Today was good because we went to the ORCHARD.  Fantastic.  Aaron, Josh, Mandy, Jenna, Courtney and I set out this morning to make the three mile trek to Granchester and engage in polite English activites.  Hold up:  does something about this group sound familiar?  Well, it should because this is the group that went to Bath months and years and eons ago and never wants to go back.  hahaha.  We didn’t realize it when we planned the trip to the Orchard, but we had a Bath Reunion Tour 2008 (or that’s what I kept calling it) and we set off.  It’s a very lovely walk.  We go through the woods by the river and then out into the countryside until we reach the place.  Then we were joined by Adrienne and Matt, which was great, and we had some tea/scones/juices/etc.  We walked back at a very slovenly pace because it was so dang out out.  Got some ice cream.  Saw some baby ducks.  Split up and ran some other errands.  Great.

Then Courtney and I realized that we’re teaching Sunday school tomorrow, so we had to give that a think.  It resulted in us sitting in the library for an hour and a half, looking blankly at the teacher’s manual, laughing at stupid ideas of what we could do with the kids, imagining what would happen if we taught them worship songs, and singing along to “Godspell.”  What an awesome musical.  Anyway, we didn’t accomplish a lot.  But by golly, those kids are going to have Paul’s conversion down pat tomorrow…or else.  As long as Hanna is in the class, we’re fine because she’s brilliant.

What else…well, not a whole lot, I suppose.  I am making progress on my reformation paper.  I still have a lot to do otherwise.  Monday is a big day.  Monday is a sad day.  Monday is a fun day.  Monday I will probably cry a lot.  I’m very predictable.  My last pericope, my last chapel (evening prayer!), my last house tea, my last house BBQ (we’ve had so many).   And then on Tuesday I help Cyndy fill the skip, slash, I pack.  And then I go home.

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