Jinx and I did Turkey Day at our church. It would seem that it is a yearly tradition to do a pot luck at the church and while I thought it was geared more toward singles and just the randoms in the church that might not have a lot (or any) family in the area, it turned out that there were quite a few families that showed up too. Overall, I’d say about 50-60 people. And the food ranged from regular turkey to tequila-lime turkey to mashed potatoes to tofu and mushrooms to vegan salads and other dishes. I was totally blown away by not only the diversity of food but of people that attended. There was an above average noticeable presence of those wearing pentagrams—make of that what you will—and the lack of friction at all between the more “normal” (is there even such a word among UUs?) individuals and the pagans earth-centered spirituality individuals was equally as noticeable. It was quite amazing.
And, oh, how the wine flowed. LOL! Okay. Actually, more coffee and tea flowed, but wine was in abundance as well.
I asked Jinx what was his favorite part of the whole afternoon at the pot luck and he said, “All of it, dad. It was all good.” And it was too. I think we’ve finally found a place we are comfortable enough to call our spiritual home for a while. It’s definitely a spiritual community of dissimilar ideas and constructs that are finding harmony in the journey through the forest without getting bogged down over the trees. It is a very comfortable feeling.
We got home and I’m still massively sick. I’m not convinced it’s the flu anymore, but I am fairly convinced this might be food poisoning. So we’re taking it pretty easy. I’m sick, so I’m whinny. But I’m not going to whine about being alone or lonely. Or pathetic. But know that I am. And, all things considered in the last 96 hours, I shouldn’t be. And I think that is even more pathetic—and dishonest.
I did put up the smaller of our two Yule trees for this year. Eventually this one will go on the balcony while the larger will go in its place. But given the lack of any actual living room furniture in our home, I guess it does kinda look out of place for the moment. I won’t bore anyone with pictures. It’s not “trimmed” yet, just white lights, but there is a kind of simplicity to it actually that is quite refreshing. I may just keep this one like that (and especially since it’ll be an outdoor tree soon).
Tomorrow is going to be a lazy day. My home is a disaster area (for the first time since we moved in here) and I have no energy at all to clean. It takes everything I have right now to get up to fix Jinx’s meals. Even this entry has taken me three hours to type out because sitting up for an extended period of time ends up making me nauseous. And I keep trying to fall over in a narcoleptic-type shock to the system. I think I’m going to actually hire a maid for a once a month cleaning. I can do the basics and keep things the way I prefer them, but I also prefer something a bit more intensive as well. Maybe I’ll be not so whinny and more capable of doing things this weekend, but right now, I just want a maid. LOL!
Overall, not too bad of a holiday—aside from a couple of emotional issues that came up. It’s been quite nice and our day was completed by such an amazing reception and inclusion by the members of our church. It was our first real event with them (outside of Sunday services) and it was the most open and welcome I’ve felt in a long time anywhere.
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