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QotD: "Today we have a celebration full of blessings. We're blessing everything that isn't nailed down! We're blessing these children, we're blessing their parents, we're blessing their godparents, we're blessing Jeff, we're blessing mothers because it's Mother's Day, we're blesssing... toothless lumberjacks from Albert County!"- Father Phil

So yeah, church was crazy today, between Father Jeff's (technically not his title anymore, but it's just WEIRD to try to call him just Jeff :p) sendoff and two baptisms. :p My sister was joking that it's a good thing the fire marshal only checks up on us at Christmas and Easter, because the place was PACKED.

The reception for Jeff was great. Especially since I got to see all sorts of people I hadn't seen in ages. Including my neighbour, who has apparently become an opera major and just had her first performance. She also does vocals for the high schools, which amuses us both IMMENSELY, since it means she now does vocal warmups for a living. When we were in Fiddler on the Roof, she would do the vocal warmups. It was amusing, because all the guys in the cast were intimidated by this 5'0" grade nine student. :p

I also got to joke with Jeff about how this means I don't get to threaten to spoil the ending of the last Harry Potter book. And even if I could, he couldn't threaten to excommunicate me anymore! :p I also got to talk to Father Phil about such exciting things as the fact that there is more paperwork tied to marriage than all the other sacraments put together. :p

Vicki and I actually successfully visited Kate yesterday! (Ryan came with us too, but he hasn't been trying to arrange a visit with Kate for two years to no avail :p) We weren't sure for a while, because the directions to the new house were shakey, but several cellphone calls later and a visit to a gas station, we made it!

We introduced Kate to Firefly, which was a BLAST. She's incredibly taken with the series. Not that I'm surprised. She was kinda sold on it from "It's so shiny! And they actually call things shiny!" :p She's currently torn between Simon and Kaylee for favorite character, though she's having the same problem I did when it comes to picking a favourite character. Well, without the desperate attempts to NOT love the eventual winner. More the "Everyone is just SO FREAKING LOVABLE" problem. :p

She's also distraught by the warning "Tess ships Zoe/Wash" :p It was really exciting to watch the series on a tv bright enough to actually SEE what's going on in the first scene of the pilot. :p We got to "Safe" before realizing it was getting late and we had to head back.

I spent the afternoon delivering magazines. Now my feet hurt. :p

So yeah, Convocation tomorrow. :p