Not Gone Forever

While it may seem as if I packed my things and left the blogosphere, it's really only a momentary hiatus.  For the past couple weeks I've been stuck in the yearly spring ritual of state-mandated assessments.  Of course the assessment I administer is an alternative to the day or two that general ed teachers do.  Basically I will have little time for much else until the end of next week.

Unfortunately, I have missed a lot of good news to blog about--not to mention the papal visit--and some of my best spiritual thoughts and images have been replaced with nightly dreams, or I should say nightmares, of the online assessment tool with its endless drop-down menus and links (who knows why) that will delete the whole show, which are placed precariously close to the ones used to make a simple edit.

So tonight, I thought I might take just a moment to say hello to whomever may be wondering if I had decided to blog no more.  Indeed not.  Give me a week or so and I'll be back again.  Summer is near, and with it I have blogging inspiration.  Inspiration that will begin taking shape hopefully before the summer break.

Part of my inspiration comes from the last homily I posted.  I'd like to do some close-up reflections on scripture from the viewpoint of Catholic doctrine.  Part of it springs from a desire to revisit the enthusiasm for biblical studies that I had as a youth.  Perhaps at this point I'm simply longing for life after the alternative assessment (quickly becoming something between an explicative and a euphemism for death--at least in my mind).

No, I am not gone forever.  However, it may be a week before you see me here again.  Surely with your prayers I will return sooner.

Comments

[C.O.]

*gasp!! He's alive!! Yay! Indeed, I think we're all "longing for life after the alternative assessment," lol. Unfortunately, teachers can't really delegate, right? Well, try not to let work bog your whole self down. We'll keep an eye out for ya.

[Gabrielle]

Yikes, I took a look at the link. Will be waiting patiently. Bonne chance et bon courage.

[C.O.]

Wow. I just looked at the assessment; there are rather a good many .pdf's there... you may be gone forever after all!

[Ann]

Will come back again at the end of the next week when hopefully you'll be here. Good news by the way on the home front - Ireland's first deacons beginning their studies in the Autumn!! There's bound to be at least one blogger among them...