Cue up some tunes, and let us be off…

Tuesday and I am home after a pleasant afternoon going to class – I enjoy New Testament Studies. We talked about the Gospel of Mark once again and the Baptism of Jesus. We’ve been here before in Gospel and Acts from last semester.

After class Luigi and I went to the department to get our midterm exams and I was very shocked to see my grade ( A- ) I did very well. I missed one particular part of one question and I would have had the A. Oh well, any A will do.

I went to meet with my graduate adviser after that and he asked me what I was going to do with my academic career when I finished this certificate. We talked about the MA in Theology and also he told me that I should send in an application to McGill for the fall for the BSW program if I think I may go into social work. I will need another professional degree.

I was like what have I been doing for the last six years? I know that I will be applying for some MA program in the fall somewhere. This is where things get dicey. From here on out the MA in any field will end up being a PHD and do I want to stay in school to complete a PHD somewhere?

So the last six years have been a period of “Gathering Information” what can you do with a religion degree? nothing. But it makes for good conversation at cocktail parties. I am hoping that this Certificate in Pastoral Ministry will translate into something concrete. Although I can’t seem to get the Monsignor on the phone. He’s not returning my calls. He must be extra busy.

So here we are on the road to completion and I am having to think about what I really want to do when this is finished. And what am I going to do for my MA? Lots to think about for now. I just can’t be bothered to be stressed over it, everything is on course and I am just living it day to day.

So that’s that.

We talked a bit about medical, because my advisor is POZ as well and I told him what was going on with me and he told me that he had heard of what I am going through with one of his friends. I can always count on him to tell me if my body has changed since the last time I saw him a few months ago, and he noticed that I am a bit puffy – he’s very open about telling me things that I may not have seen myself.

That’s the problem with taking so many pills every day, your body is at the mercy of the drugs, and I am powerless to stop what is happening. I am alive and that’s what matters. I feel alright and I am eating well and sleeping well so what is there to complain about? Nothing…

Tomorrow I have a study date with Luigi to work on our paper for Romans and James. We are on track to get the first draft of the paper written in the next week. I have to write my 3rd journal for AHSC class that’s due on Monday night. That is another 5 pages of writing that I have to sit down and get done in the next few days.

So that’s the update for today.

More later, Stay tuned…