Well, I did pretty good. Better than last time.

Thank you for the moral support, my digital friends. Next task: Apply to grad school. Task after that: Get the WGRN site live. Task following that one: Getting AgapeFest.com live. Task after all of those: Getting two sites designed for my dad.

Anyway. yay. Hopefully grad school next summer!!!

Tomorrow morning is the morning. I actually feel really confident. I went over a few GRE details earlier today and then took (almost) the rest of the day off, just like Kaplan told me to. But I did review a bunch of math stuff and read the notes on how to do the essay section. It shouldn’t be too bad.

So. I feel good.

We went over to V. Ross’s house tonight for dessert with the incoming transfer and freshman Communication majors. It was pretty fun actually. I talked to Cary about the program at Syracuse and he was really excited about it. I think V. is glad I’m applying to the program too. And I get more and more excited about it every day. It will be so awesome.

Anyway. I added something to this blog today. Scroll to the bottom and you’ll see it.

This is my last weekend of being ridiculously stressed out. I am taking the GRE on Monday morning. Early. It’s the second time I’ve taken the test. The first time around I didn’t do so well… maybe okay for the program I’m applying to, but not good enough for myself.

My plans are to study all day today (after studying all week already) and as much of tomorrow as possible. Then Monday I’ll wake up really early, drive to SLU and take the test. I’m actually feeling more confident than I felt at the beginning of the week – which is a good thing.

I will feel an incredible sense of release when it’s over. I won’t have to do study anymore. Next week I’ll finish up my application and get it submitted. Early. I really need to get into this program.

And now that this new design is up, I probably need to finish the Résumé page, fix my letterhead for résumés and cover letters and my CV, and then nip and tuck the rest of the blog template issues.

I’d appreciate any comments (or bug reports) on the new design. Let me know what you think! I’m pretty sure I’ll be submitting it (minus the moving cloud – probably) to themes.wordpress.org in the near future. That, along with the Rock Out Loud (AgapeFest 2009) template – which should be going live on agapefest.com next week (fingers crossed).

…is going by SO slowly. What is the deal? Maybe it’s because summer is ending and people are showing up on campus. It’s probably more closely related to the fact that I am waiting for people to answer me.

I lost my iPod Touch. I’m not sure how, but I know when. Monday. It has to be in the house someplace. Absolutely has to be. See, I got home. I remember seeing it where I had set it down and grabbing it because it wasn’t supposed to be there. I went upstairs, did some GRE studying, ate dinner, went back upstairs to do some more, came downstairs and Jessica took me to Dairy Queen (drive-thru) to cheer me up.

Got back, watched TV. We haven’t gone anywhere. And I haven’t been able to find it since Tuesday morning. It’s super-annoying. I hope I find it soon.

We got a cucumber today from our garden. And we ate it. Well, half of it. In a chicken salad. It’s really good.

I am really stressed about the GRE. I need to get a better score on it this time so that I can get into the school i want. Hopefully this Kaplan stuff will pay off. But it doesn’t seem to be yet. And I take the test next tuesday.

Please pray for me.

that GRE prep is kicking my butt. I wish I had kept myself in practice for the Quantitative (read: math) parts of the test. Hopefully I can get some strategies out of all this.

If you pray, please add me to the list. I need a good GRE score because I need to go to grad school next summer, because I need to get out of Greenville.

Thank you.

Today was stormy… looking. I don’t think it has actually rained yet, which is okay. But the clouds are just thin enough that the light is super-diffused, which means if I was to take photos today outside, the sky would be blown out. And I was going to. But I think we’ll wait till it gets closer to dusk and then drive out to Durley to get some good ‘ol Midwest summer shots. The corn is just tall enough.

So rather than going outside or doing anything productive on the house, we turned on Kindom of Heaven (the director’s cut) and I’ve been working on a new office suite. Which really contains just a letterhead, as most of my stuff gets sent in PDF anyway and not actually printed.

The letterhead is the same as my upcoming blog redesign’s header. Which is how I like it. Keeps some continuity going as I really do want people to visit my site after taking a look at my résumé or CV or business card.

And the reason I did this? Because I am working on my grad school application. And that application includes a few documents that will just look better on letterhead. It’s nice to actually be moving forward on this. I’ve got my GRE scheduled for August 25th and hopefully will have the application in shortly afterward. Then, prayerfully, I will get in to the program and we will be moving to New York in the Summer of 2009.

I can’t tell you how badly I want to get into this program. It’s so exciting and interesting and… exactly what I want to do with my life.

Now to get started on that personal statement…