One of my favorite episodes of "Everybody Loves Raymond" is when Mary goes on a health kick and brings out a Tofurky for Thanksgiving. As much as I love tofu, that stuff just does not look appetizing. It wiggled as she brought it out to the table. Glad I'm not a vegetarian this time of year. :)

I miss my friends. Studying just puts you into a black hole... and you don't know what's going on in your friends' lives anymore. I've started to compile a list of people I want to meet up with once this exam is over. I think I plan like this is the final exam, when really, after a week of play I should get right back on top of things.

Anyway, if I give you a call after my exam, consider yourself lucky. :) (Translation: Please, please, please, hang out with me!!!!)

Countdown to Exam: 9 days

9 days and I'm still getting a 50% passing rate on each section. :(

Yesterday at church, this kid who goes to Full Gospel came to visit our church. He's buddies with a lot of the kids at my church, so he comes every once in a while. Anyway, some people were sitting there chatting, and I joined in late. I guess they were talking about relationships, and my sister mentioned that I never had a boyfriend. His eyes bugged out, and he couldn't believe it. "Like NOT ONE?" hahaha. So then he tells us, "I've only had 5 girlfriends." (He's a junior? senior?) My sister and I looked at each other and said "ONLY?" He responded with, "I think that's hecka little... the longest one was 3 months."

Wow...

I'm going to be blind by the time this exam is over. I sit in front of the computer and stare at it all day at work. And if that weren't enough, when I go home I stare at the computer all night trying to solve problems from the software that was included in my package. My eyes get really tired... and I'm not doing very well in terms of getting the questions right. :(

My old friend Janet came to study with me at Borders last night. She dug up a notebook that we used to exchange, where we wrote letters to each other. I read over it and I was laughing so much. Middle school drama... enough to want to make me turn back time and slap myself. I was very whiny in those letters. I have to thank Janet for sticking through me all those years. And for not terribly embarassing me and using that notebook as blackmail.

Then we started reminiscing about high school drama. I'm gonna sound like a MAJOR dork, but cross country had some crazy drama. hahaha. It's funny looking back, how little trivial things (well, trivial to me now), seemed to consume our lives back then. Amazing what a few years and a change in perspective will do. (Easy on the old/age jokes).

But a shout out to Kenneth for reminding me... live life giving everything you have, in everything you do. That's what he said he's going to strive for. What a great perspective... especially if we keep in mind to be the best we can with the things God has entrusted to us. It's been difficult to hold on to that perspective studying for this exam. Keep me in check, my friends.

November 3 was my 1 year anniversary at this job. Wow... amazing how time flies. I feel like I've done a lot, but accomplished very little at the same time. But I guess that's how work life is. You have the same routine every single freaking day, and before you know it, you're a middle aged person and you've let yourself go. It's scary how my butt molds to my chair sometimes. I can see why working people gain weight.

I heard on NPR this morning that airlines are trying to cut the weight they carry on the planes. So they got rid of silverware and use plastic. But they found out that it's the people that have put on the extra pounds, causing airlines to have to fill up on more fuel. Interesting, huh?

Sarah and I started this blogging thing a year ago to keep ourselves entertained at work. I've written a lot of just plain nonsense.

I thought this picture was funny. The resemblence to Shrek is kind of scary...