Life in the Girls’ Dorm

So it’s been Spring Break for a week now. Abbey’s been in Des Moines, then Lincoln (Nebraska), then Washington (Iowa). She’s been off, gallivanting around and as for me… I’ve been stuck here reading. My Comps exam is now only two weeks away. Yikes!

Anyway, I’ve been brushing up on the early church today and thought I would impart a little wisdom to you all.

Did you know… Santa Claus was present at the 1st Ecumenical Council. That’s right, St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia (modern southwestern Turkey) was there at the Council of Nicaea. So, a special thanks goes out to Santa (well… not just Santa, 229 other bishops helped) for creedalizing Jesus’ divinity.

I wonder if his belly shook like a bowl full of jelly at the demise of that scoundrel Arius.

Go homoousios!

After tomorrow I am officially on Spring Break!!! Wheaton has, what are called, “quad” classes. They are only 1/2 of a semester and only worth 2 credits. However, the professor seemed to cram 4 credits worth of work into 2 credits and half of the time. It was a very interesting class, but I’m glad it’s over. I turned my research paper in on Tuesday, got my reading done for class tomorrow, so tonight I start Spring Break a little early. In good ol’ fashion spring break style, I plan on going hog wild. But by “hog wild”, I mean reading something other than text books. And by “something other than text books”, I of course mean, Bill Bryson. I started his travel log on Australia, entitled “In a Sunburned Country,” some time ago and have been dying to pick it up again.

Though I will unwind here for a couple of days, I will spend the majority of my Spring Break working ahead. Man, grad school is a lot of work. Abe’s spring break, unfortunately, doesn’t coincide with mine. So the plan is to leave her behind, head to my folks’ house, pick up my little dog, and head for my grandmother’s farm. I’m going to spend a few days in silence. The city has been smothering me and it’s time for a break. I have a lot of school work to do, so the solitude should prove to help with productivity as well. I don’t think grad school spring break is quite the same as how it was in undergrad.