[Magdalen] Updates, Changes, and Re-Treads

[Molly Wolf]

Such a lot to handle all at once. Take excellent care of yourself.

Hugs,
Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Mar 17, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Cady!  Prayers for you through all the "changes and chances of this
> life,"
> 
> I'm interested to hear about the service changes, because I'm going to be
> supplying there on April 2nd, and as yet, I haven't heard any specifics
> from Miller about the services.  I had assumed there would be the usual
> three services, though I'm actually glad to hear that the two later
> services are being combined.  It's going to be interesting to see how your
> music program plays out, given the very different music styles of the two
> services up to this point.
> 
> Hang in there, my friend!
> Grace
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 2:04 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear ones,
>> 
>> Sort of a status report -
>> 
>> On April 1 the company division I work for, HPE Enterprise Services,
>> splits and merges with a division of CSC to form a new company. What
>> could possibly go wrong on April Fool's Day? Scott Knitter - are you
>> also moving to the new company?
>> 
>> The main contract for CMS on which I continue to work remains the
>> same. The environment remains challenging. As far as I can tell, it's
>> the nature of computer tech work now to expect too much of the
>> hardware, software, and people involved. My job and its expectations
>> has expanded exponentially. Some of it is easy. Lots more is really
>> difficult - no training, no orientation, limited support. More for
>> less.
>> 
>> Medications and symptoms from the "massive saddle P.E." are, after 3.5
>> months, finally beginning to stabilize and recede. I've been sleeping
>> a great deal, and have had very little energy for anything but the
>> rock-bottom basics. It's typical of a recovery, neither easy nor
>> straightforward.
>> 
>> Our choir director/organist quit Wednesday. She leaves a hole and an
>> improved (if tiny) choir. We use the organ and choir ONLY for our 11am
>> service. That service is soon to be combined with the 9am
>> family-friendly service (they are very lucky to have a wonderfully
>> talented folk musician for their service music) as we're too small a
>> congregation to sustain both services plus the 'standard' Rite 1 8am
>> eucharist. As usual. It's not the changes we know and prepare for,
>> it's the ones we can't see and can't prepare for!
>> 
>> Feeling very much out-of-sorts, wishing for faster healing, hoping for
>> enough energy this weekend to begin gathering data for tax returns,
>> praying for renewal.
>> 
>> hugs & prayers - Cady
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
> 
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*