85% of gas stations in the Nashville area are out of gas. It's a good thing I filled up last Saturday and then biked everywhere this week, but without a locking gas cap, I'm a little afraid that my gas might get stolen. It's madness out there, lines of over an hour for gas stations that did have gas. Someone stealing gas from the lawnmower of the ( Read more... )

Because I am procrastinating writing a short paper, I thought I would update you all on Divinity School. The short answer: it's wonderful. I love, love, love it. There is a lot of reading and writing and studying. I'm collecting Greek vocabulary cards. I'm afraid people might think that I'm smart, but at least I'm no longer afraid of failing ( Read more... )

This is the end of my first week as a graduate student. I love school. I guess I've kind of always known that. So it feels particularly good to be back after a year of contributing little or nothing to the world. My classes are fabulous. My professors are brilliant. My colleagues and classmates are, so far, the perfect balance between bright and ( Read more... )

Tomorrow starts orientation for grad school. The books that I ordered from Amazon are slowly trickling in, big hardcover tomes with names like Early Christian Doctrine. I am nervous and scared but mostly am just dreading the awkward orientation dance where we all stand around with our bagels and coffee peering at peoples' nametags and making banal ( Read more... )

The first month of intern year is over, and I think we did pretty well coping with Joe's schedule. Of course, the fact that I work from 12-7 is helpful at keeping me out of the house while still allowing me plenty of lounging time ( Read more... )

I've decided to start the program on hundredpushups.com. I've had a lot of trouble being motivated about exercising since the wedding, and I know I need some sort of definable goal besides "not get fat now that I'm married." The women on the cooking board I frequent are doing it, and I decided to join. I did the initial test this morning and did 20 ( Read more... )

Tuesday I fell off my bike for the first time on the way to work. It wasn't bad. There was sand on the road as I was turning. Now I just have a slight bruise on my knee.

Joe was on-call last night, and I picked up Chinese food and a bottle of wine and watched Memoirs of a Geisha. It was a good night besides missing my husband. Joe's mom is coming ( Read more... )

I spent a good portion of Saturday making a peach pie at my parents' house since my dad had a whole basket of peaches. We had some Sunday for dessert, and it was so delicious due more to the flavor of the peaches than to any culinary talent of my own. But it was my first fruit pie and my first two-crust pie, and I was very proud ( Read more... )

"Commitment is a response, not an initiative. Unless there is something that evokes from us a desire to be committed we will never be able to make that leap. Underpinning all commitments by men and women is the belief that God is committed to us. We can see all too clearly that in the absence of the rising sun of salvation, we do not have the ( Read more... )

It looks like it is mighty close to raining right now, which doesn't bode well for my bike ride to work. Oh well ( Read more... )