(even) more singing!
Dec. 30th, 2024 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkI got to acolyte on Christmas Eve. Whee? (first time with the new pastor, and on Xmas Eve with a full church. No pressure.) OTOH, it *was* a full church. Haven't had one of those for a while, even on Xmas Eve. Part of it is that the weather cooperated -- it wasn't storming or really really cold -- but I think part of it that the new pastor (yes, that's two new pastors in less than three years) is a much better fit than the prior pastor. (That was such a bad fit that both the Church Council and the Pastor were complaining to District -- she is a nice enough person, but she came from a large formal urban church, and was not at all comfortable with a tiny somewhat casual country church. Nor did she want to be, afaict.)
Yesterday was a Lay Servant Day -- new Pastor is on vacation, taking her kids to see relatives, etc -- so Worship Committee decided to do a Service of Lessons and Carols. In theory, those are nice, but when the choir is one person, it's a lot of work for that one person. And I've sung more in the last month than I had in the previous three or four, so my voice was beginning to crack by the end of the service.
Ji is being crotchety today -- his preferred human is gone, and it's my fault. And it rained all day yesterday, which was also my fault. Sunny and clear today, but the ground is still wet from yesterday's over 2" of rainfall. So he went out a few times this morning, but not for very long stretches. Then I had the temerity to *leave* the house, so he was trapped, trapped, I tell you (uh-huh. you were sleeping on the bed until I got home). At which point he went outside for half an hour or so, until the neighbor's dog saw him and started barking.
Annabelle is being serenaded by calico Friend Cat. Who is outside on the deck, looking in. And aligned such that it took me actually *looking* to realise that it was another cat on the deck, not just a reflection in the glass. The best way to break up this stand-off is to leave the room and turn off the light. So I will. :)
Yesterday was a Lay Servant Day -- new Pastor is on vacation, taking her kids to see relatives, etc -- so Worship Committee decided to do a Service of Lessons and Carols. In theory, those are nice, but when the choir is one person, it's a lot of work for that one person. And I've sung more in the last month than I had in the previous three or four, so my voice was beginning to crack by the end of the service.
Ji is being crotchety today -- his preferred human is gone, and it's my fault. And it rained all day yesterday, which was also my fault. Sunny and clear today, but the ground is still wet from yesterday's over 2" of rainfall. So he went out a few times this morning, but not for very long stretches. Then I had the temerity to *leave* the house, so he was trapped, trapped, I tell you (uh-huh. you were sleeping on the bed until I got home). At which point he went outside for half an hour or so, until the neighbor's dog saw him and started barking.
Annabelle is being serenaded by calico Friend Cat. Who is outside on the deck, looking in. And aligned such that it took me actually *looking* to realise that it was another cat on the deck, not just a reflection in the glass. The best way to break up this stand-off is to leave the room and turn off the light. So I will. :)
