Halfwayish

I think this semester is going by fast.  Maybe it's because my last semester lasted five months (basically).  I'm not trying to wish my life away, although sometimes I do.  I feel like time flies when my days or at least weeks have fun things to do.  It's when there are days after days of going through the motions that time drags.  So, I take it as a good thing when time's flying.

It's these fun things I do with my UCM friends that are helping me get through this semester.  I've been at one of my lowest points yet in terms of my depression lately.  These times with my friends have really improved my mood.

There should be a video of us doing our UCM things together on Facebook.

Anyway, for updates:

I still haven't gotten my internship.  However, my professor makes it sound like it will happen soon; it's just that there need to be meetings to approve funding for it.  She sounds optimistic, so I will be too.

I'm still applying for Cuba.  I've been writing essays answering questions like what are my academic and personal goals for my time there.  Also, I've been researching and applying for scholarships so that the trip won't cost an arm and a leg, but rather just an arm.  I also need to send emails to my professors so that I can use them as references.

For a few weekends now, a friend of mine and I have been meeting on Saturdays to practice our Gwich'in k'yaa together.  For those new to my blog (if there are any), Gwich'in is the native Alaskan and Canadian language I'm studying.  K'yaa means language, so I am learning and speaking Gwich'in k'yaa.  A person who speaks this language natively is a Dinjii zhuh.  If you call them an Eskimo, you will get slapped across the face.  So don't.

I've been helping him with pronunciation and vocabulary as I am a year ahead of him.  It's been great to have someone else to practice with outside of class.

Swimming's been getting better.  I'm more confident in the water than when I first started, but I'm still really struggling with breathing right next to the water.  My nostrils and mouth keep filling with water, which isn't great.  But I'll just keep practicing.  I'd kinda like to take swimming next semester, but I may be taking 18 credits next semester.  Yikes.

Prayers that I not be so depressed would be appreciated.  And also prayers for the people of Hooper Bay would be great; about a week before I published this post, four young people committed suicide there, and the village has been pretty devastated.

Here's a Bible verse:

"But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.  He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.  He provides rain for the Earth; he sends water on the countryside.  The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety"
Job 5: 8-11