Proverbs 3:5-6 .. and a Prayer Request

"Trust the Lord with all your heart,

and don't depend on your own understanding.

Remember the Lord in all you do,

and He will give you success."

I'm not usually one to do this, but my heart is heavy and my emotions are running high. This semester is getting the best of me. I am allowing the workload to overwhelm me and the practical exams to stress me beyond what they should. I feel guilty for what it does to my relationship with Robbie and because I allow it to interfere with quality time spent with my family and friends. I know that what I am doing will pay off in the end, and I am grateful for all of the support I have in my life.. but sometimes it's hard to focus on that. For this reason, I'm requesting prayer for confidence in what I do and what I know and for strength to focus on God's word. I know His word and I trust His word, but too often I let it slip away from my heart.. thank you in advance..

WHERE AM I?

For Christmas, Robbie received one of those desk calendar things. Each day, there is a different word, its definition, and then it is used in a sentence. According to Robbie, this weekend's word was designed for me:

"Geotard"

A person who is incapable of figuring out how to get from point A to B without instructions like "turn at that pretty blue house," does not know which direction is north, and/or points in the wrong direction when talking about a place. Combination of "geography" and "retard".

If I have to tell her how to get there one more time, I'm going to kick her in her geotard butt!"

As my sister, Leanne, states, "Debra can get lost in a brown paper bag." So I guess the reputation remains..

But know this.. I can tell you how pain travels up your afferent nerve, enters your spinal cord via the Zone of Lissauer, synapses in the Substantia Gelatinosa and Nucleus Proprius, crosses through the anterior white commissure, travels to the anterolateral spinal thalamic tract and spinal lemniscus, synapses in the ventral posterior lateral nucleus, and then terminates in the primary somatic sensory cortex. And then it turns back around and travels back down a different path, telling your muscles to pull yourself away from the painful stimulus.

I may be a geotard, but I also consider myself a "Bodenius" - a genius of the body. :)