Hello everyone,

I know I have quite a few requests left to fill, and I will do my best to finish them, despite the follow things that have been going on in my life:

First, this semester, I started a part-time job in addition to going to graduate school. I'm trying to make some money for myself, and it's been difficult when one's adviser (essentially the one who has your future in his/her hands when you go to school beyond a Bachelor's degree) keeps insisting on piling more and more on one's plate.

Second, graduate school has been demanding as ever. It's the same story.

Third, I've started going to church, and being involved in the church has taken much of my time because I want to serve God and serve my fellow Christians.

Finally, I have been having suspicious symptoms that have finally added up. I was able to at last get time to see a doctor this week, and my doctor suspects I have an autoimmune disease, particularly lupus. Almost all the females on my father's side of the family, including my sister, have lupus and I have some of the symptoms. I hope that if I do indeed have an autoimmune disease, I will be catching it early.

That's what's going on. I am so sorry for taking so long with the requests, everyone.