Oh boy...

Went to see my specialist for my gout again last monday. And he's not really pleased with the blood test results from the previous week. Seems that my uric acid levels went up, as did my creatinine levels. Which means my kidneys aren't really performing fantastically. He reasoned that that could be the cause of my gout, as the uric acid can't be washed away from my body naturally. Not very good, but not very severe either. So he sent me to see a renal specialist (and doubled my dosage of medication, which I stopped taking a couple of months ago, by faith), which I did this past monday. Which resulted in more blood tests (ouch!), more urine samples to do, and one 24 hour urine test to perform. Which is gonna be very cumbersome for me. Won't be able to get out of my place the entire day cos of it. Have to do the test one week, at the latest, before I see my specialist again, which will be on the 28th later this month. One ultrasound of my kidneys as well. Those who are reading this, please keep me in prayer. Will need it.

Watched like 3 movies last week. The Prestige, World Trade Center, and The Departed. All of which are nice, especially The Prestige. Wanted to catch Scoop as well, but I guess the run is already over by now. The Guardian, as well. Interested in this as I feel it might somehow mirror my character (ISFJ = Guardian personality). Well, maybe not on the same level as in the show. But I guess, if it calls for it, I will lay down my life to protect the people around me, as well as for those I love. Just like how Christ came down to earth to sacrifice Himself for our sins, so that we may come to the Father and spend eternity with Him. I guess, I have a sacrifical heart as well.

Auditions for the talentime are coming tomorrow (or rather, later today), after a delay of a week. Seems like there's some issues between the committee and student care in school. Oh well. Just hope to do our best and get in the finals. Thanks for all the support so far from the members in the club.

Kinda feeling tired these days. Maybe cos I'm torn between like 6 things in my life. Burnout is gonna be inevitable one of these days, at the rate I'm going. Only can pray to God for His strength, His peace, and His love and joy to be upon me. I'll need a lot of it in the coming months, as I continue to work through the responsibilities that are currently in my life. Still nursing a bit of a heavy heart, from the past months, but working on it and it's been better, to say the least. Prayer, what I need now. God's love and His purpose for me, I seek.

"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immearsurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3:14-21