Catching up

 Busy weekend, as evinced by the fact that I am just getting home now and blogging.  Today was an early start, as I had OC duty.  The crowd ended up being ok -- 119 -- but we had shitty weather for most of it; rain, often heavy, windy, and cool -- so much so I ended up getting one of the space heaters in the back to dry off.  The clothing racks could not be put out, a bummer as we had plenty of them.  Also, I had plenty of handouts for next week's toy drive, which we didn't need, as the people we thought would come did not. I guess I had made too many.  Alas.  I still think we will be able to give them away, but...at least all the produce went (not that we had a lot), stuff was rotated, and the mission was done.  Phew.

Wedding after, and while it was fun, it was very tiring, as I was out and about all day and night.  And, on the heels of last night's Four Eagles Dinner... well, Mattie could use plain fare, plenty of rest, and plenty of quiet.  None of these are especially forthcoming in the next few days and weeks, but we will make do.  I may nap tomorrow, though I will probably just drink five cups of coffee instead.

At the wedding today a couple of people told me about the story from St. Thomas More in Brooklyn, how a convicted pedophile is cantoring at Mass.  While on the one hand I can see the point -- he is not with kids, he is front of everyone, everyone deserves a second chance -- the optics, at the very least, are incredibly poor, and as always...I find it fascinating (but not surprising) that no one downtown thought to say "Gee, this might not be a good idea, which leads me to wonder who is actually running things...