This Week 9/ 27/08

This week was first not so good, and then good. It was rough trying to catch up with homework and another tough lesson. But then after that I was just like, NO. I will conquer my practicing, I'll prove it to Mr. Fedotov that I CAN do this. It was cool that on Wednesday when I was really discouraged the Elders came to visit me at work and they told me to read David and Goliath to help me feel better so I did the next couple of days and felt a lot better. I guess I just need to pray and actually have faith that the Lord can help me. If he can part mountains and aim a stone at some giant's head then why wouldn't He help me practice? So my goal is to practice 3 hours a day every day. I know.. many freshmen and sophmores easily do that, but I didn't so this is a big step for me. And Thursday and Friday I did practice. Well, Friday was only 2 1/2 but we had a long sectional so I guess I counted that towards it. I don't know if I can do 3 today but I at least want to get a good chunk in despite all of the things to do today.
I'm going to start to teach piano again to this one family. they have 3 kids and also want to learn Spanish so it is ideal for me. I'm going to teach the first lessons today. That's kinda exciting, because I need money, and it's like worth 6 hours of work at the library. :)
Brian and I have been doing well. He's doing really good actually, and I'm really pleased with that. He seems happy. I think our relationship's pretty good, although I did miss him a LOT yesterday. And here's the funny thing. We decided that it would be ok to date other people while he's been away. Well, no occasions have come up yet but I've been nervous that they would. And Brian knows that it's something I need to do eventually. It's because my dad was giving me advice about it and you know, when he does that it gets to me, and I realize that maybe he's right. But actually, since we agreed on that it's helped our relationship be more relaxed and not missing each other as much as we would. I really love him though, so it's funny. But I just know it's the right thing, even though it's crazy and weird, it feels right, and that's the best thing that I can go off of right now.
I just ran into the elders just now! I see them a lot nowadays. They said that there was this girl who's an investigator who speaks spanish and I'm like, "Awesome!" so I want to go with them to their meetings but they are at 4 on Saturdays and that's when I was going to teach. :( Well, maybe I can work something out, we'll see. Well, I should go now, I hope everyone has a good weekend and a great next week!
Love,
Sunshine