Practicum Week #12

Description: Continuing to work on content pages. 
Feelings: Overwhelmed. 
Evaluation: This has been a bad week.
Analysis: Life is just crazy right now.
Conclusion: Trying to keep it going.
Action Plan: Just keep swimming...

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