Jenny's Jottings

Originally, I heard that my dad had gone into the hospital last Saturday with a very contagious pneumonia. His wife called my mom who then called to tell me about it! Yesterday afternoon, I was able to call my dad at the hospital. He said that he thought it was just his COPD, so he hadn't done anything about it until he was anemic, coughing, having trouble breathing, and having blue fingers! It turns out he had a staph infection in his lungs and bacteria pneumonia. When I talked to him yesterday, he was feeling much better and hoping that he could finish his antibiotic treatment at home where he was more comfortable. I am so relieved that he is feeling better. I didn't know from the messages I got, exactly how sick he was. I didn't know if he was at death's door or what. It was good to talk to my dad, to find out how he really was, as well as to just catch up with him a little bit. We don't talk very often.

Thank you all for your continued prayers for his recovery. I really appreciate it.

I am hoping that my computer might come back this week. I've really missed it, and I am so behind on reading my friends' posts and everything.

My Personality

Neuroticism	62
Extraversion	24
Openness To Experience	77
Agreeableness	37
Conscientiousness	56

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In other news, I talked to my mom and my brother about Genghis. He was 11.5 years old. It happened very suddenly; Jeff had been petting him minutes before he died. Even the vet cried. They buried him at my grandma's house.

I'm trying to finish up my paper/project on Julian of Norwich. Then I need to start on another world religion ethics paper, comparing ethical norms in Middle Eastern religions like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, with the ethical norms in Indian religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. After I finish that paper, I have to start an exegesis paper (and presentation) on the book of Susanna. And then . . . Sometimes this part of the semester sucks.

I saw the surgeon today. We're going to try the fiber supplement thing again, but we may end up doing a colonoscopy. Oh, Joy! Blech!

Anyway, back to the paper.

School began at the end of August, so I haven't been posting so much. I've been reading my friends page, though!

I am back in school. I work about 15 hours a week at the school library, every morning from opening until about 11ish. I volunteered to be in charge of the bulletin board and display case this year. So far, so good.
I am taking 3 classes. Tuesday night I have Daniel and other Apocalyptic Literature. We've looked at I Enoch and a bunch of other early literature. I did a presentation on The Sibylline Oracles, Book III, with April. I have an exegesis paper and presentation at the end of the semester on Susana. Thursday afternoons I have The History of Christian Spiritualities. I read a great book for it called Engaged Spirituality: Ten Lives of Contemplation and Action. I'm working on future projects on Julian of Norwich and Marian Spirituality (as in the Virgin Mary). My third class meets 5 weekends over the semester (Friday evening and all day Saturday). This is Comparative Ethics of World Religions. We are looking at ethical issues in health care from different Christian traditions, as well as Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. I've got 3 papers and a 45 minute presentation in that class. There are only 9 students in it, so I really enjoy being involved in the discussion. Last week I had 3 papers due and LOTS of reading, so I was really quite stressed out. I've been doing so much better this semester with taking time for myself and balancing school with the rest of the life. I was keeping up and even ahead on my reading until last week. At least this week is reading week, and I can catch up again.

At the end of September I had my follow-up 6-month appointment to make sure the cancer hadn't come back. Both the ultrasound and the blood work were clear! Hooray! I'm having some other medical weirdness, but I don't know what it is.

If it isn't raining (or snowing) the rest of the week, Molly and I hppe to go camping. We didn't get out this summer, so we'd really like to go now. This past weekend we went to the Ohio Renaissance Festival. We had a blast. The weather was perfect. Molly got a henna tattoo on her hand. I will take a picture of it. We saw two shows and lots of neat crafts. We ate a super yummy apple dumpling! Best of all we ordered our rings. I haven't been able to find a picture of them online, so I'll have to take a picture once they come. They are silver and made by Norman Greene from Berkeley. We are in the process of setting the date for our holy union -- probably later in May 2007, when school is over. Mark your calendars now!

Well, enough update for now.