So, the lack of posting so far has been a bit hideous. Sorry. Not much of an excuse. Last week was spent working on the house and bracing myself for what is going to be a very full-on semester (see, I haven't completely lost my British). I was getting pretty nervous as I started to think about the realities of a very hard academic load and starting the research position. Plus it's just a difficult time of year moodwise, so I've been feeling the lack of vit. D - thus, I was just pretty useless since we got back from CO. While I'm going to have to manage my time this semester (okay the next year and a half) more rigidly than ever before in my life, I think it'll actually be a good thing. I tend to thrive when there's a high level of structure (thus the serious floundering the last 10 days!!!)
I know and am feeling good about
1. Keeping my time in the Word protected. By God's grace alone am I going to survive this venture and lately have needed to be reminded of God's truth, love for me and soverignty (in order to combat my severly anxious tendencies) like never before.
2. Keeping time reserved for connecting with Philip (decompressing in front of the tv doesn't count - it's a good thing I got my fill of this activity over break because it's history now [though i'm allowing myself Biggest Loser on the weekends])
3. Staying a head and on top of the masses of academic work piled in front of me right now
4. Going to work and engaging in work (easier to do if I'm not anxious about school deadlines) and enjoying the super exciting opportunity I have
5. taking care of myself (which pretty much means clocking gym time each day I'm on campus and not eating stupidly).
It's a tall order, but I know what I have to do and am fully prepared to do it. And having no choice helps! I think there's a good chance I'll be functioning more optimally this spring than I even was this fall. . . I hope. I pray.
I know and am feeling good about
1. Keeping my time in the Word protected. By God's grace alone am I going to survive this venture and lately have needed to be reminded of God's truth, love for me and soverignty (in order to combat my severly anxious tendencies) like never before.
2. Keeping time reserved for connecting with Philip (decompressing in front of the tv doesn't count - it's a good thing I got my fill of this activity over break because it's history now [though i'm allowing myself Biggest Loser on the weekends])
3. Staying a head and on top of the masses of academic work piled in front of me right now
4. Going to work and engaging in work (easier to do if I'm not anxious about school deadlines) and enjoying the super exciting opportunity I have
5. taking care of myself (which pretty much means clocking gym time each day I'm on campus and not eating stupidly).
It's a tall order, but I know what I have to do and am fully prepared to do it. And having no choice helps! I think there's a good chance I'll be functioning more optimally this spring than I even was this fall. . . I hope. I pray.
Today was my first official day at the hospital (I've been there for meetings and training in Dec) --- 8 hours of HR powerpoint - oh joy ;) Though, we had a team mtg over lunch and we start to see patients on Friday already! Yay.
Tomorrow classes begin. I'm ready to just dive in and start. On Sunday night we were at a small group with some friends that Matt & Jana have made throughout the course of their careers - super fun group (Philip proclaimed on the way home, "we're in bible study with a bunch of KILLERS!!!" all spec ops types - so some truth in that. definitely a bunch of warriors - but incredible families and hearts for the Lord). It was awesome sitting around talking, laughing, being entertained by the babies in the group, eating pizza, drinking beer (well the boys. . . las chicas stuck with the diet soda), jamming out to worship tunes on guitars.
One of the guys was quizzing me about school and he used a phrase that summed it up well: "is it a whole new level of hard?" Oh. yeah. Well, tomorrow I dive into the start of 18 of some of the most academically/professionally (and thus personally!) challenging/demanding months of my life.
One of the guys was quizzing me about school and he used a phrase that summed it up well: "is it a whole new level of hard?" Oh. yeah. Well, tomorrow I dive into the start of 18 of some of the most academically/professionally (and thus personally!) challenging/demanding months of my life.
Another favorite quote from the weekend. . . we were walking out the door to go to Barnes & Noble to study. I asked Philip if he would grab the laptop case (which was full of my books as well). He obliges, but adds "feminisim and equality is all fine and good until you want the man to carry your bag. . . " Prettymuch. (for the record I do not identify myself as a feminist but we joke about it sometimes)
These bowling pictures were taken our last evening in Colorado. I just can't stand posts w/o pictures. . .
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