Have I mentioned that I love my Psychology professor?

Well, in case I haven't, and I'm pretty sure I haven't, I love him. He just saved his entire psych class, which includes me, from failing miserably.

So, the way I understand it is this: we all did so badly that he didn't know what else to do. Let's put it this way, I think I'm a reasonably smart person, and I figured out that my score would have been a 69 had he not done something... There were 65 questions, and I got 20 wrong.

What he did was this: we originally had 65 questions. He decided to make the test out of 50 instead of 65, but it wasn't a specific 50, it was just the number of questions you got right. Then, he threw out nine of his questions because so few people answered it correctly, making it really out of 41.

In the end, anyone who got more than 41 right received extra credit. So, on my test that would have been a 69, a D, I now have a 104.

Go figure... :) I'm okay with that.

This Weekend

My sister and my mom came out this weekend for my orchestra concert, which went wonderfully, by the way. I just had such a great time. We went out to dinner with my mom's friends, the Bebees, before the concert, and my friend Sarah J. went with us. We also visited JoAnn's, where I bought enough yarn to make scarves for all the people of a small country. My sister slept in the dorm with me after watching Sleeping Beauty and hanging out with some of my friends.

Sunday we went to church at Pearce on campus, then walked to a diner down the street for breakfast. Then, this afternoon we went to the mall, where my mom bought me a cute red skirt that ended up costing only $4! We mall walked a lot, and had fun, and then we came back and knitted for a while.

They just left, and I'm missing them already, but I had a wonderful time! :) And, only 9 days till Thanksgiving break!

So... does that mean Aural Skills is over?

I was in Aural Skills today at noon, and around 12:30 there was absolutely the loudest pop - sounded like a gunshot right outside the building, only louder, and the building shook - that I have ever heard. There was also a really bright flash of light, and one of the lights in our room went out. Needless to say, everyone in the building screamed really loudly, and we left the room and went into the hall. We called security and they called the fire department - Cox Hall, the music building, had been struck by lightning.

So, now there is a good-sized hole in the cupola where it hit and there are shingles and roof missing. Also, two girls who were walking to lunch with umbrellas when it happened got a good shock, but they're ok, though they were taken to the hospital as a precautionary step. I was really scared, and ran to my next class without using my umbrella. I was wet and cranky, and spent the next twenty minutes calming myself down.

So, that was fun. I'm not ready to do it again any time soon.

God Answers Prayer

In a lot of ways...

1) I've been experiencing pain in my left hip and in the tendons on the outside of my elbows for various reasons. I went to bed the other night in a lot of pain and said "God, you have just got to take away this pain, because I really don't want to hobble around tomorrow and I really want to be able to keep knitting". The next morning? Pain completely gone, none left. I was so excited! My elbows hurt a little now but they are so much better!

2) I've been preparing for my trombone final for a couple of weeks, and have been getting progressively worse as time goes on. I was having trouble getting out notes that had been really easy for me previously, and I was really worried about my final. Well, I prayed right before I went in to play, and I played as I have never played before! When doing my scales, I had to play a high D. I have never hit a high D before, and I never think I will again, but I was able to do it in my final. I got an A on my final, and I told my professor as I left that it was definitely a God thing. He thought that was cool, and I was so happy!

3) I worked at Phonathon tonight, and I got a lot of pledges, which was wonderful. As I was ending, I was about to call one more person. I prayed as I dialed, "God, please put it on Brenda's heart to answer the phone and donate $25 to the Scholar Sharing Fund." Guess who answered the phone and donated $25 to the Scholar Sharing Fund? Yeah, that would be Brenda. It was pretty cool. :)

You'd be Cranky too...

A fire alarm is something one never wants to hear. However, when one does not get oneself into bed until one in the morning, one especially does not want to hear a fire alarm go off at 3:30am. I was thoroughly annoyed, as were all of us, but once we got outside and security came by, we found out that this was not a drill. This mostly just made us more irritated because it meant more time not in bed and outside in the cold. Rather than doing that, we went over to the other half of the quads and huddled in their lounge, which was much warmer than outside.

Once we were in the other lounge, we looked through the windows across to ours, to see it filled with smoke. Naturally, this was a bit distressing... The fire department came, checked stuff out, apparently fixed whatever it was, and let us back in an hour later. One girl, when she came outside, apparently freaked out and collapsed, so they also had her put on an oxygen tube thing for a while. It was a very eventful night.

Needless to say, I was way too tired and cranky in the morning to go to my nine-o-clock class. I was almost late for my ten-o-clock. I was just moving really slowly, I was so exhausted. I found out later today that either students from another college, or possibly drunk students from ours, egged and pumpkined the quads and Davison dorms (across campus). The reason the fire alarm went off was because they also pushed an air conditioner through the window of the guest apartment (which is off of the lounge) onto the floor, and sprayed a fire extinguisher into the room. Ironic... They also did this to Davison, but apparently it didn't set the alarm off.

I'm a bit ticked at whoever did it, but I have no idea who it was. I just really hope they never do it again...

Guys and Dolls

We had our first rehearsal tonight. It was interesting... we did a bunch of activities because the director wanted us to get to know each other, but we didn't. We also didn't do a read through, but we started blocking the first scene. It's going to be interesting, as I previously mentioned.

Also, I forgot that Martha isn't the one who has lines, it's Agatha. So, I have become the other mute, as opposed to the first mute that I played in high school. Oh well, I still get to sing, and I still have a name. :)

It's Been a Battle

Well, Tuesday night, Pedro's Valient Army lost, and it was a sad event. We did win one game in the match, but it was best out of seven.

However, tonight is a momentus occasion, for PEDRO'S VALIENT ARMY HAS PREVAILED! We won, and I even caught a ball when we really needed it, so I contributed. :)

Our next game is next Monday, but I can't make it. This slightly important thing called orchestra... but next Tuesday at 9pm you can say a prayer that we will prevail once more!

YAY!!!!!!!