The quarter system is probably going to confuse me for months still. I cannot believe it's already week 5 at Fuller. I'm halfway through a quarter and I can barely believe it, frankly. There's something quite bizarre in knowing that I have midterms this week, and a stack full of papers to be writing in the next 7 days.

In the midst of this quarter, I have seen so much change and my eyes seem to almost be playing games with me. It's hard to imagine that I'm in grad school, and it's hard to imagine that life is flying so rapidly.

I'm ready for some calm and, but the realization has hit me like a ton of bricks: the world isn't calm, it's my choice to make my life calm (or chaotic). I have no control over the calamities and chaos of the world surrounding me, but I do have a choice in how I react to it.

I wonder if that realization is a lesson that I need to take a chill pill in '07 - or if its God's subtle (or not so subtle) way of telling me that it's time to rest a bit more in His will and plans for my life. It certainly not easy, that's for sure. I hope I'm not the only person who feels this way.