Commencement Contemplations

The announcements went in the mail yesterday. It’s official – commencement is only a month away, on May 9!

Our friend and classmate, David, who commutes quite a long drive every day for classes, announced this afternoon that there are only 17 more days of classes – not that he’s counting or anything! (For more on his calculations about commuting, visit his blog.)

For now, I am just amazed how little time is left and how much work still remains to be done. It seems at bit, well, presumptuous to send out announcements about graduating, when I still wonder how we can possibly get everything done in time!

The To-Do list for just next week looks like this:

+ a 1000 word essay for Christian Ethics on offering advice to a parishioner troubled by her career as an engineer for a weapons manufacturer is due on Tuesday;

+ a one page paper written in response to the book Open Secrets is due in Lutheranism in North America – also on Tuesday;

+ a two page paper on the Lutheran doctrines concerning Mary, the mother of Jesus, is due for Ecumenical Theology on Wednesday;

+ the outline for the final research paper in Lutheranism in North America is due Thursday;

+ there are also several articles and two entire books which need to be read BEFORE these papers are written;

+ plus continuing the research and completing the reading for the final papers and book reports in all our courses.

Did I mention that income taxes are due on Tuesday?

It’s going to be a very BUSY 30 days….