I have not blogged for ages and ages so forgive me; these days there’s been too much going on. For instance, the majority of you probably didn’t know that it was my birthday Tuesday. That also leads me to say that one of my birthday presents was tickets to a North Carolina Michael W. Smith concert. A long while ago I wrote about my special day with my dad; this is my next one. My dad and I are heading out in March and staying for four days while he is presenting his thesis at seminary.

We’re now running five days a week. I’ve gotten my times down considerably over the year. I’m running a 16:49 three mile run and a five forty mile. We went out today and ran in Turlock four miles, and I’m beginning to enjoy it even more. We ran and then finished with a prayer thanking God for the almost 70 Degree weather (and in case you haven’t noticed, it’s February). It seems to be more and more like summer in winter.

School has been going dandy, with many a book read and put back on the shelf. Reading Beowulf (even though it was one of the longest poems) was interesting. I’ve also enjoyed the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. There was a quote by the author which I liked: “If history records good things of good men, then the thoughtful reader is encouraged to imitate what is good: or if it records evil things of evil people, the devout, religious listener is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and to persevere and to follow what he knows is good and pleasing to God.”

Well days come and go and I figure the next time I’ll write is probably in a couple of months or so.  Until then, I hope you’ll be content with this.