Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A Broken Toe

Because what you should really do at midnight the night before you start your new job is smack your middle toe on the edge of the hope chest while walking through the bedroom in the dark and break your toe.  Yeah. That’s helpful.  It really lends itself to a restful night’s sleep and gives you all the motivation you need in the morning to get yourself out to your new job. 


So, there ya have it.  The middle toe on my left foot is broken.  It is several shades of purple and about 1/4 bigger than it should be.  Naturally, I couldn’t wear any of my cute summer sandals to work - imagine, me not being able to wear cute shoes to my first day of work!  My only choices were Old Navy flip-flops (not exactly work appropriate) or a simple pair of black sneaker like shoes.  I went with those, though I wear them so rarely that they started to give me a blister on the heel of the other foot, so I took them off as soon as I hit my office.  
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And the Thunder Rolls

It was a dark and stormy night….It would seem that those words are fitting for most nights in Maryland.  As I sit here, I watch flashes of light from the lightening illuminate the living room, and then hear the crackle of the thunder a few seconds later.  Almost every evening that we’ve been here there has been a thunderstorm at some point in the evening.  So far I haven’t minded very much because I’ve always been settled at home.  I wonder how that will change as I find myself attending events and meetings in the evenings.

Speaking of attending events and meetings in the evenings, I start my new job as Associate Rector at St. Martin’s-in-the-Field tomorrow.  I will be hitting the ground running as I have a sermon to write for Sunday.  I’ve already started doing some research for the sermon, but I am finding it slightly more challenging than the last sermon that I wrote, sigh.  The last one almost wrote itself in just a couple of days; this one seems to be a requiring a bit more of me.  Strange how that happens, some seem to practically write themselves, others require various degrees of effort and brain space.  I never know which it will be - always an adventure.

So far, I think I am feeling pretty good about starting my new job.  I’m excited about having a job and a routine again.  The past few months have been fairly chaotic - moving, traveling, ordination, more traveling.  I’ve felt disconnected from anything solid and life has had a nomatic quality that makes me a bit uncomfortable.  I’m looking forward to having a reasonably regular routine that will add some structure to our family life.

I’m also really looking forward to getting to know everyone at St. Martin’s.  I met quite a few people when we were here in May and I’m so excited about getting to know people.  The parish seems to be so enthusiastic and very faithful - I think we are going to have loads of fun together!

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