So, I've (obviously) been ultra busy these past few weeks. I posted a mini-recap as a comment-reply in my last entry. I just posted some pics from Hexacon XVI on my lj. I still haven't successfully attended choir practice more than once, so I'm going to just give up on that. Supernatural Thursdays and Doctor Who Fridays are still a fun chance to hang out with my friends, and we've played a couple more sessions of Chaos Out of Order on Saturdays.
Father Milt asked me a couple of Sundays ago whether or not the Psalm we were practicing for mass was the same as the week before, and I couldn't even recall. Which made me question, does going to 8am mass even count if I can't even recall it a week later? I guess the intent was good, but they say the road to hell is paved with such as those. So what do I do the next week? Go to 9:30am mass, which I can barely recall a week later. Perhaps it's just a sign of being too busy, but I suspect it's because I chose to do mass when I have to get up early. So what do I do to fix the situation, lose more sleep and blog it or quit going to morning masses? I mean, obviously I can't control when my cousin visits Arizona, but I could choose to leave a convention (such as Hexacon XVI) early instead of allowing myself time for events to go over their timeblocks. I've done that so I don't have to accidentally show up late for mass or disrupt people by leaving an event running over. I dunno, it's obviously something that needs rethinking.
Mondays I've been still watching Heroes, the best show on television. Even the other week when I had to work on Monday, Monte was kind enough to let me stop by his place on the way home from work so I wouldn't miss the episode. He watches it, too, so it wasn't too much of an inposition. He even cooked up a good chicken-pork mix for our dinner. Last Monday was also Parish Time before Heroes. I baked anise cookies (using leaf and acorn cookie cutters) with caramel sprinkles for the occassion. We discussed Wisdom, Work, and Worship and what elements of Catholicism fall under each category.
My mother and I went to Chuy's for her birthday last month. She enjoyed her card (which referenced angel food cake, her preferred birthday cake) and a mini-deck of cards I'd purchased for her during our last visit to Disneyland. She had recently retired her last well-used mini-deck of cards, so it was perfect timing.
My cousin was in town from Wilkes-Barre on business, but my grandparents held a picnic for him with my parents, niece, and I in attendance. My cousin from Tucson was disappointed that she couldn't make it, but the rest of us had a great time. We all had to miss his wedding in Syracuse the other year, so we pestered him with various questions which he was gracious enough to answer.
For Halloween Jay ran the new Expedition to Castle Ravenloft adventure. Bill made a 9th level elven fighter, Da made a 9th level dwarven cleric of Temmanon, and I made a 9th level monk. It was quite fun, and it was great to do a Halloween game again.
Elections kept me busy, too. We had a four page ballot, with lots of candidates and propositions. As soon as Hexacon was over I went into overdrive learning all I could, reading every candidate statement, researching every write-in candidate, reading every proposition, et cetera. Of course, as happens in a democracy, only some of the people and propositions went my way.
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