Learning to Walk

bishop's advisory panel

I have a date - and not the sort of date that YKW needs to be concerned about! Between the 7th and 9th of July I will be attending the Bishop's Advisory Panel here which means that by the time I get back from my holiday here we should know what the decision is going to be.  Very exciting; the end (beginning?) (some bit somewhere between the beginning and the end?) is now in sight.

The only downside is that I have to fill in some new forms.  The frustrating thing is that whilst the forms are almost identical to the ones that I have done previously, they are still different enough that instead of a quick copy and paste it will actually be more like a not so quick few hours.  Still, what else is Saturday morning good for?

rolling...

Things are really starting to roll now and today I handed in my research project (I'm thinking it might inspire a book at some point) and completed my final interview with a Muslim person so I can start - and hopefully finish - writing that up tomorrow.  I have also made good strides through the second assignment for the Islam course which is entitled, "'Islam is an Arabized reflection of Judaism.'  What evidence do you find to either support or refute this assertion?"  I am really enjoying this course and have found both the time spent meeting with three Muslims (plus extended family and mosque members) and also the work for the assignment incredibly interesting.

In other areas things are also rolling on.  Of particular note is the fact that the panel I attended decided to subject another panel to me, and so I am going to be off to that before too long (quite soon hopefully, watch this space...)  There may also be light at the end of the job tunnel and, as with everything of much (OK, not much!) interest, you'll read it here first.

Or second.

Or perhaps even third.

man flu

For the last few days I have been full of a pretty stinking cold which has been stopping me from sleeping well and causing me to get breathless at every day tasks.  I think it's actually an infection now and if it doesn't clear up I'll need to get some antibiotics.

It is a pain because we had people with us for the weekend and I felt somewhat distant much of the time, it has stopped me from going running, and is just a bit gross generally - but I think I am risking spilling the unsavoury details now, so I'd better go.