My 9-5 job.

Graduate school. It's not all fun and games. So I don't have a paying job this year, but I have a feeling that I will work more this year than I have worked in my six years at St. David's. And when I think about it, that's alot. Because working at St. David's is no walk in the park. For all who think that a one year masters is cake, think again. There's a reason why this is so intense. I've been reading for the past three days and I'm still not done withmy assignments.

I figured that I have to approach this year of school as a job. The problem is that it's not a 5-day 9-5 job, rather it's 5 days 9-5 and then at least 3-4 hours on Saturday and Sunday if you want to stay current and be able to go out and experience New York in the evenings and on weekends.

This past week, the Klingenstein center had a reception at the Loeb Boathouse Restaurant in Central Park. What a place. We had appetizers and drinks and it was phenomenal. It will probably be the only time I eat there as it is fairly expensive, and I can see why. It was great. That's one thing down that I was supposed to experience, and good for me it was free!


So this morning I woke up and walked down to the famous Hungarian Pastry Shop in Morningside Heights for a cup of coffee and a cheese danish type of pastry. $4, not bad and I stayed there and studied for almost 2 and half hours! Definitely a place to experience. The pastries are fantastic and the atmosphere is very quaint and real. After studying, I walked to the park with a few friends and their families in my cohort. We played with the kids, talked about our schools and about our program.

What I continue to find fascinating is recognizing God's provision in New York. It is a true blessing to have Daniel and his family up here with me so that we can be there for each other in what could be a lonely place if you don't know anything or anyone in this huge city. Here's what's cool about God, He's placed 4 other believers at TC and we are all in the same program! He knows that in order to make the most out of our experiences here, we all needed a support system where we could talk about our classes in the context of Christian schooling and education, as well be able to invest in each others' lives while up here. I'm floored everytime I think about how awesome God is and how He looks after his children on earth.

Next week will be a crazy week. It's my first full week with all of my classes and so I will have the opportunity to gage how I will need to spend my time in the books and how my schedule will look like. Hopefully, I will know what my internship will be and where it will be. I am hoping to work in Harlem and in Upper Manhattan. One semester will be with an independent school and the otehr will be with a public school. I'm so excited to be working in a public school and gain valuable experience there.

If there's one thing that I learned last week in my classes, is that almost every class that I will take is practical. Yes, we will be learning alot of theory, but most of this theory will be put into practice. I really don't think there's a program like this at TC or in the counrty. I'm so blessed to be in this program.

I hope to have more pictures in my next posting. For those of you prayer warriors, please be praying that I continue to be disciplined in my studies. I'll need that all year long.