what, what?

apparently the filters no longer view blogspot as a dating/networking site because I am still able to access it at all times of the day, from anywhere in the building (at least anywhere that I have been). Sweet.

I have lately been consistantly amazed at the intricacies (I think that is spelled correctly but something about it just doesn't look right to me) of the human body. I was reminded yesterday in a health class that the body has 20-23 feet of small intestine. and 5-6 feet of large intestine. It's like they took 5 of me, laid me end to end and shoved a 1-in diameter version of me into someones gut. crazy huh? but amazing! And the brain. I realized that I am able to sing all the words of "Always" by Bon Jovi along with good ol' Jon. Now I have never made a conscious effort to memorize said song nor do I listen to Bon Jovi every day but yet, it is etched into my long-term memory. I read an article recently about how educators can make kids more interested in school and the author argued that since the human brain was not designed to think it is up to teachers to create opportunities that play on the human desire to meet and overcome [accessible] challenges. It was designed to remember things so that we don't have to think. Long-term memory exists so that our short-term (or working) memory is freed up for more immediate cognitive functions such as the processing of external stimuli. If too much of your working memory is occupied your brain will get overwhelemed and you will tend to forget things more easily. I am continuously amazed by how it all works. Some of my brain is telling my fingers to type, where to go on the keyboard and I don't really have to think about it. My knowledge of typing is stored in my long-term memory so that my working memory is free to think about the words I am going to type. Crazy huh?? It's a little mind blowing to me.

I know what the psalmist meant when he said that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made"

square one

Something made me think of this the other day. How about a little nostalgia to start off your Wednesday. Enjoy!

I would do anything for love...

Well, after a fairly long, though unintentional, hiatus I have returned to posting something. Life has been pretty full. It's strange, now that Dan is finished with school, it seems like we are busier than we were when he was still in classes. I think it has to do with the fact that we feel like we have more freedom to do things because there is no homework or required reading to fuss with. Whatever the reason, it's been fun. Granted, it isn't always fun because, while this freedom allows us to be more social, it also means that Dan isn't working yet and that does have somewhat of a sobering effect at times. It's not awful, but still a reminder that we are in a period of waiting.

I'm back working again. Next week will be my first 5 day week since coming back from Christmas break. Wonder how that will go. I'm going to be starting a CNA class next month which is exciting. It marks the beginning of a whole new career direction for me. It also means that we will be in Chicago at least until the end of February. Or at least I will be for sure. I love Dan and all, but I would be glad to send him some place else and be without him for a few weeks if it meant he had a call.

Otherwise, things are good, I think. We've both been sick over the last few days but it seems to be getting better. I also think we might have new neighbors downstairs but we're not sure since they seemed to be moving in last night at about 9:00. They could have just been looking around too but again, we're not sure. I suppose we'll probably figure it out sometime during the next few days. Or at least I hope we will!

One final thing that I did not know before this morning: the song "I would do anything for Love (but I won't do that)" by Meatloaf is 12 minutes long! Who knew?