slow motion?

Oh my goodness.... it is the last week of the school semester.... the home stretch....... This should be the part where all the runners pick up the pace and give it all they've got till the end, but I feel more like someone has gotten a hold of the remote and put life everything in slow motion... A lot of it has to do with the fact that it is the week of finals and yet I have only one final -- on Wednesday morning. However, I still have several big projects to finish up, so all day today (and most of the day tomorrow) I have been (and will be) sitting in my apartment working on papers, desperately attempting to find the balance between cat naps, work, and distractions to help me avoid cat naps, which if combined correctly, equals optimal focus and efficiency. At least for me...

I'm sure there's some sort of math equation to figure out the averages or the tangent or the square root quotient or whatever so that I know the perfect combination, but I don't like math, so I just follow my heart. And Jesus. (Sometimes He convicts me when I nap too long.) So anyway, that will be my life for the next 3 days or so. That, and also cleaning my apartment spotless for check out and packing everything I own for a month out of town (Although you must understand that everything I own this side of the Atlantic fits into precisely 2 suitcases and 2 medium boxes; I'm a missionary kid -- "packing" is my middle name. Well, basically. Ha.).

Anyway, then Lynnette and I head down to Cincinnati on Friday to stay with our aunt and uncle and cousins for a few days before going the rest of the way down to Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday or Monday to stay with grandmother and grandfather until mom and dad and fam come on the 23rd. I am SO excited to see them again -- it'll have been over a year... :-) Just pray that our car makes it down there in one piece -- it's been giving us some problems recently... I think we'll be ok, though, and once we make it down, dad can help me look at it. Dad knows how to fix everything. :-)

Well, I thought I'd include a picture of the family from last December in Madrid, for those of you who haven't seen us all before. Awww... :-) I'll keep you posted as my week goes on! Peace!