So starting in January, I got to attend the Mission Connexion Conference and help run the Joni and Friends table in the exhibitor hall. Getting to hear Joni speak was such an inspiration, but she's always an inspiration. And she is one of the only hero's I have. I purposely don't have a lot heroes for the simple reason that we are all sinful human beings and I think it's wrong to hold someone up to such an unreasonable standard, and being as sinful as we are nobody's perfect and rather than build up false expectations only to be hurt when they fail is not healthy for anyone. That being said there are just certain people who have earned the title and Joni is one of those people. That was a bit of a rant, sorry about that. Also after dealing with copious amounts of snow for what seemed like ages finally got to start school after a week and a half delay. Every time it threatens to snow the whole city groans in protest. The poor school kids have almost a whole month tacked on to the end of their school year. For all of us college kids they just squashed everything together taking out a few things here and there. At church we barely had the First Friday Prayer and worship night due to the amount of snow and ice left over with a pending snow storm headed our way, but it was a much needed night of fellowship.
February was a mixed bag of emotions as a lot of life can be. Well ok as all of life is. I got to attend the Women's Retreat through my church and it was absolutely fantastic!!! It gave me the opportunity to solidify the relationships that I had been building at church on Sunday mornings in addition to adding to that list of friendships. After working on building my community back up it was nice to have something to show for it. Not long after that all three of my fishes died within 18 hours of each other. I even lost my voice for a whole week for the simple reason that I haven't talked and laughed so much in such a short amount of time in several months, my throat just wasn't ready for it. My dad and his crew were up in Portland for a job so I would head over and hang out with them for a few hours, that was a blast. There were a few other things that happened in February but those will remain hidden for a while longer. They're nothing fun or exciting, well ok they were exciting but not in the fun way.
Needless to say I have started March completely exhausted, but the end of the term is just a couple weeks away (yikes!!! such a scary thought #readynotready). I just turned in all the paperwork to apply for the Sign Language Interpreting Program, and am now awaiting acceptance and my interview for the Program. What have I been doing the last several months you ask if not already in the Program? The Program requires a year of ASL and Gen Ed pre-reqs before being allowed to apply for the Program, but you have to have the paperwork in and be accepted by the Spring Term before the Fall term in which you start it. It's confusing I know, I just do what they tell me and hope that I don't miss something important. Actually the longer you look at the flow charts the more it makes sense, just take my word for it. Also I just learned that the Summer Term is only 5 weeks which is utterly terrifying!!! No Term should ever be that short!!! Oh well... I guess that's ok, it be over before I have time to get to worried right?!?!?!
I am looking forward to Spring break and then Spring Term. Spring Term will be the first term that will be 90% ASL classes and 17 credits, which will give me a better idea about how the next two years will look starting in the Fall. All good stuff. I'm loving my job! I couldn't ask for better families to work for.
One thing I can say for when I graduate is that I plan on hibernating for a couple months at least to catch up on what I know I will lose in the line of sleep. I might also have to do a solid coffee detox, but right now it's my life blood.
At the end of November 2016 I started reading the Harry Potter Books, and let's just say it's equalling my Star Trek Obsession. So yes it gets conflicting at times because there are moments when I want to just relax and reconnect with old friends through Star Trek, but then my need to know what happens next in the Wizarding World surges and there is an inner battle. (I may or may not be on the 6th book already.)
Well I hope that the rest of your March goes just splendidly and that the snow goes far, far away from all of Oregon, but particularly Portland (sorry Medford peeps my weather loyalties have changed.)
Live long and Prosper!
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