Let your heart be light

Finals are done!! I did better than I thought on most of my tests and most of my professors graded generously so I managed to raise my GPA a fairly significant amount. Woo-hoo!

We went to x-mas eve service at my grandparent's church, St. Andrew's, it was a good service with lots of music. The weather kept a lot of people away so the church wasn't as packed as usual and we didn't sing Handel's Messiah, so the magic of Christmas Eve didn't seem quite as bright; but after we sang Silent Night in the candle lit sanctuary I could really feel the Spirit moving.

Today we woke up early, opened gifts, and ate my mom's awesome bran muffins for breakfast. Then we picked up my grandparents and went to Rolfe to my mom's sister's house. We had a beautiful meal and wonderful fellowship. What a blessing.

Finals week verse

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:2-4

At the beginning of this semester I did all my homework on the weekends. All my assignments were done by the Sunday before they were due. Now I am getting stuff done on the day it is due. I have a Stat assignment due at 2 pm that I'm only half done with. My lack of motivation is pretty disgusting.

Yesterday in Physics recitation my TA told us a story. It was about how our professor might keep us in class the next day until we paid him 85 cents. None of us would have any money so we would call our friends and they would climb on top of Physics Hall and throw pennies in the window. Only a few people would get to leave because even though there were a lot of pennies it would take tons to pay everyone's 85 cents. Then our smarter friends would throw dollar bills and the rest of us would be set free. This story relates to Quantum Physics. We(students) are electrons in a piece of metal (classroom). We are trapped until light (friends) set us free with photons (pennies and dollars) pennies are low energy light and dollars are high energy light.

Oh Physics.

Singing life into dead week

Dead week is actually less stressful than the rest of the semester. My small groups are done meeting, I don't have O Chem, Physics, or Stat labs. I turned in my last paper of the semester today: The Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Education in Low Income Women. I have one more Stat assignment that is due on Thursday then I just have four finals next week. :)

This week the Catholics, Lutherans, and Latter Day Saints are caroling around campus. Today we sang at Conversations (the dining center where I eat and work). It was tons of fun, I love to sing. This weekend is Bethesda's Christmas program it includes, the adult choir, kids choir (80 kids!! That is more than St. Petri has parishioners on any given Sunday), band, and a small cast. We will be doing the program during all three of their services, it should be really fun.