Weekly post

Feb. 6, 2006

Dear friends,

We got to bed late last night because of watching the football game at the home of friends. I did not get to sleep until after 12:30 and got up at 6:00. Have not yet had a cup of coffee. Hmmm. Coffee.

The semester is flying along without any sense of going so fast. Already I will have my history and New Testament midterms on two successive days on Feb. 22 and 23. I don't feel awake enough yet to process the awfulness of that. I'll be fine by class time.

Our New York City class has met only once so far this semester, and the second session comes this afternoon. I'm looking forward to it. I'm not quite sure what the point of the readings has been so far and hope to get them unpacked a little.

At least two students are taking a semester off that I know of. One other is pulling a C average and may not last. But the atmosphere here is supportive, not cutthroat. We all wish one another well and most seem to understand the importance of carrying a good grade point average.

One final Super Bowl note: The older Mick Jagger gets, the cuter he gets.

Grace and peace,
Beth