I'm still alive

Thanks for the prayers, thoughts, and kind words. I lived through my first week of testing! It was very difficult, but I also learned a lot just going through the process. I tested for 24 hours last week, almost all of it was essay writing. Each day the essays became more difficult. After all was said and done, I had about 50 pages of essays. On Monday I can begin my revisions. My goal is to produce another 100 pages of dry boring essays to back up the first 50. All of this is in preparation for my oral exams on December 8th. If all goes well, I will pass on December 8th and move from being a lowly doctoral student to an illustrious and much better looking doctoral candidate. This first week is generally considered to be the hardest part. I'm just glad that it is over.
I would like to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers. For the last month I have had a lot of trouble sleeping at night, it has been hard to relax and I found myself becoming edgier every day (especially to this one dorky kid in the lab, he just kept ticking me off). With the help of a well timed blessing, and all of your prayers, I was able to get some sleep every night throughout the week. I needed the help, I couldn't have done it without you guys. We are excited to see all of you at Thanksgiving. Thanks again for everything.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB!!!!

I know I called, but I thought it deserved to be blogged as well! We had a great Halloween yesterday. I was Superman and Chelsea was an asian. I'll probably wear the costume when you all come so don't fear that you've missed it! I might attach a photo too! Did you guys have a fun Halloween? Ok mom just told me to clean so I'll write more later, but We're so excited to see you guys soon!!