[Magdalen] Update on Scott the Younger

[Joseph Cirou]

Where will you put his faldstool?

Mother Egregia always carries a portable version in her oversize purse

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On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Amen! Wise counsel...thank you, Jim.
>
> Glad to say I said no to helping work on the parish newsletter, which
> has been revived and the first new issue is really good (I need to get
> them to send it to me for the website, which I still haven't
> unloaded). I think I surprised the clergy and editor by swiftly
> reacting to an email about ideas for the next issue...I just wanted my
> "no" to be as early as possible. Can't believe there isn't another
> writer/editor type who could work on that.
>
> I'm working on offloading things that are already stressing me out
> weeks before they happen. Scott the Younger a couple months ago worked
> with our rector to get our Benedictine community's abbot invited to
> speak at our church in early October. Scott went ahead and bought the
> abbot his plane ticket on my credit card (oh, $300, no problem at
> all?), but what really stresses me is the prospect of hosting him in
> our apartment for four days (or even two). My therapist has already
> helped me think through the talk I need to have with Scott about
> exactly how we're going to do this and whether it can really be a
> pleasant stay for the abbot. Of course, if I were he I'd want a
> spartan but quiet hotel room closer to the church, with no cats and an
> always-available bathroom and no three stories of steps. And we rarely
> cook for ourselves; will we take up cooking for the abbot? I don't
> have the days off, either. Then there's the convocation in November in
> Houston, which I'm lukewarm about attending, and lots of recent
> expenses means I'm thinking of saving some money and not going to
> Houston. Need to have this discussion pronto. At least by my next
> therapy appointment on Tuesday. :)
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
> > But one piece of advice: withdraw, for awhile, from any activities that
> also
> > stress you out. I realize one can’t do that with the job so much, but
> > anything else -- including church -- may require you to beg off or say
> "no" (which I
> > know you've had problems doing). They will understand and they will get
> along
> > without you for a few weeks. And so will anyone else who cares one whit
> for your
> > health. Take the time for yourself, and avoid situations where the
> stress in your
> > personal life boils over in front of others, or worse, ends up directed
> at
> > them.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>