Haggard

I feel busy and tired all the time, but that should not be abnormal by now. School work is demanding and I am behind, but I am enjoying this semester a lot. I have actually completed a paper that is not due until the first of November, but that is me prioritizing badly: I wrote that paper already because it was easy and I am interested in the subject. I put off translating Greek (I like the class but not the homework) due the next day, and wrote the paper instead.

Yesterday I preached in my home church. The sermon was 20 minutes (long in that context) but it went really well. Nobody said the sermon was too long (maybe they wouldn't anyway -- too polite) but I got a lot of positive feedback. Stroke the ego -- and yet, I felt it was an inspired sermon and well delivered. Leading worship in general was a bit chaotic -- regular pastor has control issues and the bulletin (typed each week by the pastor) had some errors and inconsistencies....

Still, a great day -- brunch afterwards with many church friends (10 of us in all). Home to take a two-hour nap, then up until 1:30 a.m. doing school work. One class today -- the kids have no school -- Columbus Day -- then can hopefully exercise and do still more catch-up with school work.

Husband home and still a tad shell-shocked from the hurricane damage he witnessed. He's going back to work tomorrow. Hopefully we can resume some kind of normal routine. He asked me again today (after asking me last Monday) what classes I have and when they are.... I had written him out a schedule before classes even began -- not sure if he kept that or where he put it....

Working on my thesis a bit in my "spare time" as well -- again, it's something I'd rather do than my required school work. Prioritization has always been an issue for me -- sometimes I feel like I owe myself a treat, and if it's not chocolate or a massage, it might be working on something more interesting but less pressing than my regular assignments! Apparently I am still rewarding the needy child within me!

Must dash....