Just plotted out my summer, beginning this weekend. We have a crew coming in from the publishing house to attend the RBTE, which is a trade show for Christian booksellers and publishers in the "liturgical" traditions. (There is a religious booksellers trade show in general, but the liturgical traditions don't get much visibility, because they are so outnumbered by more bible-only approaches.) Sr. Helena will be attending this year, too. Sr. Phivan and I will, in the meantime, head off to St. Paul, Mn, for a book exhibit for the Minnesota Homeschool Association. We weren't able to arrange other exhbits or events for that trip: too bad! It is a long, long drive for just one event. Oh, well. When we get back, Sr. Phivan goes for her home visit, and I get books ready to exhibit during the Scripture Seminar at Mundelein--it is put on by the Archdiocese of Chicago Office for ongoing formation in ministry, and they give me free room, board and "tuition" for the seminar in exchange for running the book table. I love Mundelein! It gives me a chance, weather permitting, to sit by the lake and make my meditation while the fish jump out of the water and the herons soar above it. When that is done, I have a few days to pack up and then go to Boston to give the sisters there for retreat a little seminar of my own, on the Founder. Then back to Chicago, where I have a *free* ticket to the Wired Magazine "NextFest" of futuristic technology. And then I have a few days to pack up again for Boston, this time for my own retreat--and to give my presentation on Fr. Alberione one last time. (I have a lot of work to do on it, because I promised the sisters that they would get all my notes in the end, but my notes are a mess.) After retreat, community meetings and some doctor stuff, I return to Chicago for ten days, during which time I need to pull together a talk for the religion teachers of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (hurray!) on media resources for teaching the Liturgy of the Word. Then: off to New Orleans to celebrate:
1) Mom and Dad's Golden Anniversary
2) My sister and her husband's 15th anniversary
3) My own 30th anniversary of entrance
and
4) My cousin Betsy's wedding.
Lots going on. Big family. Then I give my talk (hopefully well-prepared and motivating) to the religion teachers and get ready for...
September!
There are so many other things I wish I could fit in, but don't know how. For example, I just got an e-mail from the musician at Santa Susanna's in Rome. I used to prepare lyrics for him, and he is hoping to break into the US liturgical music world, but most of his stuff is in Italian, and would I be able to craft English lyrics that work with the music???? (I'd love to, but when??? How???)
Other things I'd like to do:
*sit on a swing in the sun (the swings in the Chicago parks are limited to "boys and girls 12 years old and younger) (darn).
l*earn to play piano
*fix the bugs in my web site
*sleep (I used to joke that my favorite prayer was the "Eternal Rest") (now it's not a joke)
2 comments:
Sister, come to the park in my neighborhood and we'll sneak onto the swings. No one ever checks for IDs. :)
WOW sister you sure have alot to do this summer!!!! If you ever wanted tomplay the piano its not that hard. I learned by myself but of course you have to know music well, and be able to read music and so on. I leabred off of a piece of paper last school year when my Choir teacher made us write a song!!!! I even taught myself to play music from the Wizard of Oz, the Munchkin land Song!!!! As for getting caught up on sleep, I'm wiht you on that one!!! School is now over for EVER and I woke up this morning the same time I usually get up tog et ready for school but I had to pry myself to get back to sleep, only worked for an hour, Darn!!!!! As for going to the park and swinging on the swings, heck I could do that here even if I'm gunna be 18 in July!!!! Maybe you should come down here to the QCA which is 3 hours away from chicago and swing and learn how to play the piano and what ever you want to do!!!! Well, I have to go, I'm graduating tonight!!!!!
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