A few more miles...

Isn't life funny? It always waits until everything's going great, your finally caught up in classes, and life is just going great and then....BAM! Everything happens at once and you've lost any sense of balance and sanity. Well, that's how the last couple weeks have been for me.
Last week started off fine and then got a little rocky with some drama in the club that I am no longer President of...woot woot! It was emotional to say goodbye and the politics of switching officers was, well politics. Nevertheless, we got through it.
The following day I get a call from my mom telling me that my Grandma who's been living with us was very sick and probably wouldn't make it through the weekend. I've been very close to her since she moved in with us, so that hit me pretty hard. I had a big project due the next day that I had barely started, but fortunately the professor was understanding and I was able to drive home that night to say goodbye to my friend. It was an emotional weekend, but so crazy with people constantly coming in and out of our house that I don't even think I've really had time to deal with it yet. I'm sure that'll come eventually. Well, she passed on that Saturday and is in a better place now. It's sad to see her go and I'll miss her a lot, but I am so grateful to know that there is a life after death and that I'll see her again soon.
Sunday I had to drive back to Flagstaff for a choir concert that University singers was in. It was so fun to get to conduct one of our pieces and the choir sounded awesome! It was a great experience, but terrible timing. One good thing I've learned from all my experience with performing is how to "put on a face" when necessary and do what needs to be done. This was one of those times. That night I had another concert with my institute choir which was spiritually invigorating, but emotionally difficult to get through.
At this point you are probably thinking, "there can't possibly be anything else". Alas, the fun continues.
Monday morning at 2 am I woke up, completely exhausted from the weekend, but also terribly terribly sick! It was awful!!!!!!!! I spent the whole day in bed and having people assume or suspect that i had the swine flu. So I guess I should clear the record and tell everyone that I don't have the swine flu! Maybe now people will actually touch me and sit next to me. And to top it all off my car was having issues sunday night. I took it to a repair shop but the problems were gone and while I'm still not convinced it's ok, there's not much else I can do.
Now I get to look forward to my last choir concert EVER performing with a choir tomorrow night and then a very early morning drive home Saturday for my Grandma's funeral. Then finals next week, graduation, and actually having time to possibly find a job for the summer and a place to live for fall (anyone know of any job opportunities in the valley?).
BUT, the moral of the story is that through all of this I tried really hard to turn to the Lord and realize that with His help I can overcome anything. And as I continue to do this I am actually having one of the most positive terrible experiences of my life. I am not afraid for the future, be it swine flu, natural disasters, famine, death, or pain as long as I have the Lord on my side. Like it says in Deutoronomy 31;6- He will not fail us, nor forsake us. I believe this with all my heart.