An alarming awaking and interesting ending.

This morning around 5:15 or 5:20 the fire alarm went off. I was prepared for this, in a sense. Each semester the school is required to have a fire drill, so we knew it was coming. I had a project that I was working on late last night, so I did not get to sleep until midnight. (Not enough sleep for me!) I had to be at the pool by 6am to open it for lap swim . . . . so aside from a 20 minute nap, I haven’t had any sleep today. I also have a headache that won’t go away. Very annoying.

Back to the fire drill. I was awakened by a short burst of an alarm that I thought was just in my dreams… well, it went off again and didn’t stop until we were all out of the building. As an RA I have to go through each cluster and check each room to make sure that the girls are out and that they followed procedure. Just so you don’t worry, we have been instructed that if there is an actual fire and we see, feel any fire or danger we are to leave immediately.

Once having told the resident director and security that our floor is clear, we exit. This morning was special though and my floor welcomed the new morning by singing happy birthday to my lucky resident whose birthday is today.

Now we’re going to flash through the headachy blur that was my day and settle upon now.

Currently I am listening to our campus radios live broadcast of War of the Worlds. They are doing a great job and it has completely made my day.

I will be going to bed shortly.

Happy Birthday Amy and Anna!

(And my resident, Christi!)

Joy in small things!

Today my canvases that I ordered arrived in the mail. I had been at a standstill with my project and it is such a joy and inspiration to see the actual canvases waiting for me to put paint on them.

I am taking Painting II and my semester long project is to create a series of work that can be presented as a complete show. I will probably end up creating ten or more paintings within this series. They are small, black and white paintings of parts of the face. I do not have any pictures of the completed paintings yet; they are all safely stored in the art room.

Also, I would like to thank Grampa again for my easel. I have it set up in my room, as pictured. It is such a wonderful thing to have.

S . L . E . E . P . . R . O . C . K . S . . M . Y . . W . O . R . L . D !

So, I took my mother’s advice and have gotten eight hours of sleep a night, except for one, this week. I feel like a new person. My friends have noticed this change in me. I feel completely different. I’m now on this campaign to convince all of my fellow ill-rested students to get more sleep.

Homecoming is next week. I’m only half looking forward to it.

I have a paper to write about a Wordsworth poem. Oh! And I read “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Coleridge. Such a fun poem. And we took a quiz today and while I am not sure I did super well (I just couldn’t remember some of the names), but it was for sure the funnest quiz I have ever taken. My teacher made the whole poem into a story and we had to fill in the blanks. It was a grand word adventure.

So, it has been a while.

Since I last popped a squat to write for you a lot has happened. I have executed (with the help of the girls on my floor) my first floor event. The coffeehouse that I helped plan for my church finally took place. And I am getting more sleep, sort of.

Tomorrow I am going home for my sister’s wedding. I’m rather excited. I get to wear a pretty dress and play with my nieces and nephews. I also have to start two papers and read a bunch…

Even though my life is stressful right now, God has been blessing me with a lot of great people in my life, people who have been there to guide me and help me through various tough moments. I have also learned a lot about myself, as I have had to deal with things. It has been an over all good experience.