Three Days Down...I don't even know how many to go...

So...here's a re-cap of the first week of seminary (well, the first week since I've left the familiar - or at least, most of it - and come into a whole new culture):

Saturday - Left Marion...not sure how I was gonna manage a 12 hour car trip with the cast (for those who don't know, I had surgery #2 of a 3 part series (part 1 last summer, part 2 now, part 3 to come over Christmas break) the first Monday of August), said goodbye to the fam. dogs, wasn't entirely sure I was supposed to do this, and yeah...that kinda took over the day for a while. Ended up stopping in Jonesville, NC...got this interesting kinda pizza they must only have certain places (it's like chicken alfredo on pizza).

Sunday - Made it the rest of the way here after stopping at my mom's friends' house to look at their gently-used furniture they're giving me (which is nice) - we're getting it tomorrow - and then came the rest of the way to Columbia. Went out to eat eventually, and then the marathon of room set-up began (well, my dad left first, then the marathon started).

Monday - Went to Big Lots and a bunch of other places finding furniture and other stuff to "fill" the apartment...met a couple people, got a little mini-refresher tour of parts we didn't necessarily see at Seminary Days...

Tuesday - Orientation - longggggg day (started at 8:15, ended well after 7:00) but it was nice to see some familiar faces (some people from 2007 Seminary Days, some from '08)

Wednesday- Intro to Bible and Jr. Worship Practicum were pretty good - went to Cici's to eat (and then did more shopping at Staples and Goodwill)

Thursday - No classes, but we had a seminar, read some for Intro to Bible, and then went to the most "high-church" Eucharist I've ever seen at a seminary (and I'm not kidding) where they installed three new faculty members - the president preached, it was an interesting take on the "Take up your cross and be my disciple" motif.

Today - only had one class (Intro to Bible) and learned about the geography of the Holy Land...

More to come, I'm sure, but as you can see, the academic mode hasn't started...yet...but I'm sure between Monday and Tuesday it will (Monday - Pastoral Care and Church History; Tuesday - The same plus Greek).