Winding down

That's pretty much the theme of the week here. Classes are still in session, services are still on the regular schedule in the chapel and all; but we are beginning to move into a series of endings.

Yesterday I was one of the cantors at Evensong: the last time my name appears on the rota to do that, here. It felt very good, to chant the plainsong psalms; but I found myself having to force the last hymn through a suddenly swollen throat. Only for a moment; but it was there.

Today I finished my last academic paper: a reflection for our liturgical practicum course. It's not really due for a few days yet, but I dropped it off in the professor's mailbox anyway, to get it off my plate. Not so much choking up over this one.

Then this evening, I picked up Mark at the airport. It's more than a week before Commencement, but he needs to use up some vacation time, and so he came in early (now you know why I was getting that paper out of the way!).

Somehow, this is all beginning to feel real.