7 Takes during Lent Edition

Haven't done one of these in a while.

-ONE-

Although far from perfect, I have been doing fairly well in keeping with my Lenten vows.  Since the start of Lent, I have completed a read through of Genesis and Job.  I've already wrote a reflective piece on Genesis that you can read here if you want.  Since I just finished Job today, you'll probably see a piece on that coming shortly.

-TWO-

Last Saturday, I put air in my tires and went out on a 40 minute bike ride and covered 8.5 miles.  What a wonderful feeling to get out and exercise!  Unfortunately, I'll be bringing my bike to the shop tomorrow because of a recall about a part that holds the wheel on.  Here's to hoping they don't keep it before the next patch of beautiful weather.

-THREE-

At the very least, it's been interesting to monitor the changes I have in teaching my math classes.  Over the course of the year, I've probably changed all my daily routines and policies about three times.  I know that's not desirable, but I just don't like the idea of waiting until next year to change it.  What if that's no good, too?  I definitely know that all my classes are better now than they were in September and October.  But I have to commend my students for being so tolerant and flexible regarding my rookie-teacher-like-ways.

-FOUR-

Since I've already shamelessly promoted myself in this post, I might as well do it again.  Here's an educational rant that anyone in public education should check out.  In fact, even if you aren't you should know where your tax dollars are going anyways.

-FIVE-

I've been enjoying the run that the Penguins have been making.  Although the last handful of games haven't been anything to write home about, their impressive 11-game win streak contained some of the best NHL level hockey I have seen from this team since the cup run in 2009.  I'm looking forward to seeing them do exceptionally well in the playoffs.

-SIX-

I realized that I haven't read any books in a long time and I hope to change that this summer.  Although I'm not interested in obtaining a copy now, it would be nice to take a shot at the "Tim Keller Marriage Book" everyone at the church talks about periodically.  If anyone is done with their copy by June, do you think I could borrow it for a month or two?

-SEVEN-

If anyone reading this wins that half-billion Mega Millions jackpot tonight, I wouldn't mind if you slipped me just enough to pay off my student loans.  And just for the record, I'd barely call that greed; it will only be about  0.012% of your total winnings.  kthxbye.

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