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Ichabod!

2000-03-10 00:50:10

well, lets see. i woke up at quarter of 6 realizing that i had not done one lick of work on the science project due at approximately noon that day. so i waited until my mom left for mass at 6:30 and printed out a few pages. i turned off the computer just as she came home. once i got to school i made my way to the library where i managed to type most of the bibliography before homeroom. i couldnt work on it during homeroom because i had to go read the PAL applications for that afternoon. that left one more window of opportunity, lunch. i sacrificed my lunchtime to finish typing and printing my science project. and what timing too! i was watching the clock because i knew my next class started at 11 and there would be no bell for me. at about 3 after 11 i was frantically paying for my printed pages and urging my work station to shut down faster, fearing i was late for class. then i hear the blessed sound of kids in the hallway, just leaving the cafeteria to their 11 o'clock class. yum. that feeling of intense pressure relieved and accomplishment is almost worth putting stuff off until the day its due.

in religion class we are using lenten calendars to emphasize what we will do each day to uphold prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. for today i wrote down something like: i will go without my lunch to experience a minute fraction of union with the starving throughout the world. i kinda like this denying the body to reach a higher spiritual or mental state thing.

i received a nice little bit of encouragement today after the PAL interviews. miss shoe encouraged me to keep it up, how ive been picking up on and noticing things that some of the others on the committee havent. i guess im kinda the weird one of the committee, the antithesis of the others, the one to provide conflict and discussion. i like that role. as long as everyone stays mature about handling differences of opinion, i like that role.

i felt good today because i was able to lend a listening ear to a co-leader who was having trouble with her group. she wasnt able to find support from anyone else, because they didnt quite understand what its like to try to handle a PAL group. im glad i was able to listen and give encouragement.

yah, things are looking up.