'Back to School' Quiz

Since I'm not returning to campus after a summer break, I thought I'd honor the occasion for many of you with a little quiz.

A. I'm considering password protecting the blog. Your advice is __.

1. Don't do that.
2. Sounds smart! Start a new blog, invite people and protect it.
3. Seriously belated - keep Minor Revisions, pull it all behind a password and let people ask for access.
4. Good idea only if there are plans to post photos and stop with the pseudonyms.

B. Chienne ran away before 4AM today. My reaction most closely resembled ____.

1. Happiness - the puppy is no longer injured!
2. Annoyance - I'm up before dawn and now running late because I didn't close the latch.
3. Deep sadness - another creature I love has run from me and if I chase her she'll only go farther.
4. Inexplicable deep sadness even after she returned.

C. I almost missed my return flight this evening due to a colleague being late. My reaction was ____.

1. Normal - I'm always irritated when someone is late, but it's not a big deal.
2. Hormonally-motivated rage - I was furious and offended, but settled on a glare to express my displeasure.
3. Irrational panic and fury. Which I expressed at great length to everyone around.

D. An exchange student sat next to me on the flight home. Our conversation made me _____.

1. Nostalgic - I remember being 17 and eager to learn everything even in the uncertainty of where those lessons would take me.
2. Awed - I can't imagine being brave enough to go to a foreign country for 9 months, live with strangers and immerse myself in a new culture.
3. Scared and frantic with worry - What if he's homesick? Doesn't make friends? Nobody finds his backpack of maps and dictionaries and books charming? What if he has to sit by himself at lunch?!
4. All of the above.

E. Unpleasant email from work and mildly bad personal news made me feel the same way this evening. That way could be described as ______.

1. Petulant. People should always let me win and tell me only good things.
2. Resilient! I can do all things through God who strengthens me.
3. Overwhelmed. Chest tight, head ache, stomach cramped - it hurts to even breathe.

F. My mood at night compared to how I feel in the morning is _______.

1. Worse, but that makes sense - I'm a morning Katie.
2. Sleepy - too tired to think past the exhaustion of another 18 hour day.
3. Pure Misery - nightmares when asleep, worse when awake.
4. Equal to or better than.

Extra Credit: Tomorrow - in addition to the list of phone calls I need to return, I should add ______.

1. Meditation and prayer.
2. Any friend - it sounds like I need to talk to someone.
3. My doctor - it sounds like I need a little more Celexa.
4. Screw it - skip the calls and meetings and work, curl up on the floor and hope this goes away.

(I will be OK. I promise. The suffering is just hard right now.)

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