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Well here it is Sunday, and I think Sam and I are maybe getting used to school life again. Sam has been reading a lot, and studying probably more than he ever has in the first month of school! His favorite class is definitely Greek. I already had to drop it because at this point I think I’m picking up a part-time job in the mornings. And Mars has been going well, weekend doubles aren’t that fun, but it’s worth it to not be there everyday, and right now I have two primaries that I’m really excited about. I just hope I am there as long as they are, so that they don’t have to find a new one when I leave. On the other hand, I do want to start teaching as soon as possible so that I have a normal schedule again! But God will figure it out, and in the meantime, I am content and happy. As far as life outside of school and work – things are great! We’ve been playing games with our neighbors on Sunday evenings, and this week we had our friends William and Denise over for dinner. It was great hanging out with a girl for a bit when the guys went to class! Hopefully there will be much more of that in the coming months :) Okay, I’m off to get lunch on the table – we are eating a lot of fish lately to be healthy, and today I used a new recipe (and aparently messed it up), so I hope it is edible! More later…

I finished up my fifth day of classes, about half an hour ago. The class was Hermeneutics, Dr. Prutow spoke of the singularity of meaning in the scripture. What he said was that each verse means one specific thing, and that if it didn’t the bible would cause us to as Milton Terry puts it “drft upon a sea of uncertainty and conjecture.”
When Dr. Prutow first suggested this idea, I hesitated to agree. What I first thought was that what he was saying was that each verse or idea in scripture was to be examined alone. After asking Dr. Prutow about the notion of NT scriptures in the light of the OT, which he informed me was a totally acceptable option, I warmd up to the notion of a single meaning. I guess the problem I had was that I was worried that you could not bring your own background intoa verse, and I believe that there are certain passages which you can more easily understand if you have had certain life experiences, ie. Abraham and Issac on the mount, of course will create a stronger tie with fathers, than with a 19 year old. Dr. Prutow enlightened me that this idea just means that there is not some magically hidden meaning behind the word of God, which is a mystery to us.

Wellllll, it’s been a long time again :) we are finally pretty close to being moved in – a futon is on it’s way, and then hopefully the “homey” feeling will grow. And life is good! Sam’s classes start on the 6th of September, he is very excited (and a little nervous, but he’ll do great I’m sure). We’ve started going to a church in Wilkinsburg, and the people have been very welcoming. It’s strange having to turn people down for lunch because you’ve already been invited somewhere else two minutes earlier! And, I’ve even felt near my home town because on two occasions someone there has mentioned someone they know from Kennett Square. One of them is good friends with my dad! So, things are going well. I am hopeful to start tutoring, and I am realizing that the Lord is teaching me, and Sam, pratience while we get our jobs organized and … peaceful. Mars isn’t bad, but peace does seem to be lacking from time to time :) I know He has a plan, and that suffices for now. I hope everyone is well, more later!

So, it’s been a really long time, and Sam’s bugging me to update this site, woops! Today was actually a pretty good day, and it started with me sleeping in and waking up to Sam. I know, that sounds really mushy, but I tend not to be very much, and every once in a while it comes out! So after that we watched Spartan, which was wierd but really good by the end. Then it was time to get ready for work, and Fran came to pick me up. As much as planning a carpool seems more of a pain than a help, it’s been really nice having someone go to work with, and vent to on the way home. And work tonight was alright. I’m starting to get the feel of it, and I know what to expect usually, so hopefully soon I’ll get in the groove, as people say. Then, I got home and Sam was out with the guys eating wings, and it took me at least ten minutes to realize that he had moved the fridge upstairs from the basement! Yes, our fridge has been downstairs ever since we moved in, and we’ve wanted it upstairs for just as long, but we didn’t have a dolly to move it. As it turns out, Sam and Matt did it all on their own, what stong men! Now I have a brand new kitchen it seems, and I know I’ll be snacking more, haha.

Yeah I know I just quoted a Macy Grey song, but in my defense, its Macy Grey.
So last weekend I, thanks to digital cable, ended up watching three Steve Martin films: “Cheaper By The Dozen”, and “Father of The Bride” I&II. So is it just me or is Steven Martin Mr. Everyman? It seems that he has the ability to play that middle America guy really well. I even seems that as he gets older He just shows us another stage of how life is in America. Granted Steven Martin has made some flops, ie “A Simple Twist of Fate.” All I’m really trying to say that I really enjoyed my weekend with one of the three amigos.

Well tonight I am trying to stay up late because tomorrow night I have to work the night shift at Mars. I am so exhuasted, and it’s not even 2 am yet! I feel as though all my youth has left me since December when I lived on campus! I went over Megan, Mere,and Erin’s tonight; the room I used to live in before I got married, and I realized how simple life was then. I mean, of course everything’s complicated with time and school, and friends and families; but now I spend a lot of my time cooking and cleaning and working. It’s all so drastically different – so why do people ever leave college voluntarily? I of course have no regrets; marrying Sam and “gettign out early” was a great step for both of us, evne if transitions are hard and painful. We are learning everything together, and that is better than any “simple” life alone.