Day 182 (Sabbath IV)

If only Sabbaths actually lasted 4 days....*sigh*

So, Jim made me drink soju last night. Yes, MADE me drink it! Soju is the Korean version of sake, only much, much deadlier. No one should under any circumstances ever, ever, ever drink any quantity of soju. Ever! Of course, my drunken debacle was followed by another trip to Denny's. I did not however eat another artery clogging Slamburger, which is what I had a few nights ago when we went there thinking we would stay up all night to get our reading done. A Slambuger is basically a Denny's Grand Slam piled onto a burger. It's an egg, hash browns and cheese sauce stuffed into a hamburger. And, it's served with has browns on the side. The Slamburger weighs in at 1,080 calories (actually not as bad as I thought it would be, but I don't even want to know how many of those calories are from fat, not to mention how much sodium it has). My doctor would be so pissed if she knew I was partaking of food at Denny's O_o

I tried to do some Exegesis tonight, but my brain imploded and I had to stop. I honestly don't know if I'm ever going to figure out how to use the Hebrew/English Lexicon. It took me over half an hour to parse one verb! I tried working on another verb for over an hour I think, and I just gave up. Oh well, tomorrow's a new day. (No class! WOO HOO!!!!)

Day 179 (Sabbath)

I can't believe we're only 2 weeks into the semester and I'm already exhausted! This is gonna be a rough one!

I started my day with a trip to the doctor. Kaiser was insisting that I see a doctor before they give me another refill on my blood pressure medication. This is probably a good thing because it seems that my blood pressure medication is not working as well as it should. Still a little high, and as I am not that old, a cause for concern. Apparently, my heart will not be able to take this kind of stress for 30+ years.

So, she told me the usual; I need to watch what I eat and get more exercise. I'm pretty sure this is standard advice for most people's doctor visits, but in my case it's probably even more important. I wish I liked exercise and dieting. Life would be so much simpler that way.

Also, I need to learn how to like going to bed early.

The weekend is upon us now, and I need to make a concerted effort not to waste it like the last one, otherwise I'll be running myself ragged all term. The only hurdle, and I should really stop seeing it as a hurdle and more of a blessing, is the Sabbath assignment SHP gave us for Intro to Ministry II. We need to dedicate a 24 hour period every week to observe the Sabbath. I decided Saturday noon to Sunday noon, SHP's suggestion, would be the best. This means that during that time, I cannot do homework, clean, or work on scholarship stuff. While cutting out a large chunk of time with which I could be pursuing these worthwhile activities, I will instead be walking, reading for fun, praying, hanging out with friends, watching movies, collecting mushrooms, cooking or writing.

I'm kind of excited about this whole Sabbath thing, but at the same time worried that I won't be able to stick to it. I guess we'll find out!