Three weeks and counting...

The end of the semester draws near. I need to focus on getting certain things done very shortly. Fortunately, all of my notes are completed. That textbook is nearly completed (only a couple more review sections and a couple pages of preface materials), and I will need to contact the publisher to let them know. I need to write and print the final exams. Then I've got to get ready for the summer session. And try to write that article I've been toying around with. And get to work on my third year review.

The weather is warming up around here. But it seems like every time it does, another storm blows through and knocks the temperature down (which isn't a bad thing -- there will be plenty of "warm" days coming soon). The forecast has it going from a high of 82 to a high of 59 in one day.

I purchased one of these last week:



And one of these (42-quarts):



So that I can cook up a bunch of these:



If all goes well, it will happen not long after the end of the semester. And hopefully I'll remember to take pictures.

We had our meeting with the Elders on Friday. In the overall scheme of things, it was good. There are still a bunch of things that leave me scratching my head (for all sorts of reasons), and I'm quite far from believing that things are turning in the right direction. However, there was enough that happened to give me two clear senses. The first is that I now have a much better sense of how I feel about the Elders as a group of leaders. The second is that I also have a much better idea of where I should be focusing my attention and efforts within the church's existing structures. (And that's all I have to say about it for now.)

I ended up playing no backgammon at all this weekend. When I got up on Saturday morning, I just didn't feel like gambling. So I guess I'll just have to wait around until the next tournament, which will probably be in November.

I guess that's about it for tonight.