The
ward Christmas dinner is tonight - it's going on right now, actually. And so is the light parade - which I will be
missing this year - am missing. It's
barely past 6:00 and I am hearing fireworks - are you kidding me? Why so early?
I suppose the answer to that would be because we have more hours of fog
than we have seen - this being our forth Christmas in Myrtle Creek.
It's been so dry, only a few days of rain, and the fog lingers so much longer than I
have ever seen. Sometimes we have a
couple of hours of sun but once it goes down (quite early by the way) the fog
makes its way back. I think there may
pieces of smog mixed up in it. Perhaps
that is why it lingers. It doesn't look
as clean as it used to. Anyway, I guess if they don't set the fireworks off
right now, they won't be able to see them.
Fog is already starting to thicken.
We'll most likely be covered by 8:00.
The ward dinner is being held at the Grange this
year. That is where it was held last
year. I thought it was tight - like on
conference when they pack us in tight like sardines. I didn't wish to deal with that this year -
though I enjoyed seeing the light parade with my ward friends last year at the
Grange. I was hoping to see it from
Riddle this year, but something disagreed with me this morning and so I have not
left the house all day.
Tomorrow is the primary program. I don't recall ever having a primary program
in December before. Holy Cow. We haven't had to prepare lessons for the
last two weeks due to practice nor do we have to have one for tomorrow as the
stake leaders have promised treats for the primary and they will be watching a
movie (possibly Daniel and the Lion's Den?) while eating ice cream. I remember how overly crowded it felt in primary
last year - with no clue as to why. We
have a small primary. Those who come to
see the kiddos perform need to be sitting on the right side of the chapel. The pulpit will block the view for anyone
sitting in the middle.
There are a few of us that purposely do not sit in
the middle due to weird lighting. It
seriously hurts my eyes to try and look at the speaker from the middle
section. Roland and Jenna have a
performance tonight at the local theatre.
I took my friends to the dress rehearsal. They enjoyed the first half of
the play but didn't seem as spirited during the second half. I don't know if it's because it was late or
if they thought it was lame humor. I
think they needed to shorten it by cutting out a few of the acts.
