Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Wednesday, April 18. The day I've been waiting for since January. The day when classes are finally over. What a feeling. Even though I haven't necessarily been able to sit back and relax as I watch this final day of classes approach, and even though I'm still frantically working to finish all my assignments by tomorrow, I can still appreciate it enough. And hopefully savour it.

There still remains, however, one more day that I'm looking forward to even more: April 28--you all know what happens then.

In other news, I am quite disappointed in the CBC. It turns out that I couldn't watch the Canucks game tonight, nor can I watch it on Thursday because the stinking Flames are playing. Tonight's game was shown only in BC, and on Thursday the Flames game is shown in Alberta while the Canucks are on the rest of the network. D'oh! At least we got a big victory tonight, which I'm very impressed with. Could it be that we'll be tasting round two? I hope so.

Keeping with the spirit of the last couple of weeks, today was crazy. Went to our final student families chapel this morning, where I ate doughnuts and wife pined after them (she can't eat them due to a wheat allergy, much to her chagrin). Testimonies were shared, and I realized how much I'm going to regret leaving without having gotten to know most of the people in that room.

After chapel, it was home to work on my big final project for "Issues in Contemporary Theology." After much belly-aching from the people in my class, the prof sent out a terse email giving us a one-day extension on the project. It's amazing how one day makes all the difference in the world. Anyway, I'm just about finished--I may be able to finish this evening if I really get the adrenaline pumping.

Oh wait, I just realized that I have another assignment I haven't yet completed that's due tomorrow. Crap. Bedtime just keeps getting later and later.

Anyway. After lunch, I went back to school to work on a group research paper. Our "group" is actually a pair, which means that there's more work for both of us. Although this paper didn't seem daunting at the start, it grew to something monolithic in proportion, and ended up at 19 pages. It's supposed to be 15. Oh well. I don't know of a single prof who doesn't like more of a good thing. Is this paper a good thing? I sure hope so.

Home, dinner, to the park with the family, and then back home for some more work on papers. I'm just about done with the whole writing of papers thing, but I'm feeling good because the more I do, the closer I get to finishing. I'm probably just going to collapse next week, but that's par for the course.

In a delicious twist of irony, a storm is being predicted for tomorrow, complete with 10-15 cm of snow. How fitting that my last day of school would be marked with terrible weather. And by "fitting" I mean stupid. I don't need another reason to leave this province behind me, but I'm apparently going to get one. I'm comforted to know that this winter has been bad even for the people who live here, but that's really not all that comforting when it gets right down to it. Bah.

With that, another short entry is concluded, and it's back to the books for me. I hope you're all enjoying your week, and I'll see you again tomorrow.