In the wee, small hours of the morning...

Well... I just had my first all-nighter in my college years. Hoping to rid a treacherous migraine, I went to bed last night around 9:30pm. At midnight-ish, I awoke and could not return to my delicious slumber. So, I got up, straightened my room a little, worked on some school projects, wrote a paper, etc. hoping to tire myself with my activity in the wee, small hours of the morning. My plan failed. I did not tire. I finally got sleepy around 5:00am, but I didn't think that it would be worth going to sleep for a measly two hours.

This night may not be a technical all-nighter. After all, I did sleep from 9:30 to 12:00. I didn't even need to complete an assignment for the following day (as normal college students do).

My temporalis muscle is no longer pounding my eyeball out of its socket! (I'm not sure if the temporalis is the pounding muscle of a migraine headache; I was simply trying to make my newly acquired knowledge of anatomy applicable.) Thanks, Mom, for getting some medicine for me! Like mother, like daughter- caffeine, I suppose, awakes me in the night as well.

Yea for Thanksgiving Break!

Holidays are absolutely amazing! Despite (or perhaps, because of) my neglect of my very long "to-do" list, this Thanksgiving break was wonderfully refreshing! The Thanksgiving meal was the best that I've tasted, Settlers of Catan, Risk, and ping-pong were such fun, the coffee with peppermint-mocha creamer was delicious, each night's rest was at least eight hours, the snow was unexpected and beautiful, and my time with the family was wonderful. The break was a burst of energy to help me complete this academically trying semester. Bring it on!

Leaf crunching is my favorite!

It is officially autumn. I love fall! I love crunching the crispy orange leaves under my feet! I don't know why it gives me such pleasure, but, it really DOES! My walks are windy and inconsistent in attempt to crunch all of the leaves in my path. Acorns are satisfying to crunch, as well! You just have to be careful to crunch them with your heal, otherwise, it may hurt your foot. Crunching leaves brings me so much joy that I even aim for them when driving! (that's a ridiculous confession, because I can't even hear the crunch over the roar of my truck!)

Fo the weally weals!

When I was younga, I was in speech thewapy fo not saying my aws (r) cowectly. Fo the weally weals, I couldn't say my aws. When I decided to be a speech thewapy major, I was still a little nuvous because theh aw some wuds that I can't say. Last week my teacha assigned pwojects fo the class ova diffewent phonemes (sounds of lettas). The only letta I didn't want was aw... and, of cose, that was the letta I was assigned.

Last night, though, theh was a twemendous bweakthwough. Afta confessing my deepest feah to my sista and fwiend of having a client with the name "Woy" oh "Twoy" (those aw two vewy hawd wuds to pwonounce), Amba wequested that I twy to say Woy and Twoy without concentwating. I twied, and what I pehceived as failuh, Amba and Kelli said was nohmal! I can say Roy and Troy afta all! A humongous bawiah was knocked down!

Graduate Schools

Whew! Midterms are over, and I feel good about them! :) I survived! (who knew!)

So, besides the regular academic load, my life has been consumed with the search for the best graduate school of Speech-language Pathology. This weekend I traveled to Dallas/Denton with my friend Lael. It was my very first time to drive in Dallas, and I was super nervous! With the help of my superb navigator (Lael), we made it to our destination and back!

The purpose of this trip was to look at the graduate schools, University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas. UTD really impressed me! :) UNT really did not! I'm refining my list of schools- yeah! I'm also considering Western Kentucky University, University of Tennessee, Texas Women's University, and ACU.

Midterms

This first semester of my senior year was great. Then midterms hit me like a concrete block! No mercy! I turned in a paper, taught a class, and finished a test today. I have a paper and small project due tomorrow. And I have a small project and two tests on Thursday. Ugh! At this time in my life I am seriously wondering if I actually will survive. I'm not convinced that I'll be alive for Fall Break (which is this weekend!!). I may be stressed to tears, but two things hold true:
1. God is good.
2. The sun will keep on rising and setting if I pass geometry or not.

The Fence

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I attend a Tennis class. I walk out to the courts and watch all of the "cool kids" step over a three-foot tall fence. All of the other two athletes (of which I am one) walk an extra forty-five seconds to go through a gate. I have never built up the courage to even attempt stepping over this fence. Three days a week I am faced with the dilemma: "Will I step over the fence today?", and every day I have said no... until today! Today was the day that I would set all of my fears aside and make this bold move! My leg was raised, reached the top of the fence successfully, and slowly traveled to the ground on the other side... (for your information, I have very short legs). Now the other leg. Well, it got caught. I fell immediately on the concrete, scraped my knee and elbow, and landed flat on my back. Instantly the group of guys behind me showed concern for my well-being, and then stepped over the fence. They, too, fell on the concrete and kindly stated, "See, it's so easy to fall! Everybody falls! And now all of the attention isn't on you!"