March passed by with the grace and elegance of a herd of hungry hippopotami. The good news is that I get to try again in April. Here are a few highlights from recent weeks:
- I finally submitted my first research article for publication in an academic journal. This silly paper has been several years in the making. I shall send up a flair the moment I receive my first rejection letter.
- I became so sleep deprived that I could actually feel my brain cells evaporating. I'm quite sure if I were to have an MRI, the scan would show several large regions of my brain that strangely resembled Cream of Wheat.
- Since I was already operating on minimal cerebral power, I decided to run a 5K with my friend. It was thrilling! I took something like 145th place and won a purple toothbrush AND a gold medal worth approximately 18 cents. The exhilaration was only slightly diminished by the post-race crippling effect. My early morning walks with another friend apparently did not count as sufficient training!
- Last Sunday, I got a flat tire, accidentally flung a pitcher of water on the floor during nursery, and watched with amazement as one of our new nursery children managed to cry with such determination that she threw up. The day was redeemed, however, by the opportunity to sing with our wonderful stake choir for an Easter concert.
- Thanks to divine intervention, I finally was able to acquire enough participants to start my dissertation project. In the process, I have been forced to enter the 21st century since high schoolers seem to communicate almost exclusively by texting. So in the past week, I've met and exceeded my all-time record of text-messaging -- although it still takes me 10 minutes to text one sentence.
On that note, G2G. PLZ have a GR8 day!
