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I <3 youth workers.

I was there, but I didn't do it!

It's super cool to have God taking care of your grades. All the decent and great grades I've gotten so far this semester- I don't deserve. I did the work but didn't put in the full effort I'd like to just the best I could. Last night I handed in a paper which was terrific cause I could then have a conversation with a classmate & try to encourage her to make it through the program instead of writing it at the absolute last minute. My presentation went alot better than I expected it to and people listened. :) I got a good grade on my midterm that again, I wasn't prepared for.

Today, I'm just really thankful that I have a great group of friends away from here, a close friend nearby, a church community that includes people I could call to hang out, a commute to school I don't mind and that God has sustained me this far. And, that in two days I get to reconnect with friends at NYWC and focus on God.

The Progression of Life

Saturday was my last day of work at part 1 of the assistantship, a long time coming. The journey of almost two months of being overwhelmed, needing more time for schoolwork and simply needing balance has taken it's toll though- I'm sick, my grades aren't ideal and I'm sitting here with a look of what's next- how is my life reordered in a way that's faithful to God. I don't really know yet, but I do know it's 10:20 a.m. I have a presentation & a paper due tomorrow and they both need to be worked on. But first breakfast.

Halfway!!!!

I am half down with my first semester of grad school as of today! Happy Dance!!!

Missing WA

I am missing WA right now after a terrific whirlwind weekend.

Slowly

Things have been going fairly slowly lately. Changes that should help with the stress of work at assistantship part A & part B, getting back into doing homework, tests and papers for the first time in many years while trying to make new connections and be faithful to God; haven't occurred yet. It's been about a month since discussions about cutting back hours began and it needs to be happening. My RA's skills aren't developing as quickly as I'd like, conversations are upcoming about responsibilities and they may need to be supervised in a different way by controlling their tasks more....a way I hate. But if you are having trouble completing a program and a bulletin board over the span of 30 days then I need to sit down with you and map out new deadlines and mini tasks for it.

Tomorrow I fly out for a short fun weekend amidst studying for a quiz and midterm taking place next week. I'm not even thinking about the need to hirer an RA or the midterm and group oral presentation due in a week & a half. It's better to pretend that they don't exist. So, I'm just praying for some sanity in the crazy month to come.