A Chronicle of my Changing Times.

I've just finished the fifth and most recent Harry Potter book (I got it from Amy at lunch on Friday).  It's quite good, and I can now count myself as one of the millions of fans eagerly awaiting the next installment.  It took me a mere day to read, although it's over 800 some odd pages long.  I'd definately recomend the series to anyone who's looking for something to read.

Of course reading this came at a cost.  I haven't done anything I need to this weekend.  For instance, I've got all my medical stuff together and completed for the Peace Corps minus a small paragraph long write up.  Everything else has been together for over 2 weeks now.  As soon as this is off in the mail everything I need to do is completed.  Except, of course respond positively to their offer (whenever it comes in).  I'm not quite sure why I've put this off for so long.  Just need to buckle down and do it tomorrow.

I had a call last night from the director of music at my church, Ellen.  I recently rejoined a choir from which I'd taken a year and a half sabatical.  They'd been going through some growing pains after seperating themselves from an orchestra in town and I'd been too busy.  So I signed up to sing through the holiday season.  I must admit it's wonderful to be singing again - I hadn't realized how much I missed it.  Anyhoo, we're now practicing at my church (which is mildly weird) and at this previous Monday's practice, said director popped her head in to listen for a few minutes.  She was surprised to see me, I think.  I've done things with my local congregation such as sing with the choir and help out with handbells in the past.  Honestly though, the choir isn't very good so I being a choral snob that I am don't enjoy singing with them and have stopped.  And handbells was something I found tedious and managed to wrangle out of a few years back under the excuse of being too busy.  Well Ellen called to ask me, since she saw me singing in this Charlotte choir, if I'd come back to help out with handbells.  No, not choir - handbells.  I guess she figures that if I have time for a choir, I now have time for handbells.  Thing is, I don't really have an excuse not to do it other than I find it tedious.  The only thing I have going on right now is my preparations for the GRE.  Well, I have loads else going on, but nothing else on Thursday evenings at 7.  I told her that I'd think about it and check my schedule and let her know by tomorrow, but that I most likely would help.  So now I have to give her an answer in 6 hours - one which I really don't want to give.  Oh well...

Such is my life.

Posted by: mjmarble at August 29, 2004 01:30 | link | comments

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