Tuesday

I told myself I'd write every night. Starting this at 12:49 a.m. after a 3 hour phonecall with a friend wasn't what I planned on, but I'm not too worried. Habits start with small consistencies, so I don't have to write much. Also, my comma key on my laptop is completely fallen apart. I really ought to replace it.

Today I wasn't as wiped as I was Monday, which was great. It was easier to engage in class, easier to work out with Dan (albeit more intense) and less of a fight to stay awake.

Ephesians is coming along quite nicely in STS, the program I'm doing right now. The homeschool Latin diagramming that I didn't really expect to use again has been a major asset in understanding how to do the classwork. One of these days I'll give you an explanation, but for now here's Ephesians 1:1-10 for a sneak peek:

1:1 From Paul, 

                    an apostle of Christ Jesus 

                              by the will of God, 

to the saints 

               [in Ephesus], 

               the faithful in Christ Jesus. 

² Grace and 

   Peace

        to you 

        from  God our Father and 

                  the Lord Jesus Christ!

1:3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

                                 who has blessed us 

                                                     with every spiritual blessing 

                                                                                         in the heavenly realms 

                                                     in Christ. 

⁴ For 

he chose us 

         in Christ 

         before the foundation of the world 

         that we should be  holy and 

                                       blameless 

                                           before him 

          in love. 

⁵ He did this 

           by predestining us 

                    to adoption 

                            as his legal heirs 

                            through Jesus Christ, 

            according to the pleasure of his will— 

⁶           to the praise of the glory of his grace 

                                                                   that he has freely bestowed 

                                                                                                     on us 

                                                                                                     in his dearly loved Son. 

⁷         In him 

we have  redemption 

          through his blood, 

               the forgiveness of our offenses, 

                          according to the riches of his grace 

⁸                                                                            that he lavished on us 

                                                                                             in all wisdom and insight. 

⁹ He did this 

            when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, 

            according to his good pleasure that he set forth 

                                                                                   in Christ, 

¹⁰          toward the [plan] of the fullness of the times, 

                                  to head up all things

                                          in Christ

                                                        —the things in heaven 

                                                            and 

                                                            the things on earth. 

It's pretty neat, more than a little arbitrary, and far more about the journey than the destination. It's a great time being in class with both staff from my school and staff I don't know super well yet. The latter I'm enjoying spending time with and bouncing ideas off of, the former I'm learning to embrace the different dynamic with. They're my friends now, but in a way that's an equal call to maturity that their DTS authority was.

Yes, it's a short post, but I need to go to bed. I'm doubting the integrity of the chain lock on my room door that's standing between me and a 5:00 a.m. gym session.

Ciao