Happenings of Late

Here are a few updates from the past few days. First, we had an OT Survey II exam on Friday morning. I stayed up till about 5:45 studying for it and then got a couple hours of sleep. I think the exam went pretty well overall; some areas I had down pat, others I was sketchy on. We'll see what my score was here pretty soon I'm thinking.

Second, I gave plasma again on Friday (so I did it twice last week, Wed. and Fri.). I got $40 on my account Friday which was really cool. I'm gonna start giving plasma on Mondays and Wednesdays because it's more convenient I guess. I've been going with friends instead of driving myself.

Third, I treated myself out yesterday kind of. I drove myself to the Dubuque Walmart and bought me a new pair of sneakers. My old ones I've had for about 2 years now, and they've got really bad holes in them at this point. These new ones are the exact same model and everything, except I bought size 9 instead of size 8 1/2. Hopefully they'll last me another 2 years or so :) As part of the time out, I also went to McDonald's and bought myself some supper. Then I went back to college.

Fourth, my accident. When I got back to college, I loaded up my arms and walked from the parking lot to the school building. However, I slipped on a patch of ice in the parking lot that I hadn't seen. Down I went, right on my right ankle. I know I twisted or sprained it because it started swelling up. That was last night around 5 PM. Now it's after 1 PM the next day and it's still hurting, though not as swelled up as it was. I've been icing it and elevating it the past few hours. Hopefully it heals on its own so I can go to classes and such without any problems. I don't know why the Lord saw fit to bring this accident upon me, but I'm glad that it's not any worse than it is now. I'm pretty sure I didn't break anything and I'm thankful for that. I'll update on any progress with my ankle.

More updates to come in the next few days. Oh yeah, Lord willing I'm going to a college basketball game on Tuesday! One of the guys on my floor got tickets to a Marquette basketball ggame against Seton Hall in Milwaukee. That's gonna be SOO fun assuming I can go! I can't WAIT till Tuesday! I have two big tests on that day though, so I have to deal with those first :(

College Life Update

It's been a couple weeks since I last posted an update, so here goes. I've done Biolife twice now for donations, so I've gotten $40 from that so far. It's very cool to have my own debit card with $40 to spend. I want to get in a rhythm for donating, like Mondays and Wednesdays or Wednesdays and Fridays. It's REALLY easy to do and the rewards are worth it :)

School itself is just chugging along right now. I had a test in my 1 Corinthians class last week and got 33/50 on it; only 66% so a failing grade :( I'm gonna talk to the teacher hopefully and see exactly what the deal was with that. I think he might be somewhat negotiable depending on whether my arguments for the answers are strong or not.

Our weather here in Dubuque has been FANTASTIC lately. It got to around 47° yesterday which is WAY warmer than normal for this area. Until the last few days we still had over a foot of snow on the ground; now it's all melting away and there are huge puddles of water left behind. I saw the forecast on Tuesday (2/10) is supposed to be around 56° as well; just amazing!!!

This week of school is partly going to be our Christian Ministry Seminar. We had our first meeting tonight, and we'll be having seminar workshops for tomorrow and Tuesday. It's basically a bunch of camps and other ministries that have come here to promote their ministries for summer work etc. We don't have actual class for tomorrow or Tuesday, but have the seminars instead. Hopefully it'll be a spiritually rewarding and eye-opening time for me :)

That's about all for now!