well, welcome week started on tuesday and things have been going fairly well. i had 10 people show up the very first day and now we're down to 8, but i'm ok with that. everyone gets along, and we don't have any debby downers (thankfully). so far we've made it through 3 days with almost 100% (well of the 8) attendance! praise God for that. even though i went through this same process last year, the experience this year is so much better. i decided to be a little more extemporaneous (adj. improvised; done without preparation) after the first day, which has made it more like us all hanging out, instead of like class. i'll tell you what though, this "leader" thing is wearing me out. my family may beg to differ, but i am not a very extroverted person and having to constantly be energized and encouraging and up in front of a group all day has been taxing. i've been more irascible (adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts) with kyle and my family than normal this week. and even though i tried to use welcome week to exculpate (v. exonerate; to clear of blame) myself, but i know that's no excuse. and i'm sorry to those i have yelled at or been short with.

other than welcome week, my mom had surgery today. she had a tumor removed from her thyroid. she is currently still in the hospital, but so far everything seems to have gone well and they think that the tumor is benign which is a definite blessing. once my mom is out of the hospital, i'm sure she will say that she is inured (adj. accustomed to accpepting something undesirable) about the whole thing and try to just go about business as usual. but hopefully i can get someone other than myself to help around the house (which is generally a very arduous and almost impossible task to do around here).

today is also my little brother's sixteen birthday! the fact that he is sixteen today is so crazy to me. that and he is at least a good 2-3 inches taller than me. kids, they grow up so fast. haha

just a side note, at least with my studying for the GRE my blogs are somewhat eloquent (adj. well-spoken, expressive, articulate) and almost void of ingenuous (adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication) thoughts. haha (by the way, that makes 6 words for today!)

welp, catch you on the flip side.