*Cough*

I should really update on here more often. It turns out I'm really busy though, so I'll do what I can.

This weekend I went on a really cool retreat with my class, the Senior class, named the Fearless class, to a place called the Red River Gorge somewhere in Kentucky. I have no idea where it is because I didn't drive. It was an awesome trip and I had a lot of fun on it. We went hiking, swimming, camped in the rain, played lots of card games and just bonded with our friends that we would be together with for only one more year. Because we're seniors now it's all kind of bitter sweet. I hate that.

On Saturday night we went to bed at 2:00 AM. We got up to go on a hike to see the sunrise at 5:00 AM Sunday morning. Did I mention that it rained a lot while we were there too? Because of that basically everything was damp. When we hiked to the top of the mountain to see the sunrise we never actually saw it because the sky was overcast. I sound like I'm being really negative here, but I'm not, really. I actually had a really good time. It was like an adventure and I loved every minute of that trip.

Unfortunately though, I came back and got sick after not getting enough sleep and being damp and cold. So now I have three projects to prepare for this week and I'm not feeling good at all. It's only a mild cold with a cough that isn't that devastating, but I am completely exhausted, and I slept from 1:00 AM to 1:00 PM last night to today. I felt a lot better after sleeping that long, but I am now really exhausted again. Not sure when I'm going to get all this work done. I'm not really worried though, and that's awesome because I've been really stressed out up until this past weekend. I think that weekend was good for me in more ways than one. I know I'll get all my stuff done, I just have to take it one step at a time, and tonight's step is to get to bed early so I can recuperate and then get lots of work done tomorrow and Wednesday. I figure I'll be a lot more productive if I'm not exhausted and sick.

So that's where things are right now. Just continuing to put one foot in front of the other, no matter how bleak things may appear ahead. And something that helps for me to realize is that almost everyone I know is really stressed out and busy too, so I know I'm not alone in this. Even better than that, I know God is with me and He will help me through this. He wants me to succeed so I shouldn't be worried about it. I just gotta do my best and He'll get me through it.