One exam to go

The test went well yesterday. When we all got out, it was hard to get back to work and prepare for The Comp (-rehensive final exam) on Friday. We had a field trip to a Greek Orthodox church in the afternoon and afterwards, while we were driving back to the school, I just felt really antsy. Most people in the car were saying, "Well, better get back and do some review for The Comp or Friday." I just couldn't do it. I felt like I'd been stranded at the dorm for days, mainly because it's true. I turned to Jackie, who was sitting next to me, and asked her if she felt like doing something. She did indeed! We took off to a movie, The Island, and dinner at San Jose which, as it's sign proudly says, is "the best Mexican food in Columbia, SC". Mmmm. Good stuff. We both felt much better when we got back to the dorm. I said that it felt like a Saturday. She agreed.

We had a review class this morning, going over the test and preparing a little more for tomorrow. Got my test back; did as well as I'd hoped. Dr. Peterson says The Comp will count as 3 points (of 12) toward my final grade.

We also wrote suggestions for who could be next summer's TA (teaching assistant) for Greek and handed those in to Dr. Peterson. Man, I'd love to do that! I went to him afterwards to see if a non-student could TA. If I understand correctly from our conversation, I could if I did the advanced Greek reading course in the spring. He also said that he'd recommend the reading course for me before I do any translation overseas. I'd love to figure out a way to swing it. Maybe if I could arrange to do partnership development at every Lutheran church in the Columbia area for the 4 months from January to April. That would give me something to do during the days while I wait for the weekends (and Wednesday nights) to do speaking. I mean, if there's stuff in that spring course that get me slicker with the discourse level Greek and closer to the heart of Scripture, it'd be nice to to do that before doing any real, live translation. Also, even if Rob and I got to full support by December, my US citizenship process should take about 7 months from application, which will be roughly in December, 3 months after continuous single state residence. That puts me as unable to leave the country for longterm service until at least August.

I'll have to talk to the LBT powers-that-be and Rob about this as a possibility.