My Favorite Song!

Praise You in This Storm
Casting Crowns words by Mark Hall/music by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms

I was sure by now, God, You would have reached down

and wiped our tears away,

stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen

and it's still raining

as the thunder rolls

I barely hear You whisper through the rain,

"I'm with you"

and as Your mercy falls

I raise my hands and praise

the God who gives and takes away.

Chorus:

And I'll praise you in this storm

and I will lift my hands

for You are who You are

no matter where I am

and every tear I've cried

You hold in your hand

You never left my side

and though my heart is torn

I will praise You in this storm

I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You

and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on

if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls

I barely hear You whisper through the rain

"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls

I raise my hands and praise

the God who gives and takes away

Chorus

I lift my eyes unto the hills

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

I lift my eyes unto the hills where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

Chorus

I Got a 100!

Wow, thank God that I got a 100 again!

It's unbelievable because I thought our project looked totally mediocre.

We didn't have enough time.

Maybe I am just too hard on myself.

But anyway, I thank God for his help.

I still have a migraine.

Maybe it is allergies.

Migraine Pain

Yesterday, I had a migraine all day.
My head felt like it was under so much pressure.
I felt like I wanted to throw up.
I felt horrible all day.
I really don't know why.
Sometimes, I get these headaches and today I am still feeling its effect on me.
Maybe it's because I have been taking sleeping pills: Two on Friday and two on Saturday night.
All that drug in my system probably caused the migraine.

Well, today is another day and I am waiting for my grade for Benchmark Two still.
I really hope I get an A even if it's not a 100 this time.

I just want to sleep that's all.
My body aches and I feel my migraine lingering somewhere in my head.

Yesterday, I went to sleep over at Noe's house because I don't like to stay home alone: AHHHH! (thinking about the movie where Mcauley Culkin puts the aftershave lotion and screams.)

Well, anyway, I could not see the road very well and the car lights and traffic signals seemed so blurry. I panicked because I thought I was going to hit the car next to me.
I could barely see the lines that separated the lanes.
I was driving but it was as if I wasn't driving. Like if some force took me to his house because, honestly, I wasn't thinking. I felt like I was out of myself, floating.
I was driving to his house out of habit. Habit, because I knew the way but not thinking. It seemed so mechanical.

What is that that I was feeling?

When I got to Noe's house, I told him, "I have had a headache all day." He said, "A migraine."
I said, "I guess,(I never thought of it as a migraine) I don't know how I got here. I couldn't see the road and the lights were so blurry." He just looked at me with a puzzled look and hugged me.

Well, that was that. Here I am and my headache still lingers.
From ear to ear and head to chin. The pressure is increasing and pretty soon it will feel unbearable like yestersday.

Calming Down

Well, I am almost done with Benchmark Two project: A Thematic Unit consisting of six content areas: social studies, music, language arts, reading, math, and history. Our uniting theme is language. I love Language, words, syntax. I think I want to specialize in Linguistics.

Well, I am still jittery. I had been very stressed out.
On Tuesday, I got rear-ended by a guy who claimed he had broken up with his girlfriend and could not see the road. Nothing happened, of gravity anyway, to my BLAZER but his ECLIPSE was really smashed up. I was really worried about him and empathised because he said:, "I don't even know how I am going to get home."

I told him, "Look how old are you? He said 23. I told him, There are a lot of girls out there. You are in school right? He said, yes. Well, you got finals so concentrate on that. Take a coke or something. Are you okay? I don't want you to kill yourself out there! Just take it easy and be careful!"

Well, he just wanted to leave. But, I washed my hands of him by lecturing him on the more important things in life. Well that is just who I am.

I am mentally exhausted. But, everything in life is about focusing and pushung yourself. I don't know what my limit is yet. And, I hope I never do. I just have to keep pushing myself until I have a good job.

I don't know where I am going to end up but failure is not an option. I have come way to far to end in failure. Hey, I am going to pick myself right up even if I fall a million times. It's my nature and I am too stubborn!

All is well because I have the grace of God supporting me: giving me patience, intelligence, and strength. I will never loose sight and my faith will keep me strong.

I turn in the project today. Next, I will wait for my grade and start working on the next one.

PUSH! PUSH! PUSH! There is no lookin back!

Grade for Piagetian Task

I got a 100/100=100%. I can't believe it. Wow!

Well, the sacrifice was worth it.

But, that is enough!

I have to work on my next project that is due this thursday.
I am so stresses out that I have bitten my nails down to the skin.
It is so much fun!

Piagetian Task Benchmark One

Well, let me talk about the Benchmark One.

We have to do this project called the Piagetian Task.
I had to come up with two different task that reflected the cognitive development theory.
I interviewd four kids. Two were in lower elementary grade levels and the other in upper.
Then I had to analyze the outcome: preoperational or concrete-operational.
Maybe, at this point you are like, What!

Well, it was supposed to be done on powerpoint and I was 4 slides away from finishing.
I must have saved it wrong becasue power point prog would not let me open it.
I went stark, raving mad. I wanted to destroy the computer. I mean, I had been working on this pres for like 7hrs straight. ARGHHH! It was totally frustrating. And I wanted to cry. Well, I had to restart the whole thing. It was only 28 slides anyway. And, since, I had almost finished it, it was easier to put what I had worked on together: 1 hr. I told mu BF to go to school with me and help me with the program. It was the first time I had ever used it. He kept telling me to save it under different names so that I would not modify the saved docs. I finally posted it at 9 p.m. and the deadline was 11:59 p.m. I was so relieved.

The next day, some girls told me that they weren't able to post it onto WebCt. Man, I was so glad that I did.

Now, I have to wait for my grade and hope for the best, an A.

We Did It!

Well, It was worth all the stress and falling out of hair.

My partner and I got a 100 on our Unit Two project.
I thank God first of all because I know that it's not me who gives me the strengh but Him.
I am so glad that we passed this hurdle.
We were so worried becasue we had no idea if we had done the project correctly.
I also turned in Benchmark One. But that is another Blog for now I am just happy that we got an perfect score!

I am so grateful to my partner's collaboration...we are going to work on two other major projects. Let's see how that goes.