saturday @ 6:30 am

goodness, isnt it just wonderful to be up on a saturday @ 6:30 in the morning!? today i'm blessed (cursed!? can't decide if i'm positive or negative about this one) w/ taking the praxis test- the evil standardized test that will either let me into the teacher ed program or not let me into the program. it consists of english, reading, and......... math. yes, sounded good until i said math, huh. i have to get a 171 on the math portion or else i have to take it over... and that's money down the drain... and perhaps brain cells. argh. *positive thoughts. positive thoughts. you can do it.* argh, no i can't. i'm horrible at math! but anywho. from 7:30 until past noon i will be suffering through this thing... just can't wait. am munching on my honey bunches of oats (w/ almonds and a banana in it) as i speak (ok, as i type).

a good note, though. i got to babysit jessa last night at her house. it was nice to be in a home- it was very comfortable. i got to make her dinner, which was a lot of fun. we did just about everything imaginable together. she played card tricks on me, we played a new game called hot yott (interesting, to say the least), played piano together, played n64 (she kicked my butt), and we did some origami- or at least, she guided me through it as i was frustrated and wanted to throw the little dumb piece of folded paper on the ground and step on it a million times. i think she sensed this frustration, b/c she said to me "i know, it's the hardest thing in the world. trust me, if you were building a car, that would be easier." i had to laugh at that. that jessa... she's one smart cookie. :) we also drew/colored some hello kitty pictures, she read a book to me (and she was great at it!, i was impressed!), and we watched spongebob squarepants. i really enjoyed my time w/ her!!!...

so i got back to my room at about 8:30, did some math studying for the praxis, then just put my bum into bed and slept the night away. i had quite the dream, too- i think it lasted all night b/c i'd wake up then go back to sleep then continue dreaming it. i wish i knew what to think of it; it was actually quite representative of a portion of my life right now so... yeah. a little confusing. but that's ok. it was just a dream, right?

ooo! i just thought of a happy thought! when i'm done w/ the praxis, the only things i'll have to worry about will be two very long papers that are due on monday and wednesday! and not the praxis anymore! well, isnt that splendiferous. (grrrr!) hello, thanksgiving break... hello, end of the semester! can't wait to get home and not worry about classes for over a month!!!!!!!!!

alright. praxis, here i come- 7:30 is arriving too quickly. wish me luck!