“Good
mornin’, good mornin’, It’s great to stay up late, good mornin’, good mornin’
to you…” I begin singing the lyrics to my favorite song from my all-time favorite
musical, “Singing in the Rain.” It’s
actually quite an appropriate song this morning (smile) because it’s raining
here in California! Maybe watching the
movie in an amphitheater over the weekend was equivalent to a rain dance -
either way we have rain! On Friday, I invited
two of my friends to a special viewing of the classic film at a local community
venue. As it happens neither had seen
the movie, and I had never seen it on the big screen so we were all in for a
special treat. Gene Kelly, Debbie
Reynolds and Donald O’Connor were as superb as I remembered them, maybe even
better because film is always so much more fantastic when shared with an
audience. We all laughed quite a bit
inspired by the comedy of the scenes and awesome wit the dialogue offered. My friends loved the movie and I fell in love
with it all over again. What a special
night!
The
following day I attended our annual Diocesan Ministries Celebration with some
of my RCIA teammates and friends from Jovenes Para Cristo. I was able to sit in on some lectures in Spanish
and some in English- and guess who I spotted?
Father Spitzer! Well, I knew
ahead of time that I was going to see him because I did sign up for his
lecture, but I arrived early to his talk and as per tradition a picture of us
was snapped. I had the pleasure of talking
to him for quite a bit! I was able to
tell him how much I love his work because science and reason were huge reasons
I left the Catholic Church and his work has helped me reconcile those
areas. He even used me as an example in
his talk! Yep, I inspired one minute of his lecture! LOL He also shared that he’s
going in for a retinal examination on November 14th to see if he
qualifies for the procedure so let’s keep him in our prayers. Maybe the next time I see him he will be able
to see his number one fan (smile)!
The
conference kept me busy all day, I didn’t get home until around six PM, and
then I had to make my way to my best friend’s birthday dinner. I was exhausted, but manage to be there for a
couple hours before heading home and crashing.
I am an introvert and I didn’t have any time between one event and the
other to be alone for a bit and to gather my energy so I think I was a bit of
grouch at the dinner. Actually, I know I
was a grouch. I spent a whole day
wrapped in learning my faith, and when it was time to put it into practice I
failed. Getting lost on my way to the
venue didn’t help either (I am horrible with directions, I ALWAYS get
lost). So, when I arrived I was mad
because I was late and I hate being late.
Big lesson learned – do less. One
of my strongest love languages is quality time, spending time with those I love
is my way of showing others how much I care.
A lot of the time I try to be everywhere with everyone, but I am so depleted on energy that I can’t give the best of me. Which then makes me feel crappy because even
though I show up I am not my happy self.
Lesson learned, I think I need to learn to schedule less.
Thus, Sunday,
I crashed! I didn’t do anything. It was
so nice not having any activities, no place that I needed to be just time to be
alone. It was nice cleaning and doing
housework in quiet solitude - well with a content dog shadow following me around
(smile). Time flies when you are an
adult, before I knew it the weekend was over and it was time to begin a whole new week
full of possibilities….
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