What Happened To My Life???

     Lately I've been feeling like I'm walking the wrong way on an escalator. This week has been crazy with a big scholarship due, Good News Club ending, and school stuffed into all the nooks and crannies of my schedule. I'm looking forward to next week since everything should be back to normal, generally speaking at least.

     I'm almost finished working on the GE-Ronald Reagan Scholarship application. I've got both my pastoral nomination and my general recommendation out of the way; that's a big relief because those were the two things I had the least control over. My part of the application is done, and my dad and mom are almost finished with the "school counselor" recommendation. I'm going to do some refinishing on my essay tomorrow, put a little more punch in it, and then everything is pretty much done. Depending on how you look at it, you can see my chances of going to college as pretty slim because of the amount of financial aid I need to scrounge up or as a 50/50 chance: either I go or I don't. I'm choosing to look at it the second way because that's the reality of the matter, either God opens the door or He shuts it; there are no variables determining whether or not He'll be able to work everything out. There is no greater possibility of one happening over the other, it's just that one or the other is written down in His will.
      Good News Club is finished for this year. Overall, I'm glad I was able and willing to help out with the undertaking. Working with 70-120 kids when you don't have enough helpers has stretched me in a lot of different directions. I've learned to take people for who they show themselves to be over what they look like they are. At the beginning of the year, I saw a lot of kids who I didn't think would get much out of coming and others who seemed like they were a perfect fit for GNC. As the year progressed though, my perspective changed as I got to know them better and watch their behavior, some I guessed right on, but there were many who turned out to be the opposite of what I thought. I won't lie and say the year (or really 7-8 months or so) was easy or what I expected, but I don't look back with any regrets.
     School has been crazy. My only for sure commitment each day has been to keep up with Latin since I don't really have any wiggle room for make-up days due to six-day week scheduling for the next several months. Thankfully, between last Friday and Saturday I was able to log almost two weeks of both math and science, so it hasn't bothered me to let those slide for this week. My writing class has been hanging on by a thread; I just work on it whenever I have time free in the evening. I'm two days behind, but I should be able to catch up tomorrow and Saturday since I can finish a week's assignments in four packed days. I'm trying to leave the other two days to focus on scholarship essay writing right now.
     Today was the peak of busyness. This morning was Bible reading and breakfast. Then I skipped guitar practice and churned out a Latin test that still managed to suck up a good three hours or so. After that was preparation for the rest of the wordless book presentation. I got the notification about it at like ten Monday night for Thursday afternoon, so I didn't have much lag time. I managed to finish that within about five minutes of when I needed to get on the road. I then headed by a cell phone place in town to see about getting a new phone and what plans they offered; I finished about 15 minutes early there, so I drove down the road to the bank to catch up there. Then I zoomed across town to pick up some scholarship listings as a public high school's financial aid office just before they closed. Next, I drove a bit to the elementary school for GNC. When that finished I came by home for a scrumptious fresh veggie and ground turkey stir-fry dinner and hit the road again to meet some friends to play a few games of basketball. This time we decided to bring our younger sisters so that they could supposedly play on another court, but they ended up just sitting on a bench and gabbing the whole time. Lastly, I retired home for a nice hot shower and am now ready to retire to bed. I promise the thankful list will return and the corny jokes will come back to haunt you, but not tonight.