Tuesday Tell-All

*We did it! We finally put up our Christmas tree! But y’all are going to have to wait until Thursday to see pictures 🙂 *This last week of classes is insane. I mean, the last two weeks of any semester are insane, but this week is esp. bad, probably because I’ve never attempted the whole …

*You know that extra pound and a half from Thanksgiving? Well, it’s pretty much gone–75% of it anyway. Eating smart works every time. *After a church leadership meeting tonight, I realized that I am grateful to be exactly in the spot I’m at in life–there are so many people facing so many problems, and my …

*Hooray for Thanksgiving Break! *That would be a much bigger hooray (like a HOORAY) if it wasn’t for the following three facts: one, I have to work tomorrow. Two, Matt has to work tomorrow AND Friday. Three, we get to spend hours upon hours tonight getting our house ready to be sprayed for roaches tomorrow …

*Do you ever get to the point where you feel like your brain is like melted cheese? That’s how I feel right now, after tutoring other students on their writing for almost 6 hours straight (before which I had to observe at the high school for 4 hours, before which I went to my own …

*Although my body fought back valiantly (and had been ahead in the battle for about 2 weeks), it finally succumbed to Matt’s cold. I now officially have a sore throat, dry cough, and congestion. I’m just glad it hasn’t been as bad as Matt’s, though. I still think it was all them apples that kept …

*I am still on a sugar high from Halloween yesterday. I think I ate about seven of Petrice’s homemade donuts and then slurped down two full glasses of homemade root beer and then put down almost half of a root beer freeze at A & W. It’s a good thing this Halloween business only comes …

*The emergency brake light has all of a sudden decided to start freaking me out by coming on at random intervals while I drive (even though the brake is not in use). I’ll be going 55 on the highway, look down, see the red light, then freak out. This process gets repeated about 4 times …

*After Matt had read yet another article on the importance of women getting enough folic acid (and accepting that it was a hopeless cause to try and make me remember to take it every morning), he found a sneaky way around my forgetfulness: I found it the next day packed in my lunchbox in a …