Sometimes, it turns out it's good I'm not currently teaching full time...

Like today, when I woke up without a voice. 

Also, my head is a bit foggy.  So I can't guarantee this will be a great post.  But it's been a bit since I've gotten on here, so I thought it was about time to at least say hi.

Hi!

I'd love to fill you in on the past week's events.  But they pretty much include... writing papers.  Answering essay questions for finals.  Reading the head-coverings passage in Corinthians 50 times to see if I'm missing anything on my exegesis.  And then sleeping.  A lot. 

Oh, and yesterday I got to hang out with some pretty amazing little girls from down the street.  We made Christmas presents for their parents out of craft foam, markers, stamps, and lots and lots of glue... ate Puppy Chow (the chocolatey-version of chexmix - don't worry, I'm not actually giving kids dog food!), and pretty much had a blast.  Then the family brought me out to eat to celebrate my being done with classes.  Which was pretty much the best end to the semester that I could have had.

Wait, what?  Yep, you heard that right.  I'm DONE!!!  It really is an almost miraculous thing.  I didn't know if I'd make it through or not, so the fact that I'm still alive (minus a voice and the ability to breathe normally), is pretty amazing.  But it's ok.  I'm pretty sure this cold is just God's way of saying "Slow down and rest!" 

So now it's time to wrap presents.  Start thinking about Christmas.  (The above-mentioned little girls were VERY concerned that there were no presents under our tree.  I had to try to explain that mine were all upstairs hidden in my drawer, since I hadn't had a moment to wrap them yet...)  And drink. lots. of orange juice.

Can't wait to see my brother Jeremy, his wife Claudia, and all my amazing extended family soon!

(Because, in the midst of everything else, my Christmas cards just never made it out... sorry!  Maybe I'll aim for Valentine's Cards instead... or the 4th of July...)