Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 238

Today's Daily 5:

1. sunrise on snowy mountains in the distance
2. eating my favorite vietnamese noodles while sitting in a hallway at the university and watching The Amazing Race
3. taking a minute to thank a prof for a class I really enjoyed
4. having a seat to myself and being able to doze on the bus, when I just couldn't stay fully awake
5. swedish meatballs with lingonberry and gravy for supper at Ikea ($2.99!)
6. a hot bath
7. reading a new novel
8. laughing with friends at the first hockey game I've attended in probably 16 years (my brother J was playing in a championship game, and scored the winning goal!)
9. an extra night staying at mom and dad's this week
10. curling up in bed with warm magic bags on my feet and back

Busy

I'm having the kind of day where my thoughts are running a thousand directions at once.

I'm pondering some teaching on Islam that I've received over the last several Sunday evenings, and the ways that that teaching is completely contradictory to other things that I've heard and read.

I'm thinking about an appointment I had on the weekend, and balancing relationships and health and boundaries and all that good stuff.

I'm sitting in a classroom, waiting for the last of a series of Monday morning tutorials to begin.  A series of tutorials that I will absolutely NOT miss an hour from now when they've concluded.  The sort of tutorials where the Teaching Assistant one spent 20 minutes working to impart the point that "pop culture tries to influence us."  Not exactly a stunning revelation.

It's the last week of classes.  I have one more term paper to write.  And then five final exams.  Throw in a part-time job, various and sundry health appointments, a few yoga classes, a teaching commitment at house church, my brother's graduation from Bible school, a friend's wedding, Easter, and I can't even remember what else, and it definitely promises to be a busy next three weeks.

That, of course, means that I have no idea what blogging will look like during that time, other than, of course, the Daily 5. 

Wish me luck!  A lot rides on these exams...

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 237

Today's Daily 5:

1. a morning where I could sleep in just a little
2. a really great work shift
3. watching episodes of The Big Bang Theory on DVD
4. an interesting evening of teaching with Islam that definitely left me with questions
5. chicken fingers and french fries

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 236

Today's Daily 5:

1. A great conversation with someone at work today
2. roman provence rooibos
3. tea with a friend and her boyfriend
4. cupcakes
5. cooking a Colombian dish for my family
6. several hours of mostly alone time to just veg
7. the chance to pray with a friend
8. seeing god moving in funny ways
9. a day that was sunny(ish) and warm enough to comfortably wander the streets in Kensington
10. realizing moments of surrender

Saturday

My weekends aren't going to be my own for the next while.

I worked a four hour shift this morning, following by running an errand, and meeting a friend and her boyfriend for coffee.

And now, now I'm cooking a Colombian dish my friend A. taught me, to feed my parents, brother and sister-in-law for dinner.

In between I squished in a bit of exercise, a cupcake from a great place, and a couple episodes of The Big Bang Theory.