The Next 14 Days

In a mere two weeks, I will be back on the road again. It is just after two o'clock, so hopefully Stephanie and I will be about five hours on our way--after a stop to drop off Connrad at BWI--which could put us as far south as Wytheville, Virginia again. Maybe that Sheetz there will be open finally (after leaving Wendy's, I noticed a Sheetz directly across the intersection, and so I pulled in to fill up in my first Sheetz stop in several months--only to find out that the location was still under construction! That plan foiled, I went down the road to a BP and filled up while eating a Frosty, and leaning on the car in my "CREW" Boathouse t-shirt that I picked up at Dad Vails back in the spring...and it was about 35 or 40 degrees out).
Wal-Mart has me working Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday through Friday. Here at HeBrews, Rica needs me Wednesday and Thursday morning. Beyond that, I am not scheduled anywhere. Robin checked at Ed's for me to see whether or not they needed any day-time servers (which they did not). However, that will be keeping me quite busy right up until Stephanie gets here.
She is flying up next week, and while "everyone" is eager to see her when she arrives, I am definitely the most excited! Finally she will be able to meet the rest of the guys of The Quick and the Dead, including Ben, Seth, and Jamin, all of whom were not in town this summer when she was up for a few days. I have been able to spend a fair amount of time with her friends and family in Alabama and Georgia, and as is understandable, it has been virtually impossible for similar interaction to take place with my family and friends up here in Pennsylvania. Seth's wedding is the day after she arrives, and that is where she will be meeting most of the guys, and then beyond that, we may be getting together with other, smaller groups in the rest of the week that she has for her visit.

Two weeks and two days. That is all I have here.
Before the break began, I was hoping to work full time for a straight two weeks (or at least 10 days that make up two full-time "weeks") at Wal-Mart, with any possible time spots at HeBrews being added onto that tally. And while yes, I do "need" the money, I want to find a balance between being a total workaholic for two weeks but having a decent amount of money to go back to school with or having plenty of time to read and interact with family and friends but having very little money to work with for a semester. However, my current work schedule seems to achieve that balance well. I have another 24 hours off or so, and then I will have an intense week ahead with work, and then I will have another week of relative down time.
Ben is going to be in town as well, back from school in South Carolina, and also visiting for the majority of the break from Milford, so he and I are planning to get in a double date with our respective significant others, which I am looking forward to very much. Stephanie and I have not been able to interact with many other young couples in that way at school.
On top of that, I have been talking to Mom a lot, and seeing Dad a fair amount. The "D" word was uttered for the first time a couple weeks ago, and divorce proceedings are starting to roll around. So among everything else going on, that is something I am dealing with as well. Add that to wedding planning over the phone with Stephanie, taking into consideration parental wishes, trying to figure out the "best" time frame for things, looking at future events and accommodations, figuring out the basic question of whether we will realistically be able to provide for ourselves, and a flurry of other details.
So, during this time, Stephanie and I are in need of wisdom and guidance as we wade through a variety of situational obstacles en route to our goal: a Godly, loving, and joyful marriage.