grade.

it's 2:50 am.

mike and his friend austin just went to Wal-mart to get a movie and some food. they plan on pulling an all-nighter playing stupid video games.

we'll see if i get any sleep with them being loud in the other room.

an update about our school stuff.

mike is doing great. He passed his first phase and is now onto 2nd phase. He is the "foreman" of his class in this phase (foremans change every phase). a foreman is the student who is a "middle man" between the teachers and the students. He does his student duties, but then is there to help others if need be. he is still loving school! studies everyday. learning a bunch.

as for me, i have a 97% in one of my classes. and a 96% in my other class. I don't think i've ever gotten that high of grades, EVER. i'm just ending week 4 (9 weeks in each class) so almost 1/2 way done and I'm on to my next 2 classes. I'm learning a lot, but I'm excited for the next classes. the classes i'm doing now are pretty general about online education. after these I'll be doing more "subject" classes. math, writing, humanities, etc.

I'm really enjoying not working. of course, anyone would, right?! but it's different for me i think. besides the bad economy and poor job market, i really think that this is what i'm suppose to be doing right now. just focusing on school.

for a long time, i knew i needed to go to school, and i just had been putting it off. looking back now, I realized, there is NO way I could have done school and done it properly in Rochester. and maybe anywhere I've lived for that matter. there was too much "other" stuff. work, church, relationships, etc. I wouldn't have been able to focus so intently on school as i do now. I don't have work, we don't go to a church, i have only one friend (and have only hung out with her once) and mike is away at school mon through fri at night. what better time???

it's like God had to rid me of all this stuff to finally slap me in the face to start school. I have always felt that school was something deeper than it's "something people do after high school." i remember the time and place when I felt school was more of a thing God was "leading" me to accomplish. and my own way, won. "I" didn't want to go to school. "I" hated school. "I" will eventually do it, but not now. "I" have too much going on.

Stupid "I"

I regret not going to school sooner, of course I would regret it, cause I didn't do it when I knew God wanted me to.

I do wonder if because I can't find a job, "I" finally decided to do it. yea, "I" decided to do it now, my time. But I still feel like this is what God wants me to do.

I'm learning, or trying to.

anyways. I'm happy. Being here in Sacramento makes me happy. all the sunny days make me happy. I don't know where we'll be in the next few years, but I'm happy to be here now.

it's now 3:20 am. mike and austin are on their way back here. here's to a LONG night/morning, whatev.