John has been gone for one week now; only seven days remain until he is home. Despite one or two phone calls a day, I miss him greatly. His absence has caused me to pause and ponder many things. In so doing, I can't imagine what our military families go through for year-long deployments while their loved one is in harms way, or the pain of a widow(er)'s heart when they lose a spouse, or the thought of me still being single at 36. Marriage is truly a wonderful thing!
John's Mom was thrilled to see her entire family and he said there was definately a "sparkle" in her eye. She is in good Spirit and comfortable at this time. We are thankful that all her children could make it back to see her and enjoy her.
Whitey has had a good week in school. A lot of her friends asked her to run for student council president, but we concluded that it would take a lot of her time and rob her of her studies. For now, she is still taking dance:Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet and Poms. She is as limber as a noodle and is having a lot of fun with the classes. The top of her head is now up to my eyes now and I keep wondering where she will "top-out" at? When we doubled her height at 2 years, it came out to exactly my height 5'11''. She seems very comfortable with her height and it seems like girls are much taller these days, than in the years of my "gigantisism".
I am doing okay. I haven't posted any new pictures because John has the digital camera, so I had to use some "archives''. Sorry. Maybe he'll have some neat photos to post when he returns.
I think I will start to relax a bit after this week as I took my first history exam this past Monday and I have my first Anatomy and Physiology Practical this Friday. I feel very comfortable with the anatomical terminolgy, gross anatomy, mitosis and the 55 slides of tissue idenitfication. The last section I need to solidify in my mind is the Integumentary System (skin)....a very complex and fascinating system!!! I know I will start to relax after I learn how the professor's test and get a feeling how to better prepare for the exams.
Today, I received a letter from my school and invitation to join Phi Theta Kappa. Apparently after so many credit hours and semester of academic success, they invite you to join. The next step is to have a professor write a referral. My Human Growth and Development teacher told me she would be happy to write something for me. If I am inducted, then I must not fall below a 3.2 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) at any time. From there, it my understanding that the top three would then graduate with Honors and could qualify for additional scholarship opportunitites. It's a lofty long term goal and it is very competitive so I am just taking it one day at a time and asking God to give me the strength to do this. As long as I have my health and my family's blessing and support, then I hope to see it through. If the BIG plan works, I will still have another 6 years of schooling. If at any time, it seems like it too much for the family than I still have a great launching point in the medical field. So far though, I am just absoutely in awe of God's miraculaous creation of LIFE!!!!
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