Catching up

Funny;  I meant to post yesterday, but between everything, and then just crashing at night, I just didn't.  Alas.  Anyways, the day was...fine?  OC duty in the morning, and the count was 142; as I told the volunteers, after 211, this was...wonderful?  I mean, it was cold, and I was on computer duty, so I used the tablet until my fingers got cold, in which case I switched back...we had enough volunteers and enough produce, so it went smoothly -- even got the tables sterilized and the floors cleaned.  Phew.  

Afterwards I went to Bob Evans for lunch to burn through my gift card; I have decided that Denny's has a better breakfast, if only because they probably clean the grills less.  I mean, it was fine, but I am not sure breakfast was worth $17 nowadays...of course, what is?  Then I had a bunch of errands to run -- grocery shopping and the like -- and then home, where I got the Xmas stuff down from the attic.  I need to move some furniture around to fit the tree, followed by finding a tree, and then decorating.  Oi.  I ended up taking a brief nap (I felt myself doing it before and I popped some coffee down) and NOT doing laundry, which I need to do tonight.  Adulting is hard.

Fr. Alex consecrated my pyx before Mass today -- I didn't realize that it didn't necessarily have to be done during the Mass; he simply said an appropriate prayer, spread some holy water on it, and off we went... Gaudete Sunday today, which, as I like to say, is just a way to say ten days til Xmas.  

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