Yeah, I'm a stinker.
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kyburgI'm really working hard to figure out how to do Easter this year - really, my priority is getting as many people I can down to the beach to fly kites. We're going to have Santa Ana winds in town, we will have just gotten rain - only problem is we have four kites and only two us to fly them. CONSIDER CRASHING MY PARTY.
That, and I want to make sure kid gets an Easter egg hunt - and if we can get church in, all the better - it will be one of the very few (maybe only) Sundays he will have off from work to do so. And I know some really sweet church ladies who will appreciate meeting him. So.
Juggle juggle.
I have the eggs boiled. I have to have the filled plastic kind and two of the really nice edible kind to preschool tomorrow AM. *lists* I need to sneak off and buy Easter basket trinkets.
Spent last Sunday seeing a niece get confirmed into her church, a very ritual-bound Lutheran sect I found amusing and rather uncomfortable to sit through.
No hymnals. They put everything up on a screen using Powerpoint. Three piece band and vocalist who they buried in the mix (*facesmacks*) between them. We must have stand-sit-stand-sit-stand enough times to qualify for step aerobics. They catechized their confirmands - something I'm more familiar seeing in Catholic practice, to be blunt. And it was kinda creepy. Then again, this is the church that hands out nails at the beginning of the Lenten season and suggests you wear them. (I can just see the faces of my congregation. 'You spent - money - on that? You know we're still sending our loose change offerings to Haiti, right?') Really. You're privileged to just walk in the door, right? God really is great and you suck! Over and over and over again. Got tired of people telling me God thinks I'm junk, lemme tellya.
Mom and I sat next to each other and kibbitzed. We're both UCC and 'in our church we wouldn't - ' Yeah, Mom. I know.
I think the only reason they're here is for the private school - which started out as daycare in the beginning. Not a good enough reason, you ask me. And did the kid even get a Bible? UH. NO. She got every other kind of trinket and piecemeal religious bookie thing.
I'll have to do something about that later.
(I've mentally slapped myself a few times thinking about flying Jesus on a kite on Easter. NO. But my poor head couldn't help it. WHY SO SERIOUS.)
But sweet Coyote Jesus, what a week so far.
Still coughing way too much, but at least I'm not as exhausted - though pretty worn out regardless. The one thing I've noted is just how often I eat dinner and within a few hours, am asleep. Can't do that with the regime - you have to be upright for at least two hours after a meal. Hrm. Didn't see that coming, but it was a useful education.
So -
Who has seen 'How To Train Your Dragon' and wants to squee with me about it?
That, and I want to make sure kid gets an Easter egg hunt - and if we can get church in, all the better - it will be one of the very few (maybe only) Sundays he will have off from work to do so. And I know some really sweet church ladies who will appreciate meeting him. So.
Juggle juggle.
I have the eggs boiled. I have to have the filled plastic kind and two of the really nice edible kind to preschool tomorrow AM. *lists* I need to sneak off and buy Easter basket trinkets.
Spent last Sunday seeing a niece get confirmed into her church, a very ritual-bound Lutheran sect I found amusing and rather uncomfortable to sit through.
No hymnals. They put everything up on a screen using Powerpoint. Three piece band and vocalist who they buried in the mix (*facesmacks*) between them. We must have stand-sit-stand-sit-stand enough times to qualify for step aerobics. They catechized their confirmands - something I'm more familiar seeing in Catholic practice, to be blunt. And it was kinda creepy. Then again, this is the church that hands out nails at the beginning of the Lenten season and suggests you wear them. (I can just see the faces of my congregation. 'You spent - money - on that? You know we're still sending our loose change offerings to Haiti, right?') Really. You're privileged to just walk in the door, right? God really is great and you suck! Over and over and over again. Got tired of people telling me God thinks I'm junk, lemme tellya.
Mom and I sat next to each other and kibbitzed. We're both UCC and 'in our church we wouldn't - ' Yeah, Mom. I know.
I think the only reason they're here is for the private school - which started out as daycare in the beginning. Not a good enough reason, you ask me. And did the kid even get a Bible? UH. NO. She got every other kind of trinket and piecemeal religious bookie thing.
I'll have to do something about that later.
(I've mentally slapped myself a few times thinking about flying Jesus on a kite on Easter. NO. But my poor head couldn't help it. WHY SO SERIOUS.)
But sweet Coyote Jesus, what a week so far.
Still coughing way too much, but at least I'm not as exhausted - though pretty worn out regardless. The one thing I've noted is just how often I eat dinner and within a few hours, am asleep. Can't do that with the regime - you have to be upright for at least two hours after a meal. Hrm. Didn't see that coming, but it was a useful education.
So -
Who has seen 'How To Train Your Dragon' and wants to squee with me about it?
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Date: 2010-03-30 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 11:29 pm (UTC)We saw the dragon movie in 3-D last week, at Sarah's request. 3-D has improved a lot, but it still made me a bit sick.
The story was very good and Sarah really enjoyed it. Be aware that our hero doesn't end up unscathed at the end of the movie and you might have some explaining to do about what happened.
And I'm glad they finally found out what's wrong with you. Here's hoping for continued improvement on the health front.
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Date: 2010-03-30 11:44 pm (UTC)We saw the dragon movie in 3-D last week, at Sarah's request. 3-D has improved a lot, but it still made me a bit sick.
The story was very good and Sarah really enjoyed it. Be aware that our hero doesn't end up unscathed at the end of the movie and you might have some explaining to do about what happened.
And I'm glad they finally found out what's wrong with you. Here's hoping for continued improvement on the health front.
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Date: 2010-03-30 11:52 pm (UTC)And I think that letting Jesus fly up to heaven on a sunny day would be awesome. Wave to God for me! But I'm probably the wrong person to ask. Maybe if you did it for the Resurrection instead of Easter.
Yay kites! Maybe I'll get us a kite.
Thanks again for sharing re: your GERD issues. I've clearly got to get my partner in to get his looked at. I didn't think it was so bad, but stuff like the lingering cough/laryngitis makes me think it's more than just Coyote-ate-too-much-again.
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:36 am (UTC)