What Christmas Taught Me This Year...
The first semester of school this year was the toughest it has ever been for me. I am taking 3 AP classes so my homework load was super crazy from day one. I am also very involved in youth group and a tutoring club so two nights of my week are spent at church, leaving only two nights to catch up or get ahead on all my work. I hate having things hang over my head so relaxing is very hard for me. Finals were scheduled three days before Christmas break and I couldn't have been happier. Two weeks of no homework, tests, or projects. I was finally going to get to truly relax for the first time in three months. A few days before finals there was talk about a cold day coming the first day of testing. I have never prayed so hard for school to happen in my life. A cold day meant that one day of finals would be rescheduled for the day after break. Sure enough, I woke up the next day and school was cancelled. I burst into tears, I was so close to being able to rest and now I had two t...