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Today's Quote--"Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me..."

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

 

Today's Quote--"Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Suffer what there is to suffer. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life and continue to chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo."--Nichiren Daishonin, Happiness in this World

Yeup. This is my favorite ND quote. And I think about it often. And so...I will enjoy what there is to enjoy and suffer what there is to suffer.

Enjoy...
Went out with Ed (hi!). Got to see a great sunset (ooooooo, soooo pretty!), hang out, listen to good music, avoid homework, and not eat in the cafeteria. ;) Hurray for enjoying ones-self.
Finished my writing paper...yeah! And I even ranted against the 'capitalist' world. Hee hee hee. Allowing students to put their own interpretation into a paper is fun...especially if the students take you literally and they hate the subject to begin with. Well, anyway, it's only a rough draft. Joys come in the revisions. *rolls eyes*
Wrote my Japanese reading journal. Yeah...now I just have to take that half page and turn it into a 2 page response paper. Note that all of this is in Japanese. Though I did just give up on the new readings for tomorrow. Yes, lacking motivation.
Got an appointment with a knee doctor. Okay, so I get to wait 3 weeks...hopefully I don't crack before then. I hope it's not a marathon appointment with X-rays, MRIs, and other various tests...AnD has to get back for class! But then again...it's 3 weeks away, and I think by that time (after 4 months of pain) I will no longer give a shit as long as they make it all stop hurting. And I'm hopeful they'll think of something.

Suffer...
Uh, 3 more weeks of knee pain. Obviously!
Japanese. Need I say more?
I have writing class tomorrow. *rolls eyes* If I have to sit through another discussion session where I am the only one answering questions...grrrr.
Grandma...and good stuff that goes along with that...like are my parents going to be able to go see her, or not? What's up with everything there...and if...all right, when...she passes, will I get to go to the funeral or will I be stuck here in writing class?

Right, so yes, life floats both directions. Got my GRE scores...1080 total. 610 Verbal 470 Math. Out of 1600, 800, 800 respectivly. So not horrible...but not great. I would need to bring both up, especially math, in order to look appetizing to grad schools. Joy. Beginning to think that a few more years of life experience would be good. And no, the test scores didn't play a big role in that.

Anyway, I'm rather missing home. And my friends. And not having to go to writing class. *sigh* Well, I guess, within ND's Buddhism I know that there is no such thing as coincidence, and therefore, the things that are happening to me right now are here for a reason, are things that I have placed here, and what I do with what I have will determine where I am in the future. If that hasn't completely twisted your brain around...then you understand why every moment is a joy and why every challenge is a gift. Yep. Life is complicated, ain't it? LOL! Well, okay, off to sleep and take care of knee...ie, lay down. Ahhh...the simple things...;)

Thanks to my friends. Just for being my friends...even if you haven't been around to give me hugs or whatnot. Just knowing you are out there, makes me feel stronger. And hey, ya'll should be proud. I called a strange doctor's office and made an appointment off of a referal...and I had problems with my insurance even! I think that stint in Japan has helped me over come that a little bit. Thanks to my host mother for making me answer the phone in Japanese, even only once or twice. LOL!

GL 10:24 PM