Find & Seek
- It is going to be 101 degrees (~38 C) here today again (yesterday we hit 103 F (~ 39.5 C).
- Because I am trying hard today to get a lot of prep work done for Fall (syllabi, LMS organization, those sorts of things), I decided to bite the bullet and NOT travel to the indoor track to run today but instead ran outdoors.
- It was already 80 degrees (~27 C) when I hit the trail at 5:40am. But, I got the run in.... and was sweaty as hell.... I was soaked completely socks, shorts and shirt (I did wear a shirt this morning, even though I should have "Sasquatched" instead).
- Unfortunately, there are new Canadian Forest Fires happening... and the smoke is going to cause really horrible air quality again in my region. But, we still had a small bubble of green (good air) on our map this morning, so that also was part of the impetus to run outside while we still had good air..... before it became significantly worse this later morning and afternoon.
- I have a goal of getting 5 syllabi and at least 3 LMS sites up-to-snuff today.
- I am not sure if I mentioned that I was asked to become part of the Parish Council at our new parish. In the nomination process, which was a period of a few weeks across both masses, folks were asked to nominate people they felt would be good for Parish Council openings (there were three) and to give those names to the ushers. Apparently (according to Father) NINE people nominated me which greatly surprised me. My wife and I are rather new to this parish as you know (roughly 3 years now), and neither my wife nor I put our names into the nomination... in fact, we did not put anyone in at all.... thinking we were too new to make appropriate suggestions.
- When Father called me and asked me to meet with him a few weeks ago to discuss my possibly joining Parish Council, I did so, and even though I was not really sure if I should, he convinced me that I should join the Council. Even though I am not sure if I want to do this..... I do feel it is important to be of service.... and so I will try to do my best as I was asked.
- The first meeting of the Parish Council for the new Parish "book-keeping" year is in August, but the current Parish Council President called me (and the two other new people) to meet together ahead of time. I had this meeting last night. She basically gave us an overview of the history of our Parish, and discussed/described the various different Parish Council groups that have occurred during the recent past 20 years or so. She also talked about how "bylaws" of the Council are "very new and different" this year from their past, as they have had to adopt a basic Diocesan developed framework of "bylaws" which were substantially different than their prior bylaws.
- I did not say much at this meeting, but Father had given me a copy of these bylaws when we had met a few weeks before because I asked if they were available. When I had glanced through them with Father, they were very (VERY) similar to the bylaws of the Parish Council at my prior parish (that had closed),
- Yesterday, while working some more on cleaning the garage, I happened to pull down a large box that was very dusty, high up on the top storage shelf near the ceiling of the garage. I was delighted to find the box contained ~20 one-pound Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco canisters (unfortunately empty - HA!) that I had stored away in the box. It was a great find.... I had thought I had thrown them out in a prior cleaning "frenzy" quite a while ago.
- In my garage, I have a large number of these pipe tobacco tubs from across the years. And I have them as an important part of my storage system in the garage. Various nails, bolts, and all sorts of other odd-and-ends conviently get stored in my old pipe tobacco canisters. Most of the ones I have actively storing things in are either Sir Walter Raleigh or Prince Albert canisters... and a couple of Granger cans...., but I do also have one Velvet can and one Half-and-Half can.... even though those two (Velvet nor Half-and-Half) were NEVER favorites of mine.
- But, finding the box of a bunch of empty Prince Albert tubs was great luck, as I have a lot of other odds and ends to store, and they will be perfect for this.
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I do also have one Velvet can and one Half-and-Half can.... even though those two (Velvet nor Half-and-Half) were NEVER favorites of mine.
If they were never your favorites, does their presence suggest their connection to your father or FIL? If so, that could make them all the more special. And, if so, maybe you could transfer the odds-and-ends from those two cans into Prince Albert tubs, freeing up the Velvet and Half-and-Half cans for even more special miscellany?
I'm not surprised that your parish recognized your capacity to serve. Furthermore, as you've had prior experience with similar bylaws unfamiliar to your new parish, your Parish Council participation should be of particular value. And maybe I'm hoping for too much, but perhaps your Parish Council duties might indirectly help you with your family member difficulty in a couple of ways. Your family member can't discount you as someone lacking maturity and gravitas, and should at least afford you the respect your fellow parishioners are showing you, worthy of being listened to seriously. Even if neither of you can change the other as you might hope/prefer, your parish duties demonstrate that you are plainly worthy of both parental deference and respected-community-member deference.
I hope your new computer setup makes syllabus/LMS work proceed a bit more smoothy than in the past. Good luck with it all, Professor!
My late husband stored stuff in coffee cans--that I don't even think exist anymore. That's great that you're on the Parish council. I hope it will be a positive experience. Working with a group of people can be a mixed bag. I've learned that by being part of my HOA committee.
I never did well with working at school stuff when I wasn't actually on the clock. It was quite a failing.
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