Ramadan Mubarak to everyone! Hopefully yours is going as well as mine is, alhamdulillah :) I love the fact that during this month, my imaan usually is sky high and I feel like an overall better Muslim. Unfortunately, it's really only during this month that I feel like an actual, practicing Muslim. What I'm hoping to do is become as good as I can be during this month, and unlike other years, stay on that path until next Ramadan. I *think* it's a moderately realistic goal. Or maybe not. Blah. Khair, whatever happens, happens. I'm going to at least try, insha'Allah.

Life is okay. I mean, sure this time of the year's kind of hectic considering I'm usually trying to get the bulk of my school work finished, and on top of that, getting my college applications and essays completed and sent away. Thing is, I still haven't sent in any. I mean, it's a bit early anyway, so I shouldn't worry TOO much, but an uncomfortable feeling has been in the back of my mind for a while. Although I must admit it's actually benefitting me since it pushes me to get stuff done that needs to be done. As soon as I recieve my college acceptances, I'll be the happiest person on earth. I'm looking forward to that more than anything in the world!

I'm absolutely starving! Haha, I'm so horrible for complaining, but that's how I feel at the moment, lol. Fasting usually is easy for me, since I have a small appetite anyway, but for some reason, I feel as if I'm going to pass out. Only three and a half hours to go. Somewhere around that, at least. I'm totally out of it. In anatomy class, a girl from my study group asked me why exactly I wear hijab. I couldn't even articulate my sentences! Do you ever have those moments where you completely blank out and have NO idea what you're saying? I mean, I know why I wear it, obviously, but the words were simply not coming out the way they should. It's like my brain froze or something. I don't know if it had to do with the fact that I hadn't eaten or whatever. Eh. I did give her a decent answer, thankfully. She started asking other questions, too, and it made me happy to answer. I mean, it's good dawah, huh?