A disappointing weekend
This was one of those weekends where nothing quite goes your way, but it’s not really anybody’s fault.
Friday evening I went to a Philadelphia Wings lacrosse game. A friend of mine (from camp and church) has season tickets and we’d made arrangements for this game way back in October or November. I was looking forward to “catch up” time with her. Unfortunately (for me), she recently started dating the guy who sits behind her at the games. Carolyn and I enjoyed the game (it was close until the 4th quarter when the Wings went on a tear and blew out the other team), but we felt a bit like 3rd and 4th wheels. I can’t really blame my friend for concentrating on a new romance.
Saturday was quiet at home. I got the bills paid, some reading done, and rested. Nothing bad there.
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Sunday evening our youth director had planned a big “Bible Goes To the Oscars” program. He worked really hard – we had a red carpet and special lighting and movie stuff all over the place. We were going to have the youth do bible skits and then give awards for things like “Best Jesus” or “Best Supporting Disciple”. Only 4 youth showed up (with 5 adults). I think the issue is that many of our youth are involved in theater productions at the various high schools next weekend. We had to punt and switch to a discussion of films that have made a difference in your life and relating them to faith. Again – not really anybody to blame but not quite what we wanted.
One bright spot – I asked my pastor a pressing question for me regarding ethics and the workplace. He mentioned it in his sermon yesterday. He didn’t have an answer, but he posted the question to others on the church’s new blog.
End of Week roundup
Here’s what’s going on.
- I managed to decompress from the congregational meeting last weekend. There are still some hard feelings among the young adults who work with youth, but we’ll get over it. I did express my feelings to my pastor.
- Last night my committee co-chair and the pastor and I had a conference call. We’d had to cancel the committee meeting because so many members were unavailable for the meeting (including a disturbing number who chose to drop out and prioritize something else higher – after they’d agreed to be there). We have a strategy for moving forward (but I can’t discuss it here until we’ve announced it to the team). How do you staff church committees when the really involved people are also really busy?
- I passed my ham radio Emergency Communications course, with 100% on the test and 100% of my assignments accepted on the first try. Next month or in a few months I’ll take the Level II course.
- Tonight Carolyn and I are headed to the Trenton Devils game. We’re skipping Saturday because 3 games a weekend is too much.
- Sunday the church is doing a service project in lieu of (or technically during) the worship service. We’ll start in the sanctuary, but then break early to spread out around the building making School and Baby kits for Church World Service, and hygiene kits for the Crisis Ministry of Trenton and Princeton, and sandwiches and wrapped utensils for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Then we’ll gather for lunch and close worship. It’s Levi Sunday (named for the Levites – get it? We’re supposed to wear jeans).
- Sunday afternoon the Sr. High (and some Jr. High) youth group will go to see the Trenton Devils hockey team (ECHL). My season ticket plan includes one free luxury suite a year, and I’m treating the youth. It should be fun!
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I have been tagged in the book meme, but I don’t know if I’ll get to it today. Maybe later.
Happy New Year – a roundup
Here’s what I’ve been up to in the last week or two:
12/17 – day off from work, didn’t do much
12/18 – work
12/19 – work, office Christmas lunch
12/20 – work, delayed by brake failure on the way to work, left early
12/21 – work, got my car back, watched the Trenton Devils win
12/22 – Smith family Christmas celebration (see below)
12/23 – church in the morning, youth group Christmas party in the evening
12/24 – off from work, Presbyterian Christmas service in the evening
12/25 – Catholic Christmas service followed by Brennan family celebration
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12/27 – off from work, watch Trenton Devils win
12/28 – off from work, watch Trenton Devils lose in shootout
12/29 – home, work on CDs for friends
12/30 – church, then work on CDs for friends
12/31 – work until 3pm, watch Trenton Devils, home for midnight
1/1 – off from work. Sleep.
Does it seem like I didn’t do much? You’re right. I didn’t. This was sabbath/rest time.
Happy New Year! See you in 2008!
Blogger Blessings
I have been tagged by Gannet Girl at Search the Sea for a year-end blogger blessing. This seems to be how it works (from the person who blessed her):
The idea… it’s a game of tag with a difference, rather than looking inwardly, we look outside ourselves and bless, praise and pray for one blog friend. By participating in this endeavour we not only make the recipient of the blessing feel valued and appreciated, but we are having some fun too. We’re going to see how far the bloggin’ blessings can travel around the world and how many people can be blessed! Recipients of a bloggin’ blessing may upload the above image {I chose not to use the image – Mark} to their sidebar if they choose to. If you recieve a bloggin’ blessin’ please leave a comment on this thread here so that we can rejoice in just how many blessings have been sent around the world!
