Baked a sour cream apple pie today. OH-YUM!  I've never tried this before, but I had a crust that needed to be baked.  Apple pies are much more work than pecan pies (my other fave), but this baby is definitely worth the work of chopping up all the apples.  Tasty!

Other than that, the weekend was pretty much a drag.  I'm getting over a cold, Sweet P came down with a cold, and I've been slaving away on a paper.  I have about 2 of 6 pages done.  Eek!  I hope my co-writers will come through with some information.  This is supposed to be a group project.  Ha.  Why do teachers torture us this way???  Upon investigating some of my friends who work in more "high powered", "high tech" business environments than I do, I have found that not many people actually have to do group projects in the workplace, virtual or otherwise.  Yes, teams are used for various projects, but everyone pretty much has their niche, their specialty, their part of the job to do and then the team leader keeps everyone on schedule and  pulls it all together.  This semester is such a waste. 

Nevertheless, I took the plunge.  I mailed in a deposit to the next college.  I'm moving up, moving on.  I'll take some kind of (dreaded, yet mandatory) history and/or diversity class in the upcoming semester, and try to find my focus for the rest of a degree.  I'm still wavering between sticking with business or changing to science.  So indecisive.  Yet, because so few of my credits will transfer, I'm not really disadvantaged if I switch majors.  Small consolation.

Sweet P is still on the job hunt.  No breakthrough yet, but some of us are praying, begging God to open the door to the position right here at RIT.  I don't want to tell God what to do, but I do ask for His help.  The message at church today was timely... what to do when you're "in the spin cycle of life".  The points came mainly from Psalm 37, that we are to "trust in the Lord, and do good".  In all of the uncertainty, keep your trust in the Lord.  What happens when you don't trust in the Lord is that you fret, and fretting leads to sin.  "Commit your way to the Lord"... give your problems to Him and don't take them back.  Let Him handle the problems, let Him handle the wicked who may be prospering around you.  Don't focus on them, focus on the Lord.  One good way to do this is to consider His names or His attributes.  "El" is His name meaning Almighty God.  "Jehovah" is the name that marks the covenants He has made.  He is omnipotent (all powerful) and infinite (this one boggles my mind).  I always enjoy Pastor Lloyd's messages, and yet he always seems to speak on the rare occasions that Sweet P isn't in church with me.  Like today, he stayed home sick.

And boy is he sick.  Poor baby.

I am still struggling with work.  Not sure when to speak up and when to keep quiet.  I also struggle with having a bad attitude sometimes.  I do not want to be the instigator of negativity.  I need to be a promoter of the opportunities and optimism.  I need to commit my work to the Lord and let Him handle the problems therein.  Why is this easier to do with my home life?  I've lost my comfort zone and my confidence at work, so really, all I have left is to give it to the Lord.

It takes baby-steps I suppose.