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The week that was, the week to come
May. 4th, 2019 07:27 amI think I need to do a day-by-day for this week...
Sunday - usual church stuff, except that there was an Incident that I apparently managed to miss completely. A tree in the grounds was brought down by the storm last Friday and the light in the kitchen was also hanging off. Our tea lady was off gadding in Skegness(!), so I stepped in to help our tea gentleman manage the mad rush for teas and coffees.
Monday - husband turned 52, so there was a suitable level of fuss made of him. Mother rang and invited us up to theirs on Sunday or Monday; we have plans for Sunday, so I'm going on Monday. She did not wish husband 'happy birthday' which seemed odd - they'd given him a card and(particularly terrible) present the weekend before, so they knew about it!
Tuesday - one of my Taste of God team agreed to 'open up' for the next two sessions, which took a huge weight off my mind because the husband had asked me to not make any plans for next week when I'm off and I didn't want to say, 'as well as going to mother's I also have this thing...'. Then I looked at the schedule and saw said person was supposed to be off! Mild panic... But then someone else stepped into the breach! Yay for teams!!! My line manager's father passed away.
Wednesday - had a lovely catch up with a former colleague over coffee in the morning. Then the church team meeting in the evening when the Incident I missed on Sunday was discussed. It involves someone who comes to us because we're inclusive of their sexual identity - but who is definitely exclusive when it comes to certain Christian faith backgrounds. I get that they were hurt but that's no excuse to describe someone in the way they did, especially when that person is an EX-other background. When we call ourselves inclusive, we mean it! A couple of members of the team undertook to try to have a conversation with the person, but I've offered to support someone else on Sunday if it comes to that.
Thursday - mentoring meeting at work. I always leave those feeling so upbeat and positive about EVERYTHING! And like my spiritual director, my mentor gave me homework! And I talked to my mentor about their prayer life and encouraged them to think about coming along to Taste of God. I have always tried to keep my life compartmentalised but it really doesn't work. And my faith isn't something I can switch on and off! And I don't talk about it very often, and certainly not with non-church people, so I see this as a Good Thing.
Friday - winding down ahead of my week off.
Today - expecting a quiet day for gaming.
Tomorrow - family meal to celebrate husband's birthday and mine (which is on Wednesday). This year, our ages add up to 100.
Monday - trip to mother's.
Tuesday - hair cut and then...
The rest of the week is free of Plans. The husband wants us to be 'spontaneous' and just go for a picnic in the park if we feel like it. There will also be gaming.
Wow - that was a week!
Bye for now, DW.
Sunday - usual church stuff, except that there was an Incident that I apparently managed to miss completely. A tree in the grounds was brought down by the storm last Friday and the light in the kitchen was also hanging off. Our tea lady was off gadding in Skegness(!), so I stepped in to help our tea gentleman manage the mad rush for teas and coffees.
Monday - husband turned 52, so there was a suitable level of fuss made of him. Mother rang and invited us up to theirs on Sunday or Monday; we have plans for Sunday, so I'm going on Monday. She did not wish husband 'happy birthday' which seemed odd - they'd given him a card and(particularly terrible) present the weekend before, so they knew about it!
Tuesday - one of my Taste of God team agreed to 'open up' for the next two sessions, which took a huge weight off my mind because the husband had asked me to not make any plans for next week when I'm off and I didn't want to say, 'as well as going to mother's I also have this thing...'. Then I looked at the schedule and saw said person was supposed to be off! Mild panic... But then someone else stepped into the breach! Yay for teams!!! My line manager's father passed away.
Wednesday - had a lovely catch up with a former colleague over coffee in the morning. Then the church team meeting in the evening when the Incident I missed on Sunday was discussed. It involves someone who comes to us because we're inclusive of their sexual identity - but who is definitely exclusive when it comes to certain Christian faith backgrounds. I get that they were hurt but that's no excuse to describe someone in the way they did, especially when that person is an EX-other background. When we call ourselves inclusive, we mean it! A couple of members of the team undertook to try to have a conversation with the person, but I've offered to support someone else on Sunday if it comes to that.
Thursday - mentoring meeting at work. I always leave those feeling so upbeat and positive about EVERYTHING! And like my spiritual director, my mentor gave me homework! And I talked to my mentor about their prayer life and encouraged them to think about coming along to Taste of God. I have always tried to keep my life compartmentalised but it really doesn't work. And my faith isn't something I can switch on and off! And I don't talk about it very often, and certainly not with non-church people, so I see this as a Good Thing.
Friday - winding down ahead of my week off.
Today - expecting a quiet day for gaming.
Tomorrow - family meal to celebrate husband's birthday and mine (which is on Wednesday). This year, our ages add up to 100.
Monday - trip to mother's.
Tuesday - hair cut and then...
The rest of the week is free of Plans. The husband wants us to be 'spontaneous' and just go for a picnic in the park if we feel like it. There will also be gaming.
Wow - that was a week!
Bye for now, DW.
