Leuven’s students did not have to wait for the winter to start having fun in the snow this year: on 14 October, several thousand students – 5,694 to be exact – broke the snowball fight world record. They smashed the previous record – 3,749 participants – held by Michigan Technological University. Skikot travel agency organised the record-breaking event, for which 120 tons of snow were shipped to the Ladeuzeplein!Even though it's the oldest Catholic university in the world, they still strive for excellence in an ever widening range of disciplines - or un-disciplines. I missed the historic event, or I guess I could say I boycotted it due to the high environmental cost.... and I haven't seen a flake of snow yet this year.
I've finished a good first draft of my thesis and I'm running it through readers and implementing their suggestions. Then through my advisor and implementing those suggestions. So it's more detail work at this point. I'm pretty happy with the project as a whole. I had hoped to complete it by Christmas, and I've got the first draft 10 days early! I've got about a month to finalize everything and send it to Belgium to get printed and distributed.
I'm looking forward to Christmas with family and community. I've been busy making candy for the occasion. I enjoy doing this and always showing up for parties with a box of home-made goodies.
After the first of the year, things will get a little hectic:
Washington DC Jan 11-12
Shreveport LA Jan 13-Feb4
Milwaukee WI Feb 6-9
Leuven Belgium Feb 20-Mar5 (ish)
Then once I get back home, I'll launch into law practice in earnest. I've been working on the side (just won two tax cases in time for christmas - yay!). But it will take work to get all the organizational / administrative aspect of a Law Office back on track. And of course - I'm hoping I'll be able to build clients as well.
So this Christmas I'm conscious of the presence of God in our world, in my own world, and in and among those with whom I live and work: Emmanuel.
Christmas blessings!
Amy












