Update for anyone who reads my blog:

Classes
1. Akkadian - it may be a Semitic language, and the connections there help given my knowledge of Hebrew, but learning 4 new chapters in 3 hours each week is tough. I feel like my brain is going to explode. This is the first ancient language other than Hebrew I have attempted, and I really miss Dr. Snyder’s way of making the language come alive.
2. Intermediate Hebrew - translating Micah has been challenging but fun, having to memorize Williams is silly, but going over the passage in class has been interesting. Overall my least demanding course, relatively speaking.
3. Historiography - this is a great class, and I look forward to each meeting - putting together the routine presentations has been time consuming, however, though informative. And now that I’ve picked a scholar to study, I have a paper to start.
4. History and Archaeology of the ANE - again, a good class with need-to-learn material, but unfortunately this combined with Akkadian has caused my brain to go into information overload. I keep getting “Insufficient Memory” errors pop up…
5. Exegesis of I & II Samuel - translating Samuel has been a blast, I enjoy going over it in class, but I really gotta start on that paper…

Misc.
1. Since I last posted about it a few weeks ago, the injury to my foot developed some pretty ugly bruising. That has all but faded now, but I still have a rather sizable, painful to touch, lump under my skin where the Good Book hit. Fortunately, it hasn’t hindered me at all, as it only hurts if I press on it, which for obvious reasons, I avoid doing. Who knows.

2. The registration office has informed me that they don’t have my Hepatitis B or Meningitis immunization records on file. Apparently they weren’t on the sheet I copied from Davis and turned in. Without them, I won’t be able to register for any more classes, or get credit for this semester. I am at a loss, as my dad says he can’t find my “shot book” and my old doctor’s office from 7 years ago hasn’t returned his calls. I have no other way of authenticating the immunizations without either of those two sources. I know for a fact I’ve had the Meningitis shot, as I had it before college, and I’m fairly certain on the Hepatitis B at some point in my adolescence, since it’s required for VA public schools, though I suppose it’s theoretically possible I slipped by if it wasn’t a retroactive requirement. I need proof one way or the other. Frustration I don’t need right now.

3. While my classes have been decent to excellent (no duds this semester) I have been studying almost non-stop. I feel extremely crunched. It takes most of my study time to keep up with my weekly work, I don’t know how I’m going to fit in 2 large papers and a major project into the daily flow. I’m considering cutting back on work hours a tad, but I have to be careful as our budget is fairly tight. It’s either that or cut the small amount of time we’ve allotted each week for relaxation, which I am loathe to do, as I know without it I will become more stressed, and more tired - which in and of itself hinders learning.

4. The car has started giving us trouble - occasionally it decides to turn over but not start. If you leave the key in turned to lights, it makes weird clicking noises like it’s confused about what to do, and the “sports mode” light flashes. So far, turning the key halfway and putting it in gear, then back into park has seemed to resolve the issue for each instance, but obviously it has a more complex problem somewhere since it has done it more than once. Anybody heard of such a thing on an old Honda Accord?

Needless to say, I feel pretty stretched right now, with some added stressors on top of classes. I don’t really have the time I need to get all A’s, which frustrates me. Sometimes I feel completely inadequate to do this whole scholarship thing. Well, sorry this has been a bit of a long drab post, but I thought I’d at least update for anyone who was interested, or really mainly for myself. Beddy-bye time.