Back to Work
Dec. 27th, 2005 06:06 amI'm dragging my internal clock back to its normal schedule after four days in a row of staying up late and sleeping late -- but at least I can anticipate a quiet day at work to ease back into my routine. I'm very glad I took Thursday and Friday off last week. I actually enjoyed a Christmas holiday this year, instead of a busy day or two in the midst of a normal work week.
But my December isn't over yet. We celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday, and my daughter's birthday is coming up day after tomorrow. (December is a long haul of celebrations for my family.) I still need to finish painting my bedroom blue (remember that project???) and I've resolved to do that over the New Year's weekend.
I'm still clicking away on those mythic themes I mentioned last week, but I need to switch gears for a while and put some thought and energy into what I want to put on my new spiritual direction website (now that I've met my obligation and turned in my articles to my web-designer friend). Even if no one visits the site for a while, the exercise is important for my own progress.
Remember the gift I mentioned from my boss? She gave it to me before she left the office for her own vacation, telling me "This is the only personally selected present I bought, and you can't open it until Chrismtas."
One of her sons attends St. John's University, where there is a Benedictine abbey. The abbey is in the midst of a huge project of "creating the first handwritten Bible since the creation of the printing press. Using eggs, feathers, calfskins, and hand-ground inks along with gold, silver and platinum, The Saint John's Bible employs ancient techniques to create a contemporary masterpiece intended to put us in communication with the Infinite."
That quotation is from the front cover flap of the large, hardbound copy of The Gospels and Acts, from The Saint John's Bible which Jeannie gave me for Christmas.
Wow. . .!!
It's an utterly gorgeous book. I wish you all could see it. It's an amazing and thoughtful gift.
But my December isn't over yet. We celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday, and my daughter's birthday is coming up day after tomorrow. (December is a long haul of celebrations for my family.) I still need to finish painting my bedroom blue (remember that project???) and I've resolved to do that over the New Year's weekend.
I'm still clicking away on those mythic themes I mentioned last week, but I need to switch gears for a while and put some thought and energy into what I want to put on my new spiritual direction website (now that I've met my obligation and turned in my articles to my web-designer friend). Even if no one visits the site for a while, the exercise is important for my own progress.
Remember the gift I mentioned from my boss? She gave it to me before she left the office for her own vacation, telling me "This is the only personally selected present I bought, and you can't open it until Chrismtas."
One of her sons attends St. John's University, where there is a Benedictine abbey. The abbey is in the midst of a huge project of "creating the first handwritten Bible since the creation of the printing press. Using eggs, feathers, calfskins, and hand-ground inks along with gold, silver and platinum, The Saint John's Bible employs ancient techniques to create a contemporary masterpiece intended to put us in communication with the Infinite."
That quotation is from the front cover flap of the large, hardbound copy of The Gospels and Acts, from The Saint John's Bible which Jeannie gave me for Christmas.
Wow. . .!!
It's an utterly gorgeous book. I wish you all could see it. It's an amazing and thoughtful gift.