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March 9, 2009 · 5:45 pm

Wa- Hoo!!!

I got my mid-term and my graded workbook exercises back today.  Sorry if this sounds boastful.  I don’t mean it to be but I have got to tell someone and you guys are it.

 

I got 95.5% on the Greek mid-term.  And the other work was also good. 

My brain still works. 

This is a great relief and encouragement and thanks be to
God. 

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February 14, 2009 · 10:22 pm

Enjoying life

The Mid-term is done and I think was good.   Now, of course, I have to wait to hear how I did and all but I feel good and the translations we were asked to do were no way as difficult as the ones in the workbook.

That was the first mid-term I have written in about 36 years.  All week I’ve been just a bit anxious.  Last night as Leo and I returned from a retirement party I confessed to him that I was a bit anxious.  He replied to that understatement with, “You think?  I’ve noticed it for the whole week.”

So, today after the exam, we went out snow shoeing, had a few glasses of wine with friends, had some of her gourmet appetizers that were more like a twelve course meal than appetizers and had a very relaxing time visiting.

Now, we have just finished watching Gran Torino from a friends copy.   Great movie.  We may have to go to confession for watching a copied movie – and I honestly do not know where he got it from or who Leo’s friend is.  But I am so glad we got to watch it.  It left the cinema before my midterm – when I was still in the too anxious to go to a movie stage.

Today was about enjoying life, even enjoying the course I wrote the mid-term for, and enjoying love with the man I’ve spent the past 381/2 years with.

And I did not even eat one piece of chocolate.   Such restraint.

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February 12, 2009 · 10:36 am

Quiet

This week the quiet around here means that I really am studying and have no time to think deep or even shallow thoughts.

Oh yeah and in spite of trying to study have obligatory meetings or activities scheduled 3 out of 5 nights.  I sit nervously thinking of all I should be studying during the evening, hoping my brain remembers the right stuff.

See you after the mid-term.

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February 8, 2009 · 6:09 pm

Every Now and Then

For my sanity, I have to get away by myself.  I need solitude in order to regain my balance.

Solitude plus nature is just about pure bliss.

So – this weekend was a treat for me.  It was needed for many reasons and it was good.  Here is where I stayed.

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But now, I’m back and this week will hold many things, including my midterm in Greek.  I spent a lot of good time studying this weekend and I guess that  is what every spare minute this week will be composed of.  It seems as if every time I go back over the paradigms, there is something not quite remembered, so I repeat it again, write it out, read it out, look at it, listen to it.  I have learned a lot but there is so much more to remember perfectly.

Well, I don’t suppose I will do perfectly, but I will do my best.

Anyway, I have put a few of the pictures I took this weekend up over at Flikr if you want to check them out.  I’ll also be posting some of them this week on my Click blog.

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February 6, 2009 · 5:06 pm

Heading north

Well, in a few minutes I am heading upt o a cabin at Waskesiu for one of my solitude weekends.  Things will be quiet here since there is no internet out there.  But that will probably be good.  More space for God to speak into the quiet.  It’s funny maybe but going away for a weekend of quiet and prayer is so inviting to me – like going away to have an intimate visit with my best friend.  And I can hardly wait to be on the way.  Just a couple of errands to do on my way out of town.

I do regret that I chose this weekend to be away since it is communion Sunday and it has been too long.  but I need this weekend.

I will also be studying for my mid-term in Greek which happens next Saturday.  And reading some other good stuff that is packed away in my bag.  Snowshoes and camera are in there too.  The weather should be perfect temperature wise although it is very grey and overcast.  Maybe some snow in the forcast?  We’ll see, I guess.

Now I’m off.  Back Sunday night.  Have a good weekend all.

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January 23, 2009 · 10:22 pm

Now, if the weather had been warmer it would have been better, but …

This was one of the best days I have had for a long time.  I had a day off.  There was no school so my work at the School Dental Program  was on hold.

To start with, I slept in.  You may not consider 7:15 am as sleeping in but I do.  Its the best longest sleep in I’ve had in months.  Leo, who has been away a good part of the week woke me up by calling from Saskatoon.  Of course he thought for sure I’d be up.  But I’ll forgive him.  It is good to have him home.

Then, I spent a good part of the day talking with people.  One on one visiting has got to be one of my favorite things to do.  And one was my own spiritual direction appointment and it was so good to go and talk with someone today.  Needless to say, she commented on my obvious excitement as I told her I’d been accepted to seminary.

I came home to make a yummy supper.  Otherwise, I didn’t get as many errands accomplished as I had hoped.

But I did finish Grammer Quiz #4.  One to go before my midterm.  It feels good to have that done for the weekend.

Now, off to bed – with my hubby.  I do love that old guy!

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January 21, 2009 · 4:08 pm

I’m In!

I think most of you who are around me know that I have applied for the MDiv program at North Park Theological Seminary.

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The application process is way more involved than just sending in transcripts and an application.  There are several references, a couple of essays to write and then telephone interviews.  I started the process back in late November so all those things have been happening over the past couple of months.

On Monday, I had a telephone interview.

When I checked my messages last night, I had a message to call them.

This morning, I called and was congratulated on being accepted to the MDiv program.

So now it starts.  I’m going to be busy but it will be good.  Well, it is underway with my Greek class already but this is sort of official and serious…..and a bit scarey.  It will mean some hard work study wise.  Hope my brain doesn’t turn to mush!

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January 17, 2009 · 11:21 pm

It’s a dog’s life

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It was a great day, in terms of getting things done.  Groceries, studying, a walk on the river (check out an ice shot on Click) and even a very short nap.  I did not make much headway on getting all the rest of my Christmas decorations down and put away.  Tomorrow.

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January 11, 2009 · 10:35 pm

So much to do and so little time.

Words have been sort of few and far between these days.

I guess most of my time has been spent learning things  these days – or at least trying to.  Both my Greek studies and my Bass practicing have demanded a lot of time lately.  It is hard to sit and write a post or even have any thoughts of consequence when I just don’t have much time to sit and ruminate.

I guess I hang onto my morning quiet time and that is when I think.  But go to work time  seems to come so quickly that there is little time to put any of my thoughts into words before I have to head out the door.

And then there is night time.  But look I really should be in bed already.

So life goes these days.

If I keep up the constant practice with the Greek and with the bass, I suspect I will be happy since I can actually see that constant practice pays off.

Oh, yeah.  We had our week of prayer at the church and I did take some pictures – which I will post when I get them downloaded.

So much to do and so little time.

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December 6, 2008 · 8:04 pm

A good party

You can tell I am a real party animal when the best one of Leo’s work Christmas party ever occurred last night – it was the best because I spent most of the evening in some good conversation. (Speaking in loud voices over the band and listening as best I could with my ears strained open)

I was introduced to a guy a bit younger than me who is in the Diaconate program of study at Luther Seminary in Saskatoon.  He is contemplating continuing on for an MDiv degree too and for many of the same reasons that I want to do this.  He finds that in his ministry of caring for people and in developing relationships with them that there are many times when he wants to be able to minister to them with the sacraments but can’t – has to suddenly find an ordained minister who can assist, who pops in to give communion but has no relationship developed with the person.  He feels strongly that giving communion to another is so wrapped up in the relationship between people that this is something he needs to be able to do without having to call another – a stranger – in.

So we talked about this, about what led us to this step, about our children and where they are in the journey towards faith and about things we have learned on our own pathways in the past few years. 

Good conversation makes for a good party.  I think. 

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