortunately she missed the class.  Seriously awful week.

Mine has just been emotional exhausting.  Until yesterday when the physical must have decided it was ready for some acknowledgement.  Woke up with a really sore throat and by the next morning had the full on stuffy nose, sneezing, headache kind of ickies.  Add some cramps and no sleep to it and I have to say I have had better weeks.

Add together the previous bus experience and the half hour waits in the morning for that bus, Chelsey's car breaking down again leaving her without and 117 degree weather and well... Life has not been as easy.  But hey... it's almost laughable at this point! Ü