"Walking on Sunshine"

That would be the song in my head all day today.

Last week I took my final in College Math. My final grade was an 87%. I was shooting for an "A", but I'll take a "B". Last night I took my final in Old Testament History. Thank goodness my teacher posts grades fast. I didn't have to sit worry about what I had gotten. It was posted first thing this morning when I got in to work. I got a 108% - yeah, that's right!! I got the bonus problems right. My co-workers found me dancing around my "career center" doing the Cabbage Patch and/or the Running Man. I'm finished with both classes and I did really awesome. YAY!!!

The first half of my semester is over. Now on to Sociology and English Comp II - bring it on baby!

I'm amazed at how well I'm doing in school. Really, I am. With my tract record, I'm sure people had bets as to how long it would be before I chickened out, dropped my classes and retreated to my bedroom with a pathetic excuse. It seemed that the timing was just off. Now it seems like everything is falling in place.

These past failures helped me get to where I am today. I'm so glad that I ended up at Missouri Baptist. Taking my Old Testament class has helped me in so many ways. What other University would make you take religion classes? None that I had attempted to attend. I think it was fate. Last year I was worried when Eric & I put Patrick in a Lutheran school. Here we have: my husband who appears to be an atheist and I felt so out of touch with my religion. What if Patrick came home and had a question about the Bible? How could I help him learn about the bible when all I had learned had dissipated over the years. I could just picture it:

Patrick: "Mommy who is Joshua?"
Me: "Umm...he was a man....in the bible.....a long time ago....you know what? Write that down..we'll ask Nana or Pastor Chad on Sunday?"

How horrible!?

So even though this may seem like a small milestone to others. The mere fact that I finished my first two classes with practically A's is HUGE in my book.

I've felt like a complete failure in the past...now I'm walking on Sunshine.