Failure in NERD pretending - Sept 8 & 9

My plan is, or should I say "was," to write up the mediation hypotheses testing part of my thesis results. It is not much. However, it is now 5min to 7pm. I have not even written a single word on it. I suppose officially I did not succeed in pretending to be a NERD this afternoon. It is so sad. I am so good at pretending and faking things I am not completely comfortable with. Sigh~

Well, I did do a little research on career intervention literatures, which can potentially be helpful for my 627 homework assignment as well as for my dissertation research later. Yet, priorities, priorities?! It is so frustrating to lost the selected references for various reasons, in addition to time out. Oh, I wish the system were designed a little more user friendly. Like we, as graduate students, can potentially do everything in a split second, or can afford to repeat trivial tasks unlimited times. Now I am officially complaining, which means I'd better stop right this moment. :-)

As for the failure, it did not help that I went to bed to late last night. The lunch at Sahara was good, but very sleep-inducing. Those two things together do not mix well with a NERD working toward a deadline. Learn the lesson for the future.

Anyhow I am glad that I went Contra last night. I did feel a little out of practice in the beginning. But it was entirely fun soon after. :-)

It was neat to see B. again and to know her awareness of her need for Jesus and her desire to draw close to Him. God is the pursuer of our hearts. He uses hard times to draw us closer to Him and overcome evil with His goodness.

It was cool to talk with J. on spiritual conversations. Sharing the gospel can be so natural, instead of scary, forced, or offensive. I find that, as I grow closer to the LORD and stronger in the faith, it becomes so much easier to talk with various people about spiritual matters. My psychology training has surely increased my self-awareness and self-reflection to notice at times my discomfort about my faith and examine my heart and the underlying reasons. Dear LORD, thank You for being patient with me. :-) You are AWESOME. And it is AWESOME to know YOU and walk with YOU.