Falling Behind

My friends are quite prolific -- and there are a few more of you than there used to be. I didn't even have the chance to read and respond to yesterday's posts.

Last night was Women In Transition, which was a good time. I've committed to developing my class "The Lamp and the Mirror: Illuminating and Reflecting On Spiritual Life" before summer. This is *after* I finish my final papers for my two classes, but it's my turn to step up and start teaching. My assignments are to gather information on likely venues and develop my course outline into more detailed lesson plans.

I have "Christian Ethics" class tonight, and won't be home until after 9pm. We have to present a one-paragraph description of our final paper topic. I was going to look at assisted suicide (which I think should be legal) - but I may instead examine plural marriage. Our thoughts about marriage seem to form out of a whole series of assumptions about the "natural" qualities and roles of males and females, religious codes, ideas about power and body ownership. . . I was doing some online research yetserday. One site that advocates polygamy because it is biblically-based reject polyandry (one woman with multiple husbands) because it violates nature and the Bible. (To quote The King and I: "Flower must not go from bee to bee to bee!") Where do our ethics depend on our assumptions about nature?
Feel free to weigh in on the topic if you have thoughts, opinions or questions.

Finally: perhaps this will become a meme?
I love the beauty, creativity and self-expression of LJ icons. I also enjoy the masking effect. I only know what a couple of you look like. A few of you I know from everyday life. Two or three of you have icons with your photos. But the rest of you are mysteries to me -- as I am to you.
So, without looking at my Info Page, I'd like those of you who don't know what I look like: How old am I? What do I look like? What is my personal style of dress? What do you imagine when (if) you picture me?
Those of you who know me can do this too if my verbal image doesn't quite match with my actual appearance.

And meanwhile, I'll do my best to get caught up with all your entries as best I can. But please understand if I fall behind in conversations!

Dad's surgery is tomorrow morning. I'll be at the hospital all day. More on that this evening.

Tired, Tired, Tired

I've been moderately busy at work, out in the evenings, and/or doing homework, and getting up early. I had class tonight, came home, cuddled the child, read some more story to her, tucked her in, tried to install iPod software on the new laptop and am beginning to suspect that when it asks me if I want to configure the iPod it may in the process wipe out the 1,262 tracks already on it. I don't want to deal with that tonight.

Tomorrow I get to sleep in until 7am, then it's up, shower, dress, breakfast and off to the hospital to be with my folks for Dad's surgery.

It's going to be a long day, and a boring one if we're lucky.

For those of you who pray, visualize white light, or send positive energy, my father's name is Grant. And if you could remember us on Friday it would be most appreciated.

Thank you and goodnight.