Hopefully Awesome

In the words of somebody awesome, it's been a while since some awesomeness...

So here's a little update as to what's going on:
-It's still residual midterms time around here, which means all of my professors have suddenly realized they've been making our lives too easy, and assigned gargantuan amounts of reading and writing homework. Thus my conspicuous absence in the digital realm. I'm still trying to play catch-up, and my school does not grant us the luxury of all-school reading days during exam time. *sigh*

-It's getting extremely close to election time (and also my birthday) so the pressure is on with Catholics in the Public Square. We're in heavy need of some volunteers to help spread the word about the contradictions between Governor Granholm's actions and the teachings of the Catholic Church, so I've been given the responsibility of making the phone calls for Macomb County. Top that all off with the fact that my Macomb County leader's e-mail doesn't work, and that he somehow holds me personally responsible for our incommunication, it becomes a fairly stressful time for this writtle intern.

-We've made some great strides with regard to our wedding plans. Justin was nice enough to get in touch with the powers that be at Christ the King, so we've confirmed that Fr. Ed and Fr. Pat will be concelebrating at the wedding. We've also put a plot together to have our reception in a tent, and gamble on our nice June weather. We still have to confirm our permission with the families whose yards we will be borrowing for the event, but it should come together nicely.

-Natural Family Planning is harder than I thought. The main problem is that I have no regular sleep schedule (as you all know well) and it gets to be very difficult when you're supposed to be taking your waking temperature at the same time every day. I'm left there asking what I'm supposed to do when I don't even get to sleep by 7 am every day. Woops.

-To Emily: I've found that the best way to deal with certain unnamed professors was to simply give them no excuse to dislike you in any way. Don't be discouraged at the extra work this may cause; it will actually build your case against them for treating you unfairly. In the meantime, before any grades get sent out or whatever, I would also try and contact whoever is superior to this professor, to give them a heads up that you suspect some kind of favoritism in the classroom. It may be that the professor has a precedent for this, and other students have complained as well. And if not, if the pattern continues, your testimony will aid future students. Also, writing biting humorous commentary about them can't hurt.

-To Havilah: I'm so glad you're back in the country! This means I have a much better chance of getting together with you sometime! And don't worry, you're definitely coming to the wedding. Even if we have to force you. I believe I have your e-mail address, so I can send my addy along to you whenever I remember it- I've been staying up in White Lake, MI during the school year, and I'm still used to my Ann Arbor address. Keep in touch in the meantime!

-To Anyone Who's Interested: Orchard Lake is having a costume halloween party/dance, for FREE! Feel free to come up and visit with me, at least- it could be tons of fun! And relieve me of boredom!

I may add links to this post later, but in the interest of saving my academic butt, I'll have to put it off until after my papers are done. Have a great week, everybody!

HaHa- He Said "Professorial"

Newsflash: I've officially reached the point in the semester where I have to convince myself upon waking up every day that going to class is a good idea.

I think I've finally gotten over that 3- or 4-week High at having something to do with my brain, resulting in a mind-boggling downer. Although I must admit that going to class today turned out to be a great idea, as the Moral Theology class debated the Principle of Double Effect as relating to Nyquil and M*A*S*H. Get stoked, everybody. I might be able to get my hands on seasons 1-10 sometime soon, and waste my valuable homework time watching M*A*S*H with Justin's stepdad. Weee!

Things I'm still working on:
~Getting my car taken care of. This includes the title, insurance, and registration; although happily there is a specific car in mind when I speak of this.
~Planning the wedding reception. Hopefully we'll get this taken care of in due time, but first I have to get a confirmation from our place and put down a deposit to guarantee it.
~Figure out how much money I have to spare toward getting hi-speed internet at the house. Frankly, I think I would spend as little time as possible outside of my room if that were the case.
~My internship. Getting a set schedule for this thing is ridiculous, and at this rate I'll have to continue even after the semester ends to get the proper hours in.
~My birthday. Having your 21st in the middle of the week and living at least an hour away from the people you want to spend it with is a bigger hassle than I realized. Boo.

Anyhoo, I have to run, in hopes of finding some lunch and getting some work done before the little girls go completely crazy at having me home with them. You have no idea how hard it is to study when you have 2 girls sitting right outside your door asking you every 3 minutes what you are doing and if they can show you something really pretty.

Cheers!