Archive for May, 2008
a photographic summary of my current state of mind
Three finals down…
One project/presentation to go!
The Rest of the Q&A
I have a few more questions to answer from my original Q&A entry. I have a final in 7 hours and 9 minutes, but I’m unaccountably wide awake after being tired all day, so here goes!
Susanna asked 2 questions:
1. I’d be curious to know more about what it is like to be the oldest of four girls.
Wow, how do I begin to scratch the surface of a lifetime in answer to that question? It is crazy, fun, difficult, and dramatic all at the same time. We are all close in age, and we were homeschooled, so we have spent tons and tons of time together! We can quote Adventures in Odyssey and I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show like nobody’s business. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
2. (I) would love to know more about your interest in working with inner-city kids.
I have been doing tutoring and classroom help with inner-city kids for the past three years, as well as helping with an after-school Bible club for awhile, so I’ve developed a love for working with them. I would love to be involved in literacy and after-school work with elementary-aged inner-city kids, especially if it could connect them with church as well.
Kelsey asked:
What three books (other than the Bible) have been the most influential in your life and why?
It’s very difficult for me to answer that question! I’ll list three influential ones - I don’t know if they’ve been the most influential. Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper is one of my favorites. It stirs me to live passionately for Christ, and reminds me what really matters. Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss is a wonderful novel, journal-style, about a Christian woman named Katy and her spiritual journey. It is a huge encouragement to me. And A Passion for the Impossible by Miriam Huffman Rockness is another favorite. It’s the biography of Lilias Trotter, who was an extremely talented artist and a lifelong missionary to Algeria. Her unconditional commitment to Christ is very inspiring.
*sigh* I just love talking about books…
Lindsay asked:
Are you sad about graduating from your school? What are your thoughts as you are preparing for the future?
As I’ve probably conveyed in the past few entries, graduation is bittersweet. I am inexpressibly excited about finishing, but sad about all of the endings. My thoughts as I prepare for the future? I hope I don’t have to live with my parents until I’m 30. I’d like to find a job soon. I wonder what’s in store for me. There are so many exciting possibilities! There are so many things to be anxious about. I serve a trustworthy God. 
One of our favorite lines
Roommate 1: I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck.
Roommate 2: You look like you’ve been hit by a truck.
Roommate 1: Thanks!
Mi Vida Loca
Things have been so, “This is my life, and I’m graduating soon, and that’s about all I can say” around here lately… it’ll change soon. But not yet!
I’m a little overwhelmed… Last week I turned in a project that needed 30 small group activities… or so I thought. Come to find out, I actually needed 180. So I’m 150 activities behind. I need to get it done by Thursday (my professor was gracious about giving me an extension). I also have an oral final tomorrow, which I’m nervous about because I hate verbal communication under pressure. I have a final meeting on Tuesday night that I have to get some things ready for, another big final on Wednesday morning, and a final presentation on Thursday morning. Oh, did I mention that I also have to babysit Monday and Wednesday? And I’m sick with a cold and a very sore throat.
Near the entrance to our building there’s a bulletin board, and right now there’s a news clipping about the famine in Haiti. Every time I come in or go out, I see the headline that says “Haiti’s poor resort to dirt as food.” I don’t know, somehow that seems to put all of my difficulties in perspective.
I’m going home after graduation, which isn’t what I really wanted to do, but I need to for financial reasons. I just think it’ll be kind of anticlimactic, but it’s okay. I’ll be traveling some this summer and going to New Attitude, and I’m so excited about that.
This is disjointed, but I wanted to send out the update since it’s doubtful I’ll be writing much this week - unless I just do it as a stress reliever, which is what I’m doing now, and then it’s never really much. I appreciate your prayers, I really do. Six days… I would be counting down but I don’t want to because as much as I want all this stress to be over, I don’t want to say goodbye.
You mean I still have to study?
Okay, so I’m writing this to inspire myself. I have to kick it into high gear here, people. I’ve been living in this dreamland where I do a little homework, think about graduation, indulge in melodramatic sadness about leaving my friends, yawn my way through the day, and ignore the fact that I have so much to do I need to go above and beyond.
So… yes. I’m afraid the last week of my college career won’t be full of kite-flying and Gilmore Girls watching. Sadly, I must actually apply myself to these few remaining tasks. Of course, I am definitely going to make time to enjoy being with my friends, but if that’s the case, then I also have to apply myself diligently.
Which means: tonight, I need to get all three of my essays done. Tomorrow, I need to get my research project done. Saturday and Sunday need to be spent studying for my first exam. Monday and Tuesday will be spent finishing up some papers for Tuesday night and studying for my Wednesday exam. Wednesday, I’ll spend some time preparing for my (thankfully low-key) presentation on Thursday. Then I’ll be done! (We won’t mention the fact that I’ll have to spend Thursday packing and cleaning like crazy.)
No more procrastination! I need to finish strong! One more week! I don’t feel like I can do it, but I think I can…
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I'm Anna. I'm 22. I love reading and writing. I'm a recent college graduate living at home. And I hope you are blessed by what you read here.