A Few Days Later

So as all but one person knows, I ended up going home Tuesday night for my uncle's funeral. I have only know him for 7 years but it was quite drastic to receive the call from my parents that he had passed away of cancer and its hideous complications. The funeral was on yesterday. I thought that I would not shed a tear because I didnt know him all that well but I found myself caught up in the moment when they finally began to wheel the body out of the church and as the funeral home played the final card "The Last Look" I like to call it, I found myself only able to glance at his soulless body one more time before I had to rush outside and take a few minutes to possibly relive and remember every moment I had with him or at least remember him. Ultimately this makes perhaps the 4th funeral of someone family related that I have had to attend in my oh so short lifetime (1st was my Great Grandfather, 2nd was my Mother, 3rd was an extremely close extended family member, 4th, was Uncle). It leaves me wondering that I should really spend more time with people for we never know when they could go away.

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A Week: Ups and Downs

I have discovered this semester that within a weeks time that one's mood can start on an high go through a valley to the lowest depths then rise triumphantly in the end. Unfortunately, this triumphant ending is sadly a misconception for the fear of going through another tumultuous week is always present. It seems to make little to no difference that this can very well happen though when one is in that happy moment.

I wont go into much details but this week has been quite critical. I started out with high hopes for the future on Monday, however by the end of the day I realized that success isn't guaranteed no matter how prepared one can be. Although they can make every effort to study it seems that it all boils down to in the end whether you were correct or incorrect. Regardless, with the help of many people around me throughout the week and a surprising A on my Chinese test, I soon recovered from that critical blow in Organic Chemistry and realized that there is new hope for tomorrow.

Ultimately, coming up in the near future is another attempt to reach the mark and attempt to regain the "phosphorescence of learning" (Emily Dickenson said that in a short story of sorts). I hope that something does turn up in this matter.