On a lighter note

Boy it felt good to get some of my questions, concerns, confusion, sadness, anger, anxiety, guilt, etc. out in that previous post. I just realized I've been carrying it around for sometime and it grows with various news stories and reports. I don't feel like I'm in a position to vent it to just anybody either. Don't want some unsuspecting parishioner tapping into something and then getting an earful, also don't want them to think that your personal thoughts represent any official stance of the parish or diocese... tricky ground.

Anyway... on a lighter note. We have a clergy Christmas party tonight. I am supposed to bring something to share. Was digging through the cookbooks and recipes I just unpacked yesterday, but I have no idea what to make. Trying to look for something not too difficult, that sounds good, transports well, that I feel like making. Had a couple ideas, then got sucked into the black hole of the internet. So what I end up doing is currently a mystery. Since it's almost 2:00pm, sadly I might end up getting something pre-prepared at the grocery store, or something that doesn't really require cooking. *sigh* I'd wanted to create something.

On top of that another dilema, that I'd thought I might solve before I began my long brain-dump post earlier. I have no idea what to wear. It's regular clothes (i.e. don't have to wear collars), but a lot of my clothes are old, don't fit well, or are much too casual for the occasion. I feel like a ragamuffin. I have one sweater and skirt I will probably end up wearing, mostly because of no time to go shopping for something new and still try to have time to make a side dish to share.

I have about 4.5 hours to get the food and clothes figured out.

Not to mention other things I planned to do today like planning for my ordination service since I'm meeting with someone tomorrow about it, some house cleaning, and planning for the youth confirmation class which is still creating a bit of a mental block and thorn in the side (also creating some grumbly, negative messages to self about how it should have been done by now and shouldn't be a difficult thing).

So I'd better get off the computer and get moving with something.