im in for an exciting weekend in Colombia, SC relaxing and visiting friends from dear Aggieland, The Stillers, so i'm trying to get the majority of my work thats due next week done, so I wont have to scramble on Sunday afternoon when i get back...because I am bringing no school or work with me..I repeat: I will NOT be doing anything school or work related for the days I'm in SC!
Right now the list includes:
- finishing my decision-making exercise titled "What should I do in May?"
- writing some of my response paper on "The Pope's Original Intent" for Spanish
- reading at least part of my articles for Spanish on Tuesday
- tackling a bit of Project #1 for English: taking an article written for an expert audience and rewriting it for an average one
- writing up my summary over the presentation I attended last weekend about Children around the world for my multicultural discourse class
Dad goes into the hospital tomorra for exploratory stuffon his heart..basically to decide how many bypasses they are doing on Friday...unless the Lord uses his supernatural powers and clears his arteries [and i don't say that sarcastically..because i honestly believe he could!]
its nervewracking and scary being so far away..i wish i could be there with mom through all this, but im finding peace. please keep us in your prayers..it will be a long and painful recovery according to the nurses.
okay..back to school
grace & peace,
alisha
well, I've officially just applied for 2 "REAL" jobs..like submitted resumes and cover letters and have references, etc. one is at TAMU, the other is in Austin and i'm working on applying for one at UTA.
anyways...my expectations? real low..i'd be surprised if i'm really considered....theres no sense in getting my hopes up..
theres this other job in NYC..Queens to be exact, it looks pretty cool, a lot of the stuff i do now, but i don't know if theres enough adventure in me to move up to the city.....
philippians 2...
knowing that jack bauer will be saving the world for another 2 seasons after this sixth season, kinda makes 24 lose its edginess and the plot is just an exagerated chase scene with character cliffhangers from week to week....
not that the 4 hour season premiere was a disappointment, but it didnt hold my attention like the episodes last season when i really didn't know what was going to happen.
anyways, anyone want to take a stab at who's gonna die and who's in on the conspiracy this season?
:o)
grace & peace,
alisha
so last night 2 churches in Greenville were set on fire and at least 2 others were broken into.
i drove by Memorial and there were still fire fighters at the scene today around 1pm, the church was pretty much destroyed by the fire and it was heartbreaking.
The newspaper reported that the sanctuary was not harmed, but from just passing by, i don't think that was the case-extensive burning was on the roof and steeple tower...
The fire at the other church, Unity Free Will, was contained to a couple Sunday School classrooms. All 4 of these churches were less than 2 miles of each other, and about 2 miles from where I live. my prayer is that staff and members of these churches respond in love, as Christ commands and Paul writes, in the midst of their anger and hurt.
so its only going on day 3 and im at the point that i feel like i have way too much on my plate.
i know through, and only through HIS strength will i survive.
i should read the play that i have due for my lit class tomorra, but its 10pm, im exhausted from being on campus since 7:30am and have no desire to 1. read a play and 2. read a play in Spanish.
so heres what i'm going to do: fix me some dinner, & go to bed, wake up early & spend some time with Jesus and then tackle Cervantes. something tells me that doing that will contribute to a less overwhleming and exhausting day.
i dont want to complain.
i want to be positive and productive.
i like school.
Jesus brought me here.
this is what im suppose to be doing.
pray that by the end of the week i'm not in tears.
greace & peace,
alisha
sadly, im no longer home in Texas..but the sooner i finish out here the sooner i'll be back!
its quite unbelievable that my semester starts tomorra, im totally not ready for it thats for sure.
hopefully tomorra at work wont be incredibly busy and i can write the promised account of the past weeks on holiday and what the next semester is going to look like.
until then,
alisha
so my break is slowly coming to an end..but definitely jam packed with fun the last days im in town.
a much more in depth narrative of christmas & new yr and my fun in TX will follow soon..but probably not until later in the week...
stay tuned faithful readers.
peace & goodwill,
alisha