Okay, can I please say that if being in labor is supposed
to be worse than menstrual cramps, I am seriously reconsidering
my ambition to bear kids someday. I mean, those things were
so painful yesterday, they actually made me throw up. Not
fun.

Okay, so last night...after lying around all morning, I was finishing my English Research
Paper...about Irish Education during James Joyce's life.
(Entirely appropriate, because we are reading A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man).I had just downed 2 full cups
of Espresso Coffee...(a lot stronger than I expected, esp.
because I hadn't had coffee in a long time.) So I was wired.
Because I was so awake, I definitely did not feel the need
to get done early. So I wasted time and was up until about 1.
Then, I was still so wide awake that I had trouble sleeping.
In fact, I don't think I really slept at all. It was just an
illusion. Actually, those 2 cups of coffee kept me going
until about 5 o'clock this evening! And then I was exhausted
and just trying to help out...and my dad said one of those
things he says without thinking, i got annoyed, he started
teasing me as usual, I got short and "cold", he complained about
how I treated him, I excused myself from the table, cried
for a half hour and then felt better. But we're not talking
and I don't know what I can do. It seems like there's always
something.
But okay, the good parts of my day.
I got to start it off with Bible Study and fellowship
before school. I wasn't falling asleep
in classes. You know what I did notice tho...is
artificial energy makes you space out alot. Anyway,
We got to play YAHTZEE in Statistics!It was awesome. Tania
ceremoniously recieved the first of Matt's golden locks- a
cute little curl that was hanging down onto his forehead.
And, my coach (again) was in SLO today! It was great to see
him and I can't wait for NY!
What else...I got to see Kelley be brave. (We'll avoid the
details).
Oh yeah, and some bridge-building took place.Kinda.
And then, of course, it was off to the English study group.
It was Eric's turn to tell the story tonight. We honored
the style of stream-of-consciousness, however. We were constantly
off-topic and running away on tangents of all sorts.

Oh, and according to Rachel's New Testament teacher's
colleague, we have a song running through our heads at all
times. What's playing Now?

"Snap" is apparently the new "sweet" and "boo-yah" and
any other verb, noun, adverb or adjective you can think of.