Spring Term: Done at Last!

It is finally here, the moment I've dreamed of, the moment that I was afraid I might not be able to find.  My last set of grades are turned in, as are my last seminary papers.  Let me take a moment to collect some fragments so that I remember.

--People might see the above sentences and think I'm done with work for a bit.  Nope--I need to update course shells for my online courses for summer which start on May 13.  I am still the Synod Approved Minister for Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN.

--Last week, we didn't go to Bristol because I was at the Create in Me retreat.  Yesterday we were both amazed at how the trees have gone from budding to green.  It was almost disorienting, to go from being able to see far beyond the highway to not being able to see beyond the trees at all.

--But I am also so glad that the trees that were so late to budding and leafing are green now, and not dead, like I was afraid that they were.

--I am remembering USC grad school days--when I was done with classes, both the ones I taught and the ones I took, I'd head to the public library to get reading for fun.  Our public libraries are closed on Mondays, but tomorrow--tomorrow is a possibility.  I have a pile of books to return, now that I've finished writing papers.

I am having trouble thinking of things to say--a bit braindead, after so much grading to meet today's noon deadline for grades.  Let me go for a walk to clear my head.