That Was Loud

So I got to watch the national championship game on Monday night in Cameron Indoor with about 5,000 other Duke students.  Needless to say it was pretty amazing and the loudest I have ever heard Cameron.  The ability to watch big time college athletics while in seminary was a reason to attend Duke in the first place and I really haven't been disappointed at all in that aspect, especially because I could drive down to Atlanta and watch Georgia Tech in football to get the full fix of sports as Duke hasn't quite gotten there for football yet.  The crowd just doesn't get into it yet, but that will come. 

It was nice to be on campus when the school I attended competed for and then won a national championship in a major division 1 sport.  It was a nice way to go out this year by having an experience that not many people get to witness and participate in.  I think maybe they need to kick the alumni out of Cameron a few times a year and fill it with students to completely overwhelm opponents with the crowd noise.  At times it was deafening and made me wonder why alumni don't feel the need to cheer and get into the games.  Oh well, I guess that happens as we get older. 

Congrats Duke and I hope you get there again next year. 

One Step Closer

Seeing how school work has been keeping me quite busy lately, I figured during my night off from school to focus on the Final Four would be a good time for a quick post to update the ordination status.  A few weeks ago, I was deemed certified ready for a call.  This basically means I have met all the requirements to officially look for a job and to have my resume for the denomination posted online.  I still need to find a job in order to get ordained, so there is still more waiting.  I have an endorsement from my denomination to enter as an active duty chaplain upon graduation and pending my ordination, so right now I am really just waiting to graduate (4 weeks and 4 papers away) and have the Navy board approve my application.  Once that happens, I get to go back to the presbytery and get final approval for ordination, then it is off to wherever the Navy sends me. 

Now if I can just find some motivation for school in these last few weeks it will make the wait less frustrating.