Praise

God bless my Information Resources Development course professor! He extended the deadline to midnight March 1. Originally, it was due tonight at midnight but the course interface was down for maintenance for almost twenty-four hours. So, I have time to tweak my project . . . and actually do it.

The Sunday Seven

Well, I have a Bloglines account and I pick up many RSS feeds, including one written by published author Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon, Just Listen, That Summer). Every Friday, Dessen posts a "Friday Five." I was inspired and so I am doing a Sunday Seven. I plan to cover things which have happened in the past week. So, here goes:

The Sunday Seven:

1. Happy Birthday, Mom! We were able to celebrate Mom's birthday Wednesday by visiting Fratelli's, a local Italian restaurant. We had a good time and I was very happy that she had received a birthday coupon from Fratelli's because the meal was more affordable for me.
   
2. Last Sunday was the beginning of the Chinese New Year Celebration. In recognition of this, our community can come into our library and make an origami crane to donate to the Texas Children's Hospital. The legend is that if one can make 1,000 cranes, then he/she will be granted a wish. Well, I can make an origami crane although mine look more like pterodactyls than cranes. However, only one staff member is good at showing others how to make them. Furthermore, we had a conference day where we were able to attend workshops and the best workshop was the one where not only could the presenter perform, she could also teach us how to do what she did. Doing and teaching are two different things.
3. I have had a whole lot of homework lately. In fact, I have a project due Tuesday. I am looking forward to when this is all done. I am praying I do well on the capstone. One of my classes meets at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. I am pretty confident about driving to the hospital but I still cannot find my class inside this gargantuan building. One of my peers and I agreed we should earn a 100 for 25% of our grades for being able to find our classroom before 9am.
4. Did you see "Grey's Anatomy"? I was happy to see that Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyle Chandler, especially the latter, have some more work, but what a nerve wrecking episode! I realized they wouldn't kill the the titular character but it was definitely a hard pill to swallow.
   
5. In September, an 18 year old guy at my church was killed in a motorcycle accident. At the end of January, his little sister caught the flu and died. This was so hard for me and I can barely explain why it has impacted me so. I remind myself that they are both in a better place now and I feel better. Yet, I was watching the local news this past week and there was the family talking about the loss of their daughter. I was crying all over again.
   
6. I am suffering from overdoses on information on Britney "I wish I were Mr. Clean" Spears and all those people the late Anna Nicole Smith left behind. Could you believe that judge? I've heard that probate is nuts and that guy definitely supports that argument.
   
7. I just heard the reason why celebrities participating in the Academy Awards ceremony this year will not be receiving gift baskets. Apparently, nobody was reporting these gifts to the IRS. For once, I appreciate the IRS.