A State of Aw(e)

Boy, has this week been a rolller coaster ride of emotions. Sunday was totally Awesome as I created this blog, shopped for tennis shoes and flip-flops, spent time with my mom, and cleaned up around the house. Monday, however, was the total opposite extreme...it was awful. I work (temporarily) at a hospital and it was trauma after trauma. I swear I was wondering if the short-lived good weather (it was 70 or more) got to everyone and they went crazy. I mean one guy came in shot and so much blood was pouring out that we used towels to create a dam-like effect to prevent it from traveling further across the room. I did not stop all day and everyone had an attitude. I am also writing my thesis or more finetuning my thesis (weeks away from defending) and lets just say the emails from the thesis advisor were a little demanding on Monday as well. To add to my week, i got neutral at best news from Teach for America on Tuesday. This is a program that places top notch students in the worst neighborhoods ior most disadvantaged neighborhood in order to fight educational inequities that exist in this nation and it is very competitiver. Furthermore, it has an extensive application and interview process (written application, 2 essays, phone interview and 7 hour in person group/personal interview). Well, after all that, i am waitlisted. In other words, they feel Iam qualified to teach through their program and have great leadership abiliites and they want me but they do not know with the present economy know yet if their is a position for me. There honestly was nothing that i could have done better on that interview but I am going to call and talk to the regional offices this week. Fortunately, Wednesday through Friday was relatively uneventful.

There were certainly some positives in the week. Thursday, brought the news that despite impending layoffs at my company of employment, my section by in large, will not be affected by these layoff. Essentially, we are somewhat sheltered since our section is the 'moneymaker' of the hospital. My SO was out of town for most of the week and he generally does the cooking and cleaning but i managed to deal with lunches, cleaning, and getting up at 6 am in the morning without wasting money on eating out or anything else this week...this in and of itself is a feat since I am not a morning person. I also enjoyed his return back here on Thursday. I did like all of the students in my building (i live in an apartment) being gone on spring break so it was quiet for writing and thinking and i enjoyed watching American Idol (it is one of the only shows I watch on TV).

Today, I did not get to church, but spent most of yesterday and today tying up my thesis and submitting. it . There are a few things left to do but hopefully all will go well with that. My advisor has already emailed me informing me to set up my seminar date ASAP. However, I am not delusioned into thinking she read my thesis yet so I am hoping that all is still well after the final read.

This week has been busy and I knew it was going to be when I started this blog. However, I do plan on finally starting to read and write about the bible using 24/7 in the next couple of days (now that my thesis is winding down a little).

I also plan on doing a weekly Thanks and Praise post as well. With all the bad and challenging things that one has to deal with on a weekly basis, it is always nice to recenter on the things that really did go well during the week....I, as I am sure most do, frequently forget about those.

Well, thats all for now. Really need to liven this page up with some pictures I tell you.