Last night was a meeting of National Cranky-pants Presbytery. Pretty uneventful, except we heard from our commissioners to General Assembly, and I asked a question/comment for the first time in almost three years of being a member of this presbytery. I’m pretty sick of talking about the big issues, so I asked how the commissioners experienced the fishbowl aspect of GA–specifically with the prevalence of bloggers, who provided instant, first-hand accounts to the world at large, with a fair amount of editorializing. This editorializing got at times rancorous and personal, and I wondered how that affected their experience of the Assembly. Unfortunately as an extravert I was still formulating the question as I was saying it so it may not have been as razor-sharp as I would have hoped. I suppose as well that a blogger asking about blogging is the equivalent of hiding in plain sight.
On my way back to my seat I slipped on some rainwater that had been tracked in and almost fell square on my butt.
I believe it’s in Charlotte’s Web, my favorite book from childhood, that humble is defined as “not proud” and “near the ground.” I suppose I was both last night.
R and I are busy as beavers getting ready to drive to Maine tomorrow and Friday. I have booked two kid-free hours a day for napping, reading and writing. Supposedly we will have DSL–R had it installed in case of work catastrophes. The long-term goal is for him to be able to take a vacation and leave it all behind, but until that happens, it will be less stressful for him to be able to dispatch minor issues with ease than to just ignore them. I may or may not blog from there.
I am also looking forward to at least two blog meetups on the way.
M is stirring…
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Charlotte’s Web was my favourite book too. (I loved Nellie one of the baby spiders that stayed)And Stig of the Dump. When I read that now I wonder why it appealed so much - but I read and re-read it.
Happy Holiday … enjoy the napping, reading and writing - the sunsets and the peace.
We are totally crazy today also getting ready to leave. The fatigue and stress almost seem to make vacation not worth it. At work everyone seems to think that something is important that is not even on my flist. On the homefront, we are both crabby and each of us had a very different set of “what’s important to get done” before we leave. It does give me pause as to what each of us would do if we knew that we were going to die in two weeks. Please relax yourself and I hope R can really relax and get buried in a book which I think is something he has not done for a while.
Well, I would be jealous of the blog meetups, but since I just had a six-night bloggy slumber party with none other than St Casserole, PLUS several meets with NotShy, I think I’ll just slink away and keep my mouth shut.
Have fun!
In case of DSL uncooperativeness: Starbucks and Kinkos both have wireless.
What answer did you get to your question at Cranky-Pants presbytery about the bloggers? Inquiring minds want to know…
Have fun in Maine. Make sure and stay out of Derry, Maine. Strange things have happened there…
I’m curious about the answer to the question as well. (Three more weeks till vacation here!!)
In case of DSL uncooperativeness: Starbucks and Kinkos both have wireless.
As does Songbird…
Eh, it was kind of a non-starter. Just an awareness that they were in a fishbowl but trying not to let it get to them… they didn’t read too much of that until after the fact. (Makes me wonder whether commissioners ought to go on media fasts during GA, like sequestered juries!) They mentioned how much they did appreciate people who wrote them letters leading up to GA saying, “I’m not writing to advocate for any side… I just want you to know I’m praying for you and the rest of the commissioners.”
On another topic:
Falling at presbytery
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Knocking over a potted plant at Free-to-Be’s house while dropping off M and her eleventy million bags of stuff
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Realizing once I got to church that I had to go all the way back to Free-to-Be’s house because I had M’s bottle in one of *my* eleventy million bags of stuff
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I need a vacation.
I’m just sayin’.
Have a great one!
have a great holiday rm!!
Traveling mercies!