How's it going?

Today is Your Day
By: Shania Twain

You got what it takes you can win,
Today is your day to begin.
Don't give up here, don't you quit.
The moment is now, this is it
Know that you can then you will
Get to the top of the hill
Part of the fun is the climb
You just gotta make up your mind

That today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way
Today (you can do it)
Today (c'mon c'mon)
Today (c'mon do it)
Today

When somebody throws sticks and stones
All they can break are your bones
And life's gonna kick you around
Then kick you again when you're down

But today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way
Today (c'mon do it now)
Today
Today
Today

mmmm life's gonna kick you, its gonna kick you around, its gonna kick you down

Brush yourself off no regrets
This is as good as it gets
Don't expect more or less
Just go out and give it your best (give it your best)

Today is your day
And nothing can stand in your way
Today is your day
Everything's goin' your way

Today
Today ( I said today is your day)
Today
Today
I said today
Today
Today is your day mmmmm

That song has been stuck in my head all day. I dropped my students off at music class this morning and the class before them were performing it. There are very few things on this Earth that are more touching than watching children sing about hope and encouragement. I was touched and as I left the music room I was rejuvenated. I know, I know...that sounds ridiculous, but it's true. Some days are harder than others and today was one of those hard days. I'm adding the song above to my favorite playlist and I plan to listen to it often. I recommend you check it out and while you're listening imagine a group of 3rd grade students singing it. :)

I've been enjoying life and keeping busy. I just finished my last class towards my Master's degree, so now all I have to complete is an internship and my thesis. I plan to finish up this summer. I feel like I've been in school forever; it's almost surreal that it will all be over in just a short couple months. Today I completed my final exam and received a 100%...well, technically a 96% because there were 2 short answer questions that have yet to be graded. I know that I got them right, so let's just say I got a 100%. Yay, for me!

I'm getting really good at Call of Duty: Black Ops and Gears of War 3. I've been playing both of those quite regularly with the boys. I've been known to get the most points the majority of the time. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I recently purchased "You Don't Know Jack!" on the Xbox and DDR. Both have been a blast to play and pretty entertaining. I recommend both! It's a good change up from killing non-human things. I really hope no one reads this because I'm a huge dork. I'm only writing this because I really have no record of what I've been doing for the past 6 months. I'm usually really good about writing in an offline journal, but I haven't even been doing that.

In other news, it's not even December and I have all of my Christmas shopping finished! Woohoo! I was able to snatch up some really great deals on Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving. I also did some online shopping and got some even more fantastic deals. I'm usually a procrastinator, but when it comes to buying gifts I don't mess around. Especially when it comes to saving money! I'm thankful that my mom taught me at an early age to bargain shop because it's really paying off now, quite literally.

I better get off here. My cd's have finished burning for church cantata practice tomorrow night and I need to do some laundry for school tomorrow. Oh, yeah...and Andreas and Nathan are here playing Gears of War 3 without me and Aaron. Lame.

Hopefully, I'll write more later this week or a least a couple times a month. It's unacceptable that I haven't written since July.

<3
Wendy