Christmas with the Nieces

Well, Christmas for the Tebbe family has come and gone. Because of Urbana and the fact that my brothers' families were only here earlier, we ended up having our Christmas on the 17th. It's kind of strange being a spectator as the rest of the country (and world) gears up for the traditional celebration of the 25th. It was really sweet having Dan and Michelle, Dave and Andrea, and their respective daughters Hannah and Olivia all under one roof. We took tons of pictures, did a lot of fun things, and ate a lot of food.

End of the year triumphs and stresses

The last two weeks of the Fall semester of my Senior year. I can't say I'm sad about most of it. I'm going to miss Christian Thought and History of Economic Thought, two of the most valuable classes I've taken at Wheaton. But the other two will be welcome absences after Christmas. The papers have been thick and incessant recently. I tried counting the number of papers I'll have written this semester, and I think it was about 12 or so. Yeah, I know, compared to a Psych. major that's nothing, but these 12 were by and large obnoxiously difficult to write. I've gotten the research genre down, as I have critical reflections. I haven't mastered the meaningless, vague, fluff genre though. I can't write about something I have no respect for.
You know you've become a type-A snot when you get a paper back and it says 95 and you're disappointed, which happened about 15 minutes ago. I think I'm holding on to my academic performance way too tightly. God, help me to find contentment and purpose in You and not in my abilities.
I have two pretty good friends graduating this semester. I'm going to be really really sad to see them go, especially Tim. It'll be interesting trying to figure out how to spend time with them this week and next with all my tests and papers. Less than 2 weeks until I see my family back home! I can't wait!!