September 17, 2008

• The Baby Exchange

  Ok, we did it.  First week of crazyness completed.  (Well, sort of.)

  On Monday, I had to leave the house at 6 pm to get to my 7 pm Old Testament class.  I waved goodbye to Sam and the baby and hurried out the door before she could realize what was happening and start to cry.  She cried anyway, but Sam told me later, it wasn’t too bad.  It’s strange how hard it actually was to leave though!  I got home after 10, and Baby was sleeping soundly in the crib, and Sam and I caught up about the night. 

  On Tuesday, Sam got home from work at 3 pm.  I had just put the baby down for her afternoon nap, so it was a lot easier for me to slip out the door without any trouble.  I wasn’t ready to leave at exactly 3 though because Baby is having an allergic reaction to something (we think it’s the new brand of diaper wipes that we just got), and I was busy trying to manage that problem all day.  Anyway, I left at 3:15 and still made it to the seminary early. 

  It was wonderful to be back and to see old classmates and just talk and have familiarity.  My Tuesday afternoon class is Biblical Hebrew.  Three of my classmates from Greek are in the class, so that’s going to be really nice!  It’s going to be interesting to see how hard and easy Hebrew will be compared to Greek.  (I predict asking my good friend Trevor for some help!) 

  At 7 o’clock, my Hebrew class ended and I walked out of the classroom as Sam was walking up the stairs with Baby in his arms.  As I took her in my arms, we began to draw a crowd.  Former classmates who had heard about her flocked to us to say hi.  The New Testament professor Mark Strauss said, “She looks just like her mom and dad (referring to us)!  God was preparing her for you.”  I thought that declaration was very nice.  Then Sam went to his Greek class (yes, he’s taking Koine this year!), and I took Baby into my car and drove her home.

  I’m calling it the Baby Exchange. 

  Years ago, I used to work for a Campus Crusade guy who mentioned to me a few times how he and his wife attended seminary at the same time — while having little ones at the same time.  He would say, “Hey, if God calls you to it, He’ll make it work.  You just make it work.”  He told me that they would hand off the kids to each other in the parking lot as one would leave a class and the other would be going to a class.  Henry and Wilma Tan, you are our inspiration.  If they can do it, so can we.

  Now, the real question is, when and how will we have time and energy to study??  Now the adventure truly begins!

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