Two More Months Of Stuff

Sundays won't be nearly as exhausting for Carmen as they have been since September. The third service, the "contemporary service" during which a band plays music from the sixties and seventies, and the sermon is dropped unceremoniously into the middle, has been discontinued for the duration of the summer. Instead of being finished at 2:00, church will be over at noon. She'll still be tired, especially since she was up late finishing her homily last night.

Soon her internship will officially be finished. From then until July 4th she will be the "Acting Associate Minister" before the newly hired Associate Minister is installed. I don't think this upgrade in her title will entail much extra work - she's already doing the job without the title. On the night of her last day of Albuquerque ministry, the whole country will be shooting off fireworks to celebrate her transition from student / associate minister to fully fledged minister to the congregation in Meadville, Pennsylvania!

Remember that I said that the plan changes often? Well, my previous posting described my journey to Meadville beginning directly after Ordination. That changed a day or two after I posted it. Now, Carmen and I are going together in the Rav4 directly after the moving company drives the truck away, probably following the same routine we followed with the kitties on the way here. The Gospel of Rand McNally includes a detailed description of this procedure, which involves listening to them whine in their carriers during the morning, and letting them join us up front after lunch and gas fill-up. Four days on the road will not be as stressful as sixteen - I hope.

Less than two months to go. Most of our stuff is still packed from the last move. I've packed up our "fancy" dishes already, as well as my new Beatles boxed set and the old "Avengers" VHS tapes given to me by a church staff member last week. Carmen's office needs to be packed up, but I ain't touchin' that! There are a few more kitchen items to pack when we get closer to July, but first we have the incursion of sixteen friends and family members who are coming for the Ordination June 6th. That's the next big hoo-ha. Then Carmen goes to General Assembly in Minneapolis later in June, and will have another week in Albuquerque after she returns.

Meanwhile, there's still a lot to do for Albuquerque Little Theatre's production of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" which will keep me busy busy busy until the end of this month. It opens May 28th. Y'all come!