One Step at a Time...

So to say its been a crazy week would be a gross understatement. Classes started barely two weeks ago and already I feel behind. I had it easy last semester only taking the second half of Anatomy and Physiology and the added income of catering and house sitting. I have now found myself in the vicious cycle of needing more hours in the week for studying but not being able to afford living if I work any less - this means I am left to very carefully time manage to have just enough time to study AND work enough hours that I can meet all my financial obligations and still manage to sleep enough not to get sick :)

Weekly Recap: 48 hours in 4 days at the restaurant, $157 tow job for parking illegally when running late to one of those shifts, a trip to the verizon store for my constantly dying phone, more microbiology than one should have to read/endure in a lifetime unless teaching it, and a new hat one of my co-workers gave me (the highlight of my weekend) :)

Here's hoping for a better week :)

Valley of Vision

I came across a book a while back called the Valley of Vision, which is a collection of old puritan prayers. I then proceeded to forget about it until I saw my roommate Rachel reading her copy. I borrowed it and then bought my own; the opening prayer for which the book is named is below:

Lord, High and Holy, Meek and Lowly,

Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox
that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to be high,
that the broken heart is the healed heart,
that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
that to have nothing is possess all,
that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
that to give is to receive,
that the valley is the place of vision.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;

Let me find thy light in my darkness,
thy life in my death,
thy joy in my sorrow,
thy grace in my sin,
thy riches in my poverty,
thy glory in my valley.

Ugh.

So not a good start to the semester. Just took an online quiz and got 3 out of 5 points. That's a 60%. I haven't gotten a 60% on anything since I bombed calculus in 12th grade. Something tells me this isn't going to be an easy semester.