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May. 8th, 2006 08:27 pmT probably broke her arm at Venturers on Thursday night. We find out next Monday if it really is broken, but in the meantime she's wearing a cast.
G and I went to church yesterday. Actually, two churches. We went to a straight catholic church and it was cold, hardly anyone noticed us and when we passed the priest in the street 5 minutes later he didn't even meet our eyes and smile. Then we went to the Antiochian Orthodox Catholic Church. OMG it was GREAT!!!
We walked in before the service and Matins was in progress. The church looks fantastic, with its iconography on all of the walls and on the screen between the church and the alter. There were only 3 or 4 people singing, but they were in tune and loud. The priest saw us standing at the back drinking in the sights and sounds that we hadn't been expecting and came over to welcome us.
we were made to feel more welcome later, when G and I had agreed to stay. During the service we had someone helping us to follow the service in the book she made sure we got and we ate the blessed bread she brought back for us. At the end, when we tried to leave, someone else told us we should follow the crowd up to the priest where everyone, including us, venerated the cross by kissing it. The priest was genuinely pleased to see that we had stayed for the whole service.
The service was lovely too. It was done in a mixture of english and arabic. All the responses were sung and seemed to alternate between arabic and english, although I'm sure I heard a Kyrie Eleison in there too. There were two gospel readings, one english and the other sung in arabic. The guy who did that was great too. The announcements were done in english and arabic and, when priest had finished the announcements he left the lecturn. He then remembered something else and came back to admonish the congregation and told them to "come to church on time". It's worth getting there on time - you get a seat. The church was packed - there were about 30 people standing at the back and all the pews were filled.
I recommend that people go along sometime. Matins at 10 and the service at 11am on Sunday.
Today I've been stressing out, I think. That's my theory on the state of my bowels anyway.
Here's the list of things that could be stressing me out:
Sewing projects
wool kirtle
T's Gambeson
fix my shoes for invest
costume my children (I think I only have to design and provide materials, we might have volunteers for the actual sewing)
Invest organisation
meeting to find out if it's on track and going to work
House
My bedroom has eaten my work clothes
I can't work on any of my woodworking projects in the shed.
Work
I need to find a way to get to work earlier than 9.30 every morning. Getting up earlier doesn't work, I get there at 9.30 when I get up at 7am AND when I get up at 8am.
Money
Yes, the credit card is full but we own whitegoods.
A new (old) car would be good and so would the ability to fund the rest of the laundry reno.
OTOH we did just have a lovely holiday. It's all about priorities I guess.
G and I went to church yesterday. Actually, two churches. We went to a straight catholic church and it was cold, hardly anyone noticed us and when we passed the priest in the street 5 minutes later he didn't even meet our eyes and smile. Then we went to the Antiochian Orthodox Catholic Church. OMG it was GREAT!!!
We walked in before the service and Matins was in progress. The church looks fantastic, with its iconography on all of the walls and on the screen between the church and the alter. There were only 3 or 4 people singing, but they were in tune and loud. The priest saw us standing at the back drinking in the sights and sounds that we hadn't been expecting and came over to welcome us.
we were made to feel more welcome later, when G and I had agreed to stay. During the service we had someone helping us to follow the service in the book she made sure we got and we ate the blessed bread she brought back for us. At the end, when we tried to leave, someone else told us we should follow the crowd up to the priest where everyone, including us, venerated the cross by kissing it. The priest was genuinely pleased to see that we had stayed for the whole service.
The service was lovely too. It was done in a mixture of english and arabic. All the responses were sung and seemed to alternate between arabic and english, although I'm sure I heard a Kyrie Eleison in there too. There were two gospel readings, one english and the other sung in arabic. The guy who did that was great too. The announcements were done in english and arabic and, when priest had finished the announcements he left the lecturn. He then remembered something else and came back to admonish the congregation and told them to "come to church on time". It's worth getting there on time - you get a seat. The church was packed - there were about 30 people standing at the back and all the pews were filled.
I recommend that people go along sometime. Matins at 10 and the service at 11am on Sunday.
Today I've been stressing out, I think. That's my theory on the state of my bowels anyway.
Here's the list of things that could be stressing me out:
Sewing projects
wool kirtle
T's Gambeson
fix my shoes for invest
costume my children (I think I only have to design and provide materials, we might have volunteers for the actual sewing)
Invest organisation
meeting to find out if it's on track and going to work
House
My bedroom has eaten my work clothes
I can't work on any of my woodworking projects in the shed.
Work
I need to find a way to get to work earlier than 9.30 every morning. Getting up earlier doesn't work, I get there at 9.30 when I get up at 7am AND when I get up at 8am.
Money
Yes, the credit card is full but we own whitegoods.
A new (old) car would be good and so would the ability to fund the rest of the laundry reno.
OTOH we did just have a lovely holiday. It's all about priorities I guess.
