1. Despite
my continuing writer’s block, I’m actually ahead on schoolwork. It’s a grad
school miracle! I’m hoping to get some more work done this weekend and stay
ahead. It’s a great feeling.
2. I finally
watched The Way this week. I don’t
know why I waited so long; it was wonderful! As someone who extremely rarely
cries at movies, I teared up at this one. I want to go on pilgrimage now.
3. I’ve also
been watching a lot of Jewish holiday videos on youtube. I’m all pumped for
Rosh Hashanah, despite not knowing when it is or being Jewish.
4. And then
a mixing of Les Mis and Passover.
Totally pumped for Easter now too.
5. Which
then led me to reading 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees was the first of the
deuterocanonal books I read. I didn’t find anything particularly enlightening
in it and never got around to reading 2 Maccabees. But reading that now…there
is so much going on in there! Maccabeus fighting Gentiles right and left, the hiding
of the ark, people getting caught up in Greek-fever, some martyrdoms, praying
for the dead, foreshadowing of Jesus. Just because it’s in Greek, some want to
throw it all out? Bad, Luther!
6. The
farmer’s market is back on campus. I got some delicious rosemary bread
yesterday. It’s taking great restraint to not eat it all at once, but I’m sure
it will be gone before Monday.
7. It has
finally cooled off into fall here. So of course, people are already mentioning
Christmas. No. Stop. Just stop.
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