I am going to bless:
Will Smama for grace under fire in the past year. She has survived a very difficult life event and kept on rowing without permanently losing her mind or resorting to bad behavior.
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Will Spotts as he moves on from the PC(USA) and yet continues to provoke deep thoughts. I value Will as the one shining star that I see coming from the “other” side of the liberal/conservative divide – he has consistently debated with respect and dignity for those who disagree. It’s amazing how rare that is.
Family – putting the fun in dysfunctional
Saturday was the Smith family Christmas get-together. We had to hold it early due to my brother’s police employment (he has to work Christmas).
Mom and Dad went to China last summer. They gave each of us a Beijing olympics 2008 t-shirt. Translation of sizes was difficult, so they guessed.
I opened mine:
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Things are breaking this week
Literally.
Last Sunday night we had a windstorm come through behind a Nor’Easter of rain. About 10:30pm Carolyn and I were lying in bed and we heard (over the LOUD wind) a crash outside. After going outside I discovered that our barbecue grill had released its friction wheel locks and rolled off the patio landing at a 45 degree angle on a bush. It had been tucked up against the back porch. I checked for propane leaks and dragged it across the paving stones (very hard) into the garage for the night.
I also discovered that one of the satellite cables from the dish had gotten pulled out of the siding J-channel and was flopping in the wind. I tied it down some and we’ll fix it when weekend weather permits.
The grill is OK and the main burners work right. It has a side round burner that we’ve never used and that burner isn’t adjusted right. It’ll get fixed when the weather gets warmer.
On Monday I bought some longer bungee cords and the grill is now bungeed to the back porch.
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I have to wonder how someone young enough to have never driven a car with manual brakes would have reacted. I slowed down, allowed a long following distance to the car ahead, and coasted as much as possible to avoid braking. I was able to stop but at a much longer distance and it required planning.
So far that’s all that broke. Last night I woke up cold (we use a setback thermostat) and got panicky wondering if the furnace had broken.
What’s next?
UPDATE: 10am – the part for the car came in. I should get it back today.
Sick
I was out sick yesterday.
On Wednesday, I had a sore throat all day. I gave my boss a warning that I’d probably be out on Thursday – usually a sore throat precedes my sinuses doing their “thick as a brick” impression.
It was worse than that. I slept all but 6 hours Thursday (or 18 hours total). By the time I figured out that I’m sicker than I thought and took my temperature it was 100.8. I started pushing fluids at that point.
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I’m supposed to go see the Blue Man Group tonight. I have to decide whether or not to suffer through or blow the $80 tickets.
Penance or a Good Deed?
This week has been a long week. I’ve been attending a training class in Philadelphia. That requires me to get up before 6am in order to get to Trenton in time for a train that will get me to class on time. Last night, I added a church meeting to that – going straight from the train station to the church and getting home about 9:30pm.
When I got home last night, I discovered that the trees and bushes on the side of the house were covered in toilet paper (and inexplicably paper towels). This is the first time in 12 years at this house that we’ve had our house vandalized (well, we had our mailbox pulled down once). I spoke to a few neighbors who were out and they knew that it was done before 8:45pm. We also reported it to the police – a neighbor’s house was damaged by eggs Sunday and another neighbor had a pumpkin stolen.
Tonight I got home and my wife reported that 4 neighborhood kids (including 2 kids commonly known as “bad” kids) stopped her in the driveway and asked her if it was OK for them to clean up the mess. They did, and we gave them the first candy of the night.
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Now I think it’s somewhat likely that they did the deed in the first place. Either way, they made up for it and did a good deed.
I had been seriously considering withholding candy from everybody, but this restored my faith in people.
Kitty is alright
I mentioned on Thursday that Isaac had a lump on his leg.
The vet called today. The tissue tested as fatty tissue – making this a fatty tumor which is benign and very common in older cats. We are to contact the vet if the lump changes, but otherwise it’s not something to worry about.
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Sick Kitty?
Our cats are coming up on 12 years old. This is the time of life when age starts to take a toll.
Isaac is the cat on the lower stair above. He’s already suffering from what is likely arthritis in his hips.
This week we discovered a lump on his back right leg. It’s a solid but spongy mass under the skin at about knee-level. It’s about the size of a dime in diameter and about the height of 3 dimes. It doesn’t seem to bother him at all – he’s still running and jumping and sleeping as much as usual.
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We took him to the vet last night. The vet did a needle biopsy, and we should get the results by Monday. He said it could be something sinister or could be as simple as a fatty tumor that is almost always benign.
I hope he’s OK.
(The other cat is Albert, in case you were wondering. They’re from the same litter. We’ve had them since they were 6 weeks old.)
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