this week was the most challenging emotionally. i have been so tired and have had barely any free time since class was all day every day (even today, saturday) til 5pm.. I did get a nice long nap this afternoon... :)

i have been working on p cards in photoshop since I got here.. i've been learning so much and i love it! i also love when people look at theirs and love it..

i learned so much this week and it all was so practical.. so that was good.

a highlight of my week was hanging out with two of my best friends last night. we got some amazing chinese food and then coffee.. much needed time. i also went to three birthday parties here and out for mexican one night. tonight is chick-fil-a to celebrate group a surviving contingency. then maggie moos.. i am a bit concerned about bmi after this week.. haha!

sleep in saturday!!

not sure why I am still awake other than the fact that i get to sleep in for once tomorrow.. it's been a few weeks now since I had a day to sleep in... so tomorrow is a day that i have been waiting for eagerly.

this past week went by pretty quickly. i found out i have to take tb meds for 9 months because i had a positive skin test. not so fun but better than the alternative.. :)

this week has been a bit refreshing in some aspects.. next week (at least thru wednesday) will be stressful for me. we have contingency training and it can get kinda intense.. so i am anxiously waiting to see what they have in store for us..

i am looking forward to the rain tonight and tomorrow from the hurricanes.. we're a couple of hours from the coast but i hear it will rain pretty hard tomorrow at some points and have strong wind.. anything is exciting when you are stuck inside all day every day doing the same things...

it's september today... the past month has creeped by but i am still surprised that it is september already.. then again, i have pretty much the same feeling every 1st of the month.

today starts ramadan. i don't practice it but millions do. it's a most holy time of the year for Muslims. I pray for Muslims to know the one True God and seek Him and His truth this month and that He will reveal himself to Muslims around the world.

today i learned about anthropology related to what I will be doing. it was really interesting and the speaker connected well with us. that's always refreshing.. :)

i forgot today was labor day until last night... which ruined my plan to go to the radiologist and solve the mystery i have been a bit anxious about.

i got more immunizations today... i am now safe if i come across tb, typhoid, polio, or hepatitis a or b..... nice.

i'm not sure what to think of this time here right now.. i range from being overwhelmed, refreshed, frustrated, apathetic, critical, excited, wanting more, wanting less, feeling like i am learning so much, feeling like i am not learning anything....

the most interesting part is some of our daily morning readings.. i have gotten a new perspective from a lot of the stories i have read. i've seen them in a new light because of what i am preparing for.

i haven't been AS tired this week so that's awesome.
i have been a little more negative/critical than i feel i need to be. so that's not so awesome.

lazy afternoons....

we have had a lot more time off in the afternoons than usual... it's so nice... we have had a couple of optional sessions i've opted out of :)

but ya, overall this week has been nice. it's kind of gone by quickly.. i finally got to stop in the Daily Grind coffee shop in town this weekend and went back for a show, Conshafter, tonight. it was awesome.. i'm listening to their song and thinking about how i THOUGHT i would go to bed early, but alas, there are many more things on my mind than sleeping.. good thing i had a 1 1/2 hour nap this afternoon.....

lindsay plays at daily grind tomorrow night and we're hoping to get a pretty good crowd there. exciting!

tomorrow is friday and i have the entire afternoon off after lunch! whoo hoo!