This is the first post using my phone and I have no idea how well it's going to look. I was hoping to have had more posts in recent weeks but nothing ever happens the way it's planned. There have been some recent events that deserve a post or two of their own, however now it is Holy Week in the Orthodox Church and I'm running ragged already. If I'm not at work, I'm at church. If I'm not at church, I'm at work. Or going back and forth from the two. A friend told me we need cots at church. She's right. Gas prices have been increasing and I'm worried they will jump higher before the week is done.
If my schedule wasn't already hectic enough, I'm going to be in Michigan to finish Holy Week and Pascha at my old church. I didn't realize how homesick I've been until recently. Some of my dearest friends are there and I haven't been back to my church since last May. I'm already bouncing off the walls from excitement. However, my To-Do list is getting longer by the day and I'm finding it hard to concentrate on what Holy Week is all about. Half the week can't even be planned until my work schedule is posted. I made the serious mistake of NOT asking for Thursday off. It would be nice to get to MI before Friday but that might not be possible.
For all of my non-Orthodox readers, I would like to suggest you find your local Orthodox church this week and attend, especially the evening service this Saturday. It is the Resurrection Service, Pascha, the Feast of Feasts. Nothing can compare to it. I hope to post photos of my trip sometime after I get back home. If any of my relatives read this, please call Gram this weekend. She'll be by herself for at least four days, unless my uncle or her sister stop by for a visit. I'll be checking up on her myself but will be six hours away if something happens. It would be great if she spent the 4 days talking on the phone. That way she doesn't try anything silly. I'm grateful for this trip to MI but I'm also going to worry about her.
Have a Blessed Holy Week!!!
Until next time,
~Staci~
