Weekly post

November 26, 2007

Dear friends,

After a wonderful Thanksgiving, and the chance to spend time with family, I am back in Wingate Hall and back on deadline. Taking advantage of the time off last week, I gave birth to my Baptist History term paper (96 footnotes), which my dad was kind enough to edit for me on Friday. Over the weekend, I got the accompanying handout and presentation notes prepared ... and even addressed some Christmas cards last night. (Finished Christmas shopping, thankyou.)
Whew!
Over the next week and a half -- between now and a week from Wednesday -- I have two term papers to write and turn in and one exam. Then I'll be done. The semester has flown by!
It's my favorite kind of fall morning, foggy and gray, with everything looking bare but upright, nature beginning to go to ground. I find faith and fertility in this time of year, and cherish it. I hope that you also had time with family and friends at Thanksgiving, and were able to cherish the fellowship that the holiday brings.
This is what I jokingly call my "crap week," the week when I narrow my focus and exclude most things except those deadlines, and the week when, more than usual, my husband puts up with my divided loyalties.
Next week's post is likely to be very short... but I'll also post an end-of-semester post the week after that, wrapping things up for the season.
Grace and peace,
Beth