external hard drive

Using this as my "external hard drive" so I can make room for cramming P'col in for my test tomorrow! Time to empty some thoughts...

*First test of the semester tomorrow...blah. I'm anxious and not feeling prepared yet. My fault for not developing good study habits, no matter how many times I say "this semester will be different"....

*I'm super excited to go home this weekend!!!! I miss home. And I miss having a schedule that allows me to go home more often without feeling guilty about taking time away from studying. But I get to see the fam (yes, the whole fam, even Chrissy!), and we'll probably do bday stuff for my mom. And our pastor that left the church about 6 years ago is filling in on Sunday. He's always been my favorite, so I'm really excited so see him and his cute little wife!

*I learned to knit last weekend, and I'm almost done with my very first scarf! Yay me! Knitting is way more fun than I thought it would be. Seriously. Especially for someone like me who needs to be doing something with her hands while watching TV or movies. Plus it's perfect timing to give my very first scarf to Mom for her bday present! Just gotta put some shiny beads on it....I got my love of shiny objects from her, no lie....

*I've been doing very well lately being single. Truthfully, I've barely thought anything about it with all of the pharmacy craziness going on. But I'm feeling stupid today because I'm excited that this guy I used to have a minor crush on really wants me to come to his Super Bowl party. Grr, I hate it when these feelings come up and there's no basis for them except for the fact that he's cute and I'm ridiculous. I've been doing so well with not wasting my time thinking about such things, but it feels so good to have a crush! Oh well. Maybe it'll wear off soon. lol.

*So, I think if I get a boy kitten for my apartment next year, I'm going to name him Jasper! See, the plan all along has been to name it after a drug, specifically an anti-depressant because that's the effect animals have on me. BUT, all my fellow Twilight addicts know that Jasper can change peoples' moods even better than drugs! lol. So yep, we're aiming for a boy kitty. We'll see. Hehe.

*I play tennis regularly now, every Tuesday night for an hour, and I feel pretty good about myself. It's been extra hard for me to motivate myself to drive to the gym since I'm always mentally exhausted from classes, and I feel like even going to the gym cuts out a huge chunk of study time. But this has been really aerobic and FUN! I forgot how much I love tennis, and it's awesome that Ash and I are pretty evenly-matched, so we've both been working on getting our high school skills back. lol.

*I started reading this book called "The Rest of God" by Mark Buchanan. It's about learning to appreciate rest and honor the idea of the Sabbath, and also about how quiet times help you seek the rest of God that you've been missing out on when life gets crazy. I'm only through the first chapter, but it's already testing me spiritually because the first chapter is about learning to love work before being able to rest from it. I need to appreciate the opportunity God's given me to be in Pharmacy school and to learn all of these things that I can use to help other people. It's hard because I just go around with a hateful attitude towards it, but really it's something that I'm privileged to be a part of, and if I keep up a good attitude it'll make learning more fun and my stuyding more productive. Wish me luck!

Ok, I think it's all out now. Back to the exciting world of Pharmacology!