well it needs to start with Friday. always a bit of a busy day at a synagogue. new exec director starting on Monday. some excitement. i had hoped to go home for a bit to let Ketzl out but that just didn't happen (surprise, not). also needed to do the outside board, something i swear i should never leave for a Friday. and i think every time of how Linda used to help me and really put the letters up straight before she moved to California... so i stayed through to services, since i was participating in the women's summer shabbat by giving the D'var Torah, which is kinda like the sermon portion. i did some explanation and some interpretation, and did just fine as long as i was speaking the words of others (cut and paste works really well). then i had two sentences at the end, and i just lost it. fortunately i was able to regain my composure to read the last sentences. i did it. then dinner with Mim Bloom who is a real character. yummy thai food. yummy.
today Jackie and i went to morning services (to get our Meeka fix) using the new Reform prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah. i had used it at "camp" in Wisconsin in June and really liked it. this was the first time Meeka was leading since the books arrived, and she was very excited and happy and singing her heart out. it was great.
next on the agenda was lunch with Linda F in Mt. View (mostly half way for both of us). we traded...i brought nectarines (gotta give them away quickly) and she brought a loaf of rosemary bread. which unfortunately i left under my chair and had planned to retrieve tonite but....
daniel called and we did sushi and frozen yogurt for dinner. then i had a copy of "Good Grief" and a lovely photo card for Carrie Fisher that i was going to drop off at the theater and head up to Mt. View. but the house manager and her personal assistant were so touched that i was actually able to stay to see the show tonight, closing night. wow. that was pretty special. i did stay around after people left but was told that she was leaving pretty quickly and was not seeing anyone but expressed appreciation for the card and book. also, i had to get the t=shirt, "instant gratification takes too long!" i also got a few more of the programs.
so i will call the restaurant, ask them to put the bread in the freezer and i'll go up on Monday.
time to pack the nectarines for their trip to Los Angeles, and a few other things. fortunately i looked up my confirmation and found out that the flight is ONE HOUR EARLiER than i had thought. OMG. that changes the morning plan.
