On the Go

It's only Tuesday and I feel like I've been constantly on the go this week. We started two new classes this week, so added on more reading. They should be good, but after the last 4 weeks I could do with a break. Thank goodness spring break is next week. That will be nice. I'm not planning on going anywhere. I should plan to do something though so I don't end up being a homebody for the entire time - which often by the time breaks roll around I find I need.

Punted on some homework last night so I could hear a speaker who was on campus. I see-sawed about it for a while... speaker? homework? speaker? homework? I decided how many opportunities would I have to hear this person speak, might as well take advantage of it. I was glad I did. It was worth it, plus I also got a book I have by him signed. A little embarassing that I still had some post-it tabs in the book from when I used it for a class assignment (I'm all about the stickies - love the stickies... very handy), and he also noticed highlighting on the pages, he was impressed. Oh well, I guess he knows I actually read it. I almost pulled the stickies out before I headed over and then I remembered the project I'd used the book for and thought I might actually want to keep those pages marked for future reference, so I left them in.

I've been asked a lot this week about placement, is it timing, or do I just have an aura about me? Sure I've started the conversation with a couple people, but a lot of the other people asking it's been initiated by them. Are you going back to your diocese? Do you have a job? Do you know where you're going? And other various forms of the same question. People seem to be of the opinion not to limit myself and to investigate a couple dioceses, then see what happens. I'd like to adopt a Gollum voice for the CDO profile page, "we hates the nasty, tricksy CDO profile, my pressccciousss." A professor described it yesterday afternoon by saying, "it's hard to put in the right answers to the wrong questions." Thank you, because I thought it was just me.

Mentioned one of the jobs I saw to Rev K. today and the person we both know in that diocese I was thinking of calling, she said that would be a good idea and then said that she also knows the Bishop there and if she were my age, in my position etc. that she'd probably consider it. I've been wrestling with how okay I'd be being far away from my family. But I've acknowledged all along that while my intent was to be near them that God could be calling me to the other side of the country. If I only commit to a couple years that could go by pretty fast if the last 2.5 years in school are any indication, and then I could try to get closer.