I Am A Stone

To say that today was eventful is an understatement-

Had an informational meeting for internship stuff at 9a this morning, at school. I woke up early with the anticipation of leaving early, getting there on time, that whole spiel. It's a good thing I did leave early, 45 minutes before I had to be there, which would have given me 30 minutes for morning traffic and what not. Got in car at 8:15, and by 8:17 I was walking; because some lovely imbecile had taken the front tire off my bike. Yes, walking.
About a week ago my parents and I returned from an escapade in northern Colorado, my car was parked in a secure lot, and all was well. I went to turn the key, and the display panel said "Steering locked, turn wheel/try again." After much frustration and deliberation my dad got it to work. He said if this ever happened again to call him and to let the dealership know what had happened when I took it in for service next.
Fast forward-
Little under and hour and a half to walk about 3.5-4 miles to school. Was 30 or so minutes late, but didn't miss anything important. Got whites for this year, and filled out some paperwork, and I headed back to the apartment. Grand totaling little over 7 miles of walking today :P
Around 1:30 my car was being towed to the dealership. They diagnosed the problem and gave me the general numbers. Not a pretty sight for a poor college student let me tell ya. So, for the two hours it took them to fix the problem I was balling my eyes out. How was I gonna pay for this? I had some in savings, which meant all that overtime from this week was going straight to next months rent. Called dad, he called mom, she called me and assured everything would be alright and that we are most fortunate to be able to afford these kind of surprises.
I walked in to a place to get some ice cream, right after talking with mom. Guy at the counter said hello and asked how I was doing (general 'customers walking in be friendly stuff'). I wanted to say good, but pretty sure my massively puffy eyes said otherwise. He asked what I wanted, and I told him. Got to the register, and he said he'd cover it. "Are you sure?" I asked. "Yeah, don't worry about it." That gesture made my day and actually put what the ice cream would have cost in to the tip jar plus some. It was raining, which actually made the end of things even better.
Got back to the dealership and everything got finished.
It is now 7:53p and I am snuggly in bed, candle lit, listening to Philip Wesley Pandora station, just had some sour cream and onion kettle chips, and a bowl of blueberry flax granola. The past 12 hours have been the craziest I've had since being back, but I will look back on this and figure that God had a plan for this happening and live on in life.
Back in the whites and houndstooth tomorrow :) So excited to be back in the kitchen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNtx3IB-Y64