And more than two months later...

Here I am. Whoops. So much for keeping up with the blog. In my defense, a lot has been going on. :) Finals, then the holidays and all the travel, then J-term class (which is almost over - hooray!). I've learned a lot in the class - it's a lot of work, and I'm not sure I like how fast we've had to move through the book, but at this point (i.e. nearly done) I don't regret taking the class. I do feel like I have new insight into the book of Hebrews now. The only bad thing at this point is that we only have a week's break before the spring semester starts.

Speaking of the spring semester, I'm taking Vocation of Ministry (at 8am on Wednesdays - ugh), Hebrew II (Wed/Fri at 1pm), and New Testament (Tues/Thurs at 4pm). Lots of reading, lots of projects. Fortunately, I only have to take nine hours because I took the J-term class. Which is good, because I'm planning to get married on May 30th. Even though there's not as much to do as with a traditional wedding (we're doing a planned elopement), there's still quite a bit. Right now I'm having three showers and a reception this spring/summer. Plus all the planning for going down to Gatlinburg and all that. Crazy! By the way, here's me and Shannon.

The top one is in West Virginia over Thanksgiving, and the second one is at Chincoteague over Christmas. :)

Once upon a time...

there was a grad student who attempted to keep a blog. Whoops. The past couple weeks have been crazy-busy, as most of my midterms were these last few days. So the last couple weeks have been full of homework assignments and other things. I think everything went well, though - I got everything turned in, and my one in-class test turned out to be not so bad (after studying like crazy). Next week I only have a test (Method & Praxis), a paper (KCW), study questions (Method & Praxis), a worksheet (Hebrew) and an assignment (Matthew) due. It's sort of scary that I'm looking at that and going, "Hey, an easy week!"

This Sunday is the last part of our project for KCW. Two Sundays ago we spent the afternoon working in a community garden in downtown Lexington - pulling grass, spreading mulch, planting winter wheat, watering plants, and generally cleaning things up. I had a few minor hand injuries, but overall it was pretty fun. We had a good time together, and got a lot done in the garden. This Sunday we'll be digging/planting a garden for a lady in downtown Lexington.

In other news (which Dad insisted I put on my blog), I'm dating a guy (Shannon) who also goes to seminary. We met in my Method & Praxis class, and 'officially' started going out about a week and a half ago. (Happy, Dad? ;)

I've also started a Facebook, so if you're on there (and haven't already friended me or been friended by me), look me up. :)