Finding Beauty in Chaos

So this week was my breaking point....I just snapped. So much stress with work as well as trying to find a place to live and figuring out the best way to help us financially...Plus not being able to sleep, I just snapped. Luckily I married a very patient man whom I feel very sorry has to deal with me sometimes, but he has truly been a blessing to me.

So we had our Day of Caring Kickoff and it was really great to go out and help out the community. We also had a lot of fun because the local high school band came and played and we did a lot of dancing around and cheering on the volunteers, it was fun.

I finally gave my presentation for one of my biggest accounts! I'm glad I got that over with, they had so many employees we separated it into two meetings. I did okay the first day but the second day I forgot half my presentation while I was up in front of everyone and just fudged it.

On Saturday we house searched all day and only found one promising place (to rent), but we still are deciding if it is wiser to buy a place for the three years we are here. So we've been looking at houses for renting and buying. I'm not sure how much longer I can stand the smoke though. We have all our windows open 24/7 (except the front one, so we don't get robbed. We are third floor so the back ones no one could reach.) We bought an air purifier, a plant, and have our fan circulating air and the smoke still gets to us. But at least it's better. I don't know how much longer it will last because the cold season is coming up here pretty fast, i guess we'll just wear sweatshirts all the time.

So Saturday evening we swung by the Art Fest and had a good time looking at the local art booths. There were a few interesting things. My favorite was this old man who you can tell put so much into his artwork but they look like children's drawings...but there was something very beautiful about them.

Then we watched "Epic" to wind down. It was an entertaining movie. I like cheesy children's movies. :-). 

Sunday morning we went all the way to church, was late cuz I ACTUALLY SLEPT last night and slept in! Then we arrived at church and I had another little breakdown (stress started getting to me again) so Scott took me to the rose gardens at Gage park. It was such a rejuvenating experience. And wonderful to see something beautiful in Topeka. I'm so glad that the city built Gage park. This is now my favorite of Topeka.

We went through and literally smelled all the roses (the yellow smelled the best but I have always been a sucker for white roses.)

So many roses!

Wishing Fountain

Look at all those roses!

Lilly pond

The butterfly garden was so beautiful. All these butterfly's just floating all around you, I felt so calm.

Thanks Scott. :-)