Weekly post

February 4, 2008

Dear friends,

Very sleepy this morning after going to a Super Bowl party last night. The children fell asleep in the car going home, but husband and I were closer to midnight falling asleep. Great company, great fun, and an underdog win. It's good.

On the surface, it might look as though I haven't got much to do this semester, and it's true that I don't have many class meetings. The senior project, the independent study, and the classes that meet only a few times, however, demand A LOT of time and energy. I've found that I simply don't have it in me to write more than four pages a day for the devotional; after that, I'm spent. So I aim for four pages and usually get three or four. Also doing a lot of reading and note taking and Thinking Deep Thoughts for the independent study and feel as though I have hardly any time left (in reality, I have a lot).

If I can get three pages a day, every day, I'll be finished with the writing by the end of the month, four weeks ahead of deadline. That will give me some time to edit, rearrange, etc. I'm really hoping (trying) to get done by the end of this month. You know how skittish I get about going down to the wire. Am modestly proud that I have never had to ask for an extension on a paper here.

In the relative quiet of the bakery on a Monday morning, I plan to do lots of reading and, I hope, a good amount of writing. The writing is hard work but highly satisfying.

Grace and peace,
Beth