captainsblog | Rains, Pains and a Handful of Planes

I've had a few days off from journaling here. Nuthin' special or especially overwhelming; just bunches of busy.

Sunday morning was our traditional kick-off event at church for the fall program season. We have a new assistant on the staff who put an incredible amount of effort into making it a real capital-E Event, with dozens of groups setting up displays to introduce themselves and gain volunteers, activities for the kids, and even a kickass blues band on the lawn-

-and all was well until, maybe half an hour in, the sunny skies headed south and the whole thing got doused by a short but intense burst of rain that wound up calling off the Event early.

I used Eleanor's Jedi knowledge of outdoor lighting to get an on-timer electrical outlet to function in daytime hours so the band could plug into it, and other than that my main contribution to the event was one signup for an interesting program Corey's going to try out: Theology on Tap, holding spiritual discussions in a local beer-wine-and-spirit-ual watering hole:

Sure I'll come to it, as long as it's not out on a patio.

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Most of the rest of Sunday, I was just sore. Partly from moving a lot of tables and chairs out and, then suddenly, back in; some of it in the head from watching the Bills look utterly horrible on their opening day. I did get to the second Doctor Who episode, which I'll save comment on, and then spent most of yesterday waiting for things to happen for work, that either didn't or else did much later than I would have wanted.

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I'm finding myself numbed by this morning's tributes to the events of this day from 2001. Maybe that comes from being so removed from it-all when it happened; I knew no one who perished, and as far as I know I'm at least two or three separations from anyone who did. I do remember my feelings on that morning: shock, then anger, and ultimately recognition of how much the world, even my so-far-away world, changed in those oh-so-few seconds, and no number of flying flags or illuminated spotlights or yellow ribbons can help me get over those feelings.