I'm back.

I've been SO busy. I promise I'll sit down and write a little obituary for Poppy when a get a break from midterms. I've been so caught up with just trying to survive this last month. It was one month ago that I got on a plane and flew down to LA to be with Poppy. Next Wednesday, he'll have been gone 4 weeks. I can't believe it's been 4 weeks. I see him often when I sleep. He's doing fine, I just know it. We were blessed that he accepted the Lord before he died. That's been a harder realization for me than his death. I've been anticipating his departure for so long (I remember being 10 and doing the math and figuring he wouldn't be around to see my first child. I was right) but his salvation was a surprise. I've spoken to him so many times about the blessings in my life since I found Christ. He always patted me on the head and told me it was no use. Well, it's a comfort and a relief.

On to the rest of my life. I took a quiz last week in my Cell Regulation class (my major, taught by my master advisor) and thought I bombed it. When she revealed the mean was 11/15 points, I nearly puked. I NEVER get below the mean. Then she said she doesn't curve (unusual for a 150-person upper division science course) and I knew I was screwed. I grabbed my quiz and flipped to the back page. 15/15. A perfect score! WHAT?! Apparently because she doesn't curve, she accepts "creative" explanations :) Hah.

Let's see, I took a midterm in Human Physiology (love this class, wish it were my major) and got almost two Std Dev above the mean, which means I got a solid A. Excellent. I've got two big midterms this next week in Physics and a full-length midterm in Cell Regulation. *sigh* Then two weeks with nothing and one week with 3 midterms!! WHOO! [/sarcasm]

Carl's chugging along with his triathlon training (full-distance Ironman in September) and I'm getting ready to go to Hawaii with my friend Joanne. I can't wait. The only real vacation I've ever been on was my honeymoon, so this should be fun. Check out this awesome picture:

I can't believe that is the same water that touches our beautiful but freezing shore. I've never been in warm sea water, so it should be awesome! More details to follow.

Rest in Peace, Poppy

Poppy passed away on Wednesday the 2nd at 7:02 pm. I'll post about it more later.