1. A few weeks ago this phrase came up during the first reading and it had both me and my brother giggling and puzzling over the meaning:
A multitude of camels shall cover you.
I’ve heard of raining cats and dogs but…
2. I never got to see Ali last week because she and her bf were both feeling sick. I called her on Sunday afternoon and found out that she now has a job (!) so she’s not free on weekdays anymore. As a result, we have tentatively rescheduled (again!) for this Saturday. Crossing my fingers and I will check in with her later today.
3. I ‘picked someone up’ while we were at a restaurant Saturday night 
. I came home with a phone number 
I’m talking about a contact for a playdate (sorry, I couldn’t resist making you think!). She is young like me and has a 21 month old little girl. I am very excited, I have a couple playdate contacts but ‘business has been slow.’ -although this past week I wouldn’t have had time for a playdate, but I do not intend to repeat that sort of schedule for the rest of term, it will kill me. Since one way or another I have to squeeze in some other activities anyway, I might as well start a mommy friendship.
4. DH said calling her that night was a bit too eager (lol) so I waited until Sunday afternoon. I’ve tried her every day but usually around the same time, and still haven’t been able to catch her. I did leave a message on Wednesday, but as yet no reply. Still holding out hope on this one….
5. Somehow amidst all the stress with school, I have managed to get through a few more photos. Here are the ones I thought worth sharing:
A couple photos from the Christmas Holidays (these are not Christmas photos, those will follow later in their own post)
Snow in the back yard
Bathtime for 2!
6. On Thursday I ended up going back into school to try to work on my next big assignment. This time I took the baby with me. I had packed lots of diapers a change of clothes, and a couple toys to help keep him happy without being held. I didn’t need any of it, he slept pretty much the entire time I was trying to work. I didn’t get very far. This time I was stumping TAs left and right with my problems and in the end after only writing a tiny bit and after a while I still couldn’t get that part working correctly. This caused me to rethink my options, and I’m seriously considering dropping the course this term, and taking it with a different professor in the summer, when the workload should be much more manageable.
I feel like I’m taking the easy way out. It’s a fine line between doing it the hard way because it’s God’s way and getting overloaded, but if the last 2 weeks are any indication then I am definitely leaning towards the overloaded category. Yesterday I got very upset over something I had already deemed to be a little thing and not worthy of so much frustration, a definite sign that I am both stressed and overtired, and I’m not even worrying about the assignment at the moment.
When I started considering this other option, I decided I’m not even going to think about the assignment until the prof is back on Monday. There is no point stressing over it this weekend when I may not continue in the class. It’s possible that even if he does mention lessening the workload that I will drop it, because it’s hard to say how much easier he would make it. But by 3rd year I should be able to largely do all my assignments on my own. I was able to do the one for my last course at home by myself without a problem, but these assignments I can’t. The professor really expects a LOT of us in these assignments, even compared to what other students had to do in the same class with a different professor. And I haven’t been keeping up with my friends the way ‘d like to either, because I didn’t think I could take the time. I was working at building a friendship before Christmas and haven’t seen her for almost a month now.
I’m going to take the weekend to think about it, give God the chance to guide me (especially at the Summit tonight) and talk to my mom who is paying for it. Then on Monday, if the professor doesn’t mention anything about the workload letting up a bit (having had our first assignment submissions for over a week) then I will probably drop the course. Monday is the next day he will be back to teach us and one of the course dropping deadlines.
7. Dropping the course would have many benefits, aside from lifting a lot of stress (making for a happier Mommy who can better show love to the people around her). For one, I won’t be taking long days at school away from the baby and thus hurting my milk supply since I don’t really want to pump when I’m there. It will also mean I can stop spending money on bus tickets. I would only be at school each day for an hour so I could use a 2hr parking spot. The other class is also on a different part of campus where I think my chances of finding parking, within reasonable walking distance of class, are significantly higher.
