An Update

Things have been quiet here because they have been anything but quiet in my workistry. After the Lunar New Year party on Saturday night, I worked a ten-hour day on Sunday with four Masses followed by my Youth Group, and I came home and collapsed into bed shortly thereafter. Monday morning found me running errands before my usual afternoon/evening tutoring shift, after which I came home and collapsed into bed shortly thereafter. Today I was expecting a school Mass in the morning, but a serious lack of communication amongst pastoral team members left me to discover it had been cancelled while on a school visit, by overhearing a PA announcement. Consequently, I decided to stick to my morning shift because I figured I would be at the hospital most of the afternoon awaiting a visit with a surgeon about the gallbladder. Fortunately she was virtually on time and I was in and out in thirty minutes and back at work within the hour, leaving me doing another 11 hour day after a meeting of the Pastoral Bored Committee tonight (sorry) and running around acting as the hostess for a social in the afternoon. I am sure tonight I will again come home and collapse into bed shortly thereafter.

The surgeon's visit was quick and painless in all senses of the word. She agreed I need to be removed from my gallbladder, which she says is in spasm and that's why I have been experiencing intermittent pain. Surgery could be as early as a month from now, but I have asked to postpone that to either two or three months from now because of my work schedule; I guess it is such a major surgery I will be off work for 10-14 days and it's hard to find that many days where I am not responsible for anything major at the church. My boss, thankfully, was very understanding and has suggested I have it done as soon as I can, preferably during Holy Week when my services are not crucial. So, if all goes according to plan, I will be temporarily decommissioned right around the time of my one year anniversary here.

The rest of the week looks quiet after the rescheduled school Mass tomorrow. I have a short weekend again thanks to another parish-wide function, but thankfully, I won't be fully responsible for this one and there are no roast pigs involved.