Handel's "Messiah".

The highlight this week has got to be Handel's "Messiah" at the Civic Center. John and I went to it yesterday evening and it was a mighty good performance. I've head Messiah before on a cd, but not in its entirety. There were four soloist and the DM Choral Society joined the symphony. All in all, it was an inspiring performance to say the least and what better time to go see it than right before the First Sunday of Advent?

We had the Rite of Acceptance at St. Kate's today and the candidates were introduced to the parish. One of the candidates teared up as it was a very moving and emotional rite for her. After the dismissal, we had a good discussion.

Work wise, there's nothing really new to report. It was a little trying at one of the houses because one of the residents was acting up, but it was nothing the cops and the mobile crisis team could not handle. Thank goodness the rest of the residents did not play off him. If they did, it would have been a very long and emotionally draining work day.

The agency's Christmas party will take place at the community room located in my apartment building and it should be a pretty fun evening. We'll be having it on Thursday, December 13th since we were pretty limited to the amount of evenings that would work because of my other job. Due to the Christmas Holiday season, we are planning on sending the reports to the state on Friday, December 21st. A memo was sent out to all providers letting them know that we need to get the reports in one time and they can't take their time getting it to us because if they do, they'll only be paid after the new year. That should get them to take note.

Not too sure what my Christmas plans are but I know I'll be going to Flemings for my traditional Christmas Eve Steak dinner. I've not been there in such a long time and just the thought of having a steak there is making my mouth water! Joel and Kathy invited me over to their place after we get done coordinating the Christmas meal delivery and I'll most probably take them up on their offer. Later that day, I did sign up to work at one of the houses and it'll be fine. It'll be interesting to see how many of the residents will spend it with family. After all, it is Christmas.

I guess that's all the news from me for the week.