The rest of April.

Holy Week, Wedding, and a Hair Cut- the quick update.

It's that time of year, when I procrastinate from exams with a bit of blogging. The weather is wonderful and temptation from readings and preparations are great! Well, the birthday was much fun with a visit from Mom and Dagny. Holy Week continued and it was a wonderful triduum with Rob and the rest of the Sewanee Community. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Now, we are in the home stretch of our studies as Juniors. This Tuesday is my big day: an Old Testament Presentation, Greek Presentation, and Ethics Oral Examination. Then Two take home Finals. Phew.

The weather is GORGEOUS, of course.

Yesterday was the day of hair cutting. Every two years my hair grows to the required length of 8inches (it's slow growing hair!) and I chop those locks off for Locks of Love. This year "Pantene's Beautiful Lengths" gets the 8.5inches. WAHOOOOO It's fun being able to give little things. I am still adjusting to appropriate amounts of shampoo!
This summer will hold Clinical Pastoral Education. I will spend 12 weeks in a Level One Trauma center as a chaplain on a team of chaplains. I know that this means i will be on floors visiting patients and families and also taking classes in the hospital to improve my pastoral skills in such situations. The program I will be a part of will start June 1 and end August 21st. I will get to see Rob on the Weekends! From what i hear CPE is both challenging and rewarding. I look forward to the opportunity to grow!

April 7th 2009

Ahhh nothing like snow on the 7th of April! We got an inch of snow! CRAZY! The daffodils that were sooooo happy on Saturday, but not so much this morning.

Erin and Rachel and Andy's Visit

What fun! Erin Cassell and Rachel and Andy Kruspe. It was a glorious sunny day and lots of walking and enjoying good company!

Spring Break

Well, we had a bit of Home Work to do this spring break, but 5 of us from Sewanee went down to Mission on the Bay, Bay St Louis, MS. It was a great 5 day trip of work and fun. So much still to do down there!

Here one minute, Gone the next

This morning I got up and walked Grace in the rainy 45 degree gloom of morning. I went to the gym in the rain and when I exited the gym,the temperature had dropped 12 degrees and it was snowing! The snow continued to fall all morning. We received about an inch or so of the beautiful powdery stuff. By noon it was all gone, melted away! Craziness! Below are the Before and after photos of my neighbor's yard. (the snow is actually this morning, the top is what this afternoon looked like!)

SNOW DAY

Yep, we got the snow one more time up here. After the cold temperatures of last week, we finally got SNOW! Grace doesn't quite know what to do with it! I hope you are all nice and warm where you are!

GOEs

Your Senior (third and final) year of Seminary you get to take the General Ordination Exam (or GOEs). As part of our responsibilities as the junior class, we pray for the seniors and THROW THEM A PARTY at the end of it all. The Seniors had a great time, we did too!