Monday, January 28, 2008

Grad School Gammet

When I started grad school i knew it would be hard, in fact i wasn't sure that i could handle it. Now that I'm nearing graduation (God willing) the end seems much harder than the beginning.

I want to graduate in May, I nneeeeed to graduate in May. After six years I just don't think I can handle one more class! So I'm taking my last required class, Catechesis of Adults. Not someting that I'm especially interested in, but the only class that stands between me and the little tassle on the square hat. Oh, well not really. See I took an immersion course in early January on the Theology of the Body (TOB) as my last elective. Thing is it was only a 2 credit class... I need three to graduate. So, after a few emails, some consultaions and prayer my prof from the TOB class is sponsoring me for a 1 credit independant study. Now all I have to do is 6 journal entries, a 12-15 page research paper, plan an 6-8 week mini series on the TOB for college students, while I am doing the work for my current class: weekly reading, two take home essays, an adult faith formation learning project and a resource review. All by the end of April.

Did I mention that I have a job?

So here we go... wait who's "we"?... off into the wild blue yonder... the wild blue yonder is a technical term for: "holy crap how am I going to do all this stuff!?!" No biggie I do have 90 days. Man I better get to work!

Thursday, January 24, 2008

March 4 Life

I participated in the 35th annual March for Life in Washington DC on Tuesday, January 22. I suppose that it's supposed to be a kind of religious experience, standing up for what you believe in, even in hardships. I wish there wasn't a need for such a march, and I wish I could bear the hardships without complaint. But I hated the bus ride, and the cold, and the standing in a crowd going nowhere.

I loved the great conversations that I got to have with some of the teens. I loved the feeling of my warm bed when I got home. Days like that always make me so grateful to have a bed.


That's "Grandpa" (Chuck Connelly) and I just after we got off the bus. He's a trooper. We were both born before abortion was legal.

The First of at Least Two

It's not like I need something to do. I'm in grad school, trying to finish, and working full time, and then some. But I miss being creative, I miss witting, so I thought I'd finally start this blog thing. I'm not sure that there will be a point to anything I say or that anything I write will be profound or spelled right. I'm writting as much for myself as for family and friends, I hope you enjoy...