In lieu of an actual blog-posting...

I didn't have time to write both. ;)

Good afternoon, Dad!
I was going to say "good morning", but it is getting on towards noon for you, so I believe my salutation to be appropriate.

Thank you for your note - it's always nice to come back to my room and find a word from home. It does, however, always fill me with a regret that I wasn't the first one to write. I know you understand business - even more than I do - but it has been a particularly crazy week for me. Tomorrow is Friday and I can't wait. My brain is at the end of its wits. Also, I need to set aside time to update my blog. It has fallen profusely behind.

I'm so sorry to hear about our sick and leprous van, but even more sorry to hear about your 52 minute stroll. Why did you not just sleep in your office? I hope the weather was nice, at the very least. In recent nights here, a midnight walk home would not be very enjoyable. Lately the skies get cloudy at night and block out the moon and stars - not to mention it is usually in the low 40's after sundown. Although occasionally I can still see a planet from my window; that's how I de-stress before going to bed, after I've been doing homework for hours and hours. If you were to wander the streets of Wheaton's campus in the early hours of the morning and look up, you would see a window lined with twinkle-lights whose inhabitant is leaning on a windowsill, chin in hands, searching the skies for something familiar.

Where are you planting all of these vegetables? I should very much like to see what the garden looks like currently; it sounds quite exciting. How are Zacchaeus and sickly Argus? How is Frederic? Has Kate been watering the small plant in my room? I thought about my room yesterday and was filled with a very strange disconnect. I decided not to think about it further.

Also, what Noah and The Whale have you been listening to? I knew the song "Five Years Time" before I came to school, but that was as far as my knowledge of them went. Then one day I randomly had it stuck in my head, so I played it - and then discovered other wonders, such as Blue Skies, Our Window, and Shape of My Heart. I just love their sound.

My eyes are hurting these days from so much reading. As it happens, almost all of my classes right now (with the exception of French) are giving me classical Greek literature to read - whether or not the class has anything to do with literature. I have read The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Trojan Women and am currently wading through The Aeneid - all in the past week or two. The names are playing hell-fire with my mind. Today in a discussion of Trojan Women I started referencing Greek characters; and the gods - zeus! - I wish that the Greeks and the Romans would decide and agree on ONE name for each one. I am exhausting every character-glossary in the book. Or should I say, bookS.

Last night I wrote my paper on evangelicalism. I will send it along to you soon, as you had quite a bit of influence on it. By the way, I feel that it is important to stress the fact that I FINISHED this paper - and it's not due until tomorrow. This is a victory for me. What else? The French test went well, I think. I'm expecting a low A or a high B. Also, I don't think I told you about my first day in Workout when we spoke on Tuesday night. Which is surprising. Today is our second day, so I'll be heading out in about an hour. There's apparently a nice tradition of eating dinner together, directly after Workout, on Tuesdays and Thursdays; so that's something to look forward to, too. Anyway, we can talk about Workout when next we speak. It is very strange, and a little frightening at moments - but I think it's a good kind of frightening. I think it will be very good for me. Also, a nice thing about it is that you can wear whatever comfy clothes you want - which means that some people wear pajamas. I think today I will wear the red flannel button-up that you handed down to me. I've been wearing it at nights when I do homework, by the way. It's a good cozy thing to have. Speaking of cozy, tell Mom thank you for forcing me to bring that extra blanket.

Well, I have to do some French homework and read another 100 pages of the Aeneid so that I can write a paper on it - for tomorrow morning. Agh. My coffee pot and I will be burning the late-night oil for yet another evening.

Maybe I will find a planet tonight, though. That would be nice.

Thank you again for keeping me updated about things going on at home. I do love to hear from you. Also, I hope your Thursday is better than your weird Wednesday. Give my love to the girls, and call Suki a particularly creative and vicious name.
Much love,
Roger