Baaaahhh

Since the conference hosted at Redeemer at the beginning of this semester, I have become more aware of the gap between the church calender, and the one hanging on my wall in all its academic glory.

We've entered the post reading break buzz-- where you literally walk through the Redeemer halls and catch snippets of individual conversations that somehow blend into a united chorus of the student body- screaming "I'm BUSY". It's bazaar, but I almost wonder if I stood in one place long enough, if the student body might actually burst into rebellious song- like some sort of fantastical high school musical (with some slight choreographical tweaking). HA. Wouldn't that be funny.

I just wonder why the busiest time of the school year lands itself in a time where it seems we are least likely to deal with it. A week off, a sun that has snapped out of hibernation, and the smell of a thawing world is not exactly conducive to excellence in academic performance. But I speak for myself. For those incredibly self-disciplined, the sight of green grass and running water might have the opposite effect. But those people live in libraries.

The general consensus seems to be that the season of Lent also brings a season of stress and hyper academic activity. I simply wish we could align ourselves a tad more appropriately to the church calender- so that as Easter approaches, our minds might not be so frazzled, but rested and refreshed.

But until that day of calender co-habitation, I will continue to drink coffee and meet deadlines.

It is still a joy to be alive.