Sunday

So, it's Lent, and after church, we met and planned our funerals...well, at least started to.  Much more fun than it sounds.  Several of us couldn't narrow it down to three songs, so we'll probably just have singing.  Maybe a verse.  Definitely a poem or two for me, at the moment I'm leaning toward, "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver.  If only for the reason that I like the idea that Death would open his purse, and pull out all his bright coins to pay for me.  That Death would find me worth paying for.  Songwise, I think I was past 10.  Someone next to me decided she wanted chocolate cake served.  I mentioned she could have a signature cocktail.  Who decided how funerals should be anyway?  If no one comes, it'll just be some paid organist playing a bunch of songs.  The point of it all was that it saves your loved ones the stress of having plan a funeral/memorial and maybe not knowing what your wishes were.

The sun's out.  Though it was clear and frosty when I woke up, it's not particularly cold out now.  Tired of being cold, all I do is sleep.  It snowed again on Friday, not much, but it has felt like we have had a "real" winter this year.  First one I can remember.  (And I like winter and snow, I'm just tired of being cold.  The heat at work hasn't really been working for months now.)

Yesterday, I made bone broth; ran some errands, finally disinfected my mouth guard, have been avoiding it because last time I wore it I had strep, and was afraid it had mutated into some superbug.  Watched a movie that was due back.  Also attended a workshop on political advocacy, particularly around homelessness, but it applies across the board.

The washer stopped working after I'd put all the clothes I can wear to work in it.  Surprisingly, my landlord came by late to fix it (10 ish?) and ran my laundry while I was sleeping.  I woke up in the middle of the night to hang it to dry, so at least I had pants to wear to work.

I'm singing at a benefit gala next week, and we have new music (hard, but cool, music) for a concert someone left an endowment for when they passed away.  The Finnish choir had it's big event (Kalevala Day) last weekend.  It was the best one we've done, even if the audience was small.  We have a couple weeks off, might have something coming up in the spring.  I missed the Generals again.  Really need to get some monologues down, also, need a new headshot as I chopped off all my hair in January

Magnolias had begun to bloom down near the Market a week ago, and this morning I saw plum trees beginning to blossom.  Gonna go out and enjoy the sun.