SBL was fantastic. M and I both went to some wonderful sessions. I completely got my world rocked and have a whole new model of Pauline cosmology now. Good thing my diss isn’t on that—I’d have to start over. The best things was seeing people, of course. Hung out with Anastasia, had a great chat with AKMA in the book room, reconnected with undergrad friends. Great motivation to keep working on the diss again…

Couldn’t find the car keys this morning–spent about a half hour searching even going to the extreme of waking Lil’ G and asking her if she’d swiped them (not altogether an impossibility…). Finally found them in a pants pocket. I so hate the Monday off a long weekend!

Since I couldn’t get off on time, I had to drive in all the way so no Morning Office…again. Short of adopting the patented bls commute-Office it certainly is harder to do it without a mass transit component to my day.

I’m in a malaise. It happens. Still not online much as you may well have noticed. I’m feeling like profound thoughts are in the near future–but certainly have none now…

M and I are planning what we are going to do for Advent.