Life is good.

Life is good. A few things are not so good. For example, lately school has been extremely difficult and time-consuming, and I've had some significant scholastic struggles. I haven't had time to work on my thesis at all for a while. My future is a complete blank and my social life is generally lacking. Nothing is perfect, but life is good anyway. I have a good job. My apartment is great, and I have my own room. I get to see my sisters and their families all the time. I have a bed to sleep on and clothes to wear. There's food in my cupboard. I have a wonderful family, including a new nephew who I'm excited to meet in a few months. My ward is a good ward. I'm surrounded by members of the Church who have high standards as I do. I can walk to church, and there is a temple within walking distance where I can just walk in without even making an appointment to participate in ordinances on behalf of the dead. My Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ love me and are guiding me. Yes, life is good. God is good to me. =)

Update-ally excellent

I said I'd update, so here I am, updating. I decided to give you a handful of descriptions along with my status in that area (see complete list of "-ally" words if you want to answer more for yourself). Enjoy.

(Response options = Very Poor, Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good, or Excellent)

• Academically -- Very Good; staying afloat
• Accidentally -- Good; I'd like this to be Very Poor, but I am rather clumsy sometimes.
• Altruistically -- Very Good; I'm trying!
• Alphabetically -- Excellent, at least with the English alphabet
• Annually -- Excellent; my age increases by one each year
• Asthmatically -- Excellent; my asthma medication is out and I live in a place where the air is paper thin. Woot.
• Atomically -- Excellent; I am made up of atoms, as is everything.
• Behaviorally -- Excellent; my parents taught me well
• Chronically -- Excellent; my existence is chronic
• Coincidentally -- Poor; I believe my existence is not by chance, but some things may be coincidental
• Conceptually -- Very Good, but sometimes I have difficulty explaining or understanding some concepts
• Congenially -- Very Good, but I could be more friendly and sociable
• Controversially -- Very Good; especially lately, I've been attracting controversial discussions and ideas
• Conversationally -- Very Good; I can always carry on a conversation, but sometimes I lack for new ideas
• Cordially -- Very Good; I try to be heartfelt and warm in my relationships
• Corporeally -- Excellent; I've definitely got a body
• Dentally -- Fair; My teeth are okayish, but I'm well overdue for a trip to the dentist
• Detrimentally -- Poor; I try not to hurt others, but I'm human and can't control what might happen
• Diabolically -- Very Poor, as I should be
• Educationally -- Very Good; in grad school and working on my thesis
• Elliptically -- Very Poor or Good; Very Poor if you interpret it as my own physically shape or orbit, but Good if you interpret it as how I am with an elliptical machine
• Emotionally -- Very Good; I've got a few issues (who doesn't?), but am generally good
• Environmentally -- Good, but I can definitely be better. I should plant a garden or something in my nonexistent yard.
• Esoterically -- Excellent; only a small number of people with specialized interest can understand me =)
• Eternally -- Excellent; we're in one eternal round
• Etiologically -- Excellent; I'm a causal being, but I am also acted upon. Causation is present in my life.
• Expressionistically -- Excellent; People have always told me I have a very expressive face
• Fatally -- Very Poor, or I would not be writing this blogpost
• Financially -- Fair; I'm in debt from school, but I have a good job that's keeping me afloat for now
• Frenetically -- Poor; I'm rather slow these days =P must be the old age
• Gravitationally -- Fair; not much is pulled to my gravity because we're all stuck to this here Planet Earth
• Heterosexually -- Excellent; don't foresee any changes there
• Hygienically -- Very Good; I take care of myself, but I find it annoying how often we humans have to shower =P
• Individually -- Very Good; I'm still an individual, but I try to be united with those around me
• Lackadaisically -- Good; I should be Poor in this area, but human nature makes that difficult
• Legally -- Very Good; I'm not completely legal, but generally so
• Locally -- Excellent; no matter where I go, I'm local
• Logically -- Very Good, but not Excellent because as a human I'm ruled by emotion
• Maritally -- Very Poor; hopefully that changes sooner rather than later
• Medically -- Very Good; I'm relatively healthy and functioning
• Mentally -- Very Good; I have to be to do well in school
• Morally -- Excellent, at least I try to be
• Musically -- Very Good; this has been suffering lately because I don't have time for it =/
• Normally -- Fair; I fit into some norms, but not a whole lot
• Nonsensically -- Poor; I'm generally practical but occasionally absurd
• Nutritionally -- Good; I need to work on this, but I'm doing okay
• Occupationally -- Very Good; I have a good job that's secure til I graduate
• Optically -- Fair; I have lovely corrective contacts, so I can see well with them, but my vision is terrible
• Optimistically -- Very Good; I try to be positive
• Physically -- Good; see "Medically"
• Pianistically -- Very Good; I can definitely do better here, but I don't have time right now. Silly school.
• Politically -- Fair; I don't really pay attention to politics and I need to do so more
• Professionally -- Fair; I'm still in school, but working on a grad degree and then a career, so hopefully this will turn around soon!
• Socially -- Good, not Excellent; I think I need to move somewhere else
• Sociologically -- Excellent; This is what I study all day, so I better be excellent here
• Spiritually -- Very Good; I know I'm in the right place and going the right direction, but there is always somewhere to progress to spiritually
• Temporally -- Good for now; hopefully I'll do better when I get a real job
• Unequivocally -- Good; I need to learn to be more clear...
• Unidirectionally -- Very Good; things pull you off the path, but I'm trying to head in one direction
• Virtually -- Very Poor; I'm the real deal.
• Vocally -- Very Good; I can speak, I almost never lose my voice, and I can sing
• Zoologically -- Very Poor; I'm not much of an animal

Kirsti wanted me to answer "Wombatally" as well, so here goes...

• Wombatally -- Very Poor; I am not a wombat.