No, I didn't actually disappear... it just seems like it!
After the moose I spent some time sleeping... actually, quite a bit of time sleeping...
Then I was in my friends' wedding on 8 July - Veronica and Mike were great! It was fun - I'd had my chiropractor re-locate my shoulder and jaw that morning, and had some lovely meds, so I got through it okay...
The fun in August was the Canadian Lutheran Youth Gathering - a HUGE event for 4 days that took 2 years to plan, with the theme of "Full Serve"! I was on the national committee, and spent most fo the Gathering itself behind a camera (the Angli-Cam) taping the 1200 youth as they worshipped, prayed, partied, sang, did a faith walk, did a giant car wash, danced, hugged, generally had a great time. You'll notice the word "sleep" is NOT on that list - for good reason! It was a fabulous weekend, and we finished up our meetings yesterday (Monday) - I blogged some of the basics on the Anglican Youth site (www.generation.anglican.ca) to share some of the experience... What did NOT get onto that blog was the after-party for the planning team... Sunday night we had lots of food, laughed so hard the neighbours complained (is that REALLY a church meeting??? How many drunk clergy are over there???), and drank ourselves stupid! Monday morning I had my second-ever hangover... and nowhere near as bad as the first one (I was 17 then) but still worth acknowledging! (Memo to me, Smirnoff Ice and prescription drugs do NOT make for happy morning-afters!!)
This morning was ugly - the alarm clock went off, the second alarm went off, and I still wanted to hurt them... then the cat walked into the room, and then I got the best wake-up visit - my godson crawled in and smiled at me! Nothing like an adorable 14-month old babbling happily to get you out of bed.
So - plans for the rest of the summer... hang out with friends in Winnipeg!! Return to Hamilton, hopefully buy the perfect house... get ready for school (finishing off my Master of Theology this year)... get ready for my new job (Priest Associate, Church of the Ascension)... finish my New Testament Greek course... sleep... blog... continue healing...
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