My first paper grade came back on Tuesday. I got a 92% on the multicultural paper and was ecstatic. Three whole points came off because of mistakes I’d made with the reference years and at least two times she found a citation in the paper that wasn’t in the references list. That means if I had taken the time to double and triple check all of that then I could’ve done even better.

The second one was a 300/300 and I didn’t even know what to think other than that she had to have just been tired of grading papers by that point. Either way, I know these are just part of a long list of accomplishments that are fleeting and in the grand scheme of eternity, do not matter. But in the moment I enjoyed that feeling of completion and like I’d finished something hard.

The drive home from Nebraska went well. The boys and I woke up this morning and left the hotel around 7:30. My phone has been dinging very frequently the past two days with family texts about my aunt and requests for prayers for certain things. My cousin is putting a video together full of videos from family members for her birthday. I watched a preview and it’s turned out very well.