TEEM Work and Other Anxieties

It has been a strange week in terms of home renovations. We're at a point where it makes sense to wait until the work of next week is done. Hopefully by this time next week, we'll have an HVAC system installed and the house rewired. Then we'll do the painting and the hardwood floor restoration.It feels weird knowing how much work needs to be done, but not doing it. Of course, I have plenty of other work to be doing, primarily grading and encouraging students.In a way, it has been a good week to be pulling back on fixer-upper tasks. I've gotten information about the next part of my path to ordination. I will take three classes through the TEEM program, and the first class is next week.The TEEM program has 3 onground intensives a year where participants gather in Indianapolis and take 2 classes, one on Monday-Tuesday and one on Thursday-Friday, along with a workshop on Wednesday. I will be taking the Thursday-Friday class on Paul's letters next week. I'm happy to be able to patch up…