[Magdalen] Where are we

[Grace Cangialosi]

Prayers for you, Bob, and all suffering from depression. I think it’s finally caught up with me a little, too. I told my doctor about a month ago that I wasn’t really feeling especially depressed about all of this. Well, that was a month ago...
Maybe it’s just having to do an online Christmas Eve service from the empty church. I’ll also be playing some carols for the service, so the whole thing feels somewhat more stressful than usual. I’ve been doing worship from my kitchen for 9 months.

> On Dec 22, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> I've added you to my prayer list,  Bob. I did very well for 8 plus months,
> but my mood has taken a dip, as well. I smiled when they started talking
> about Covid fatigue,  but I think I've caught it.
> 
> 
> Ann
> The Reverend Ann Markle
> Buffalo,  NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> 
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 5:37 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Prayers for you, Bob.
>> Ginga
>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 3:24 PM Bob Rea <petard at petard.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think I need your prayers. I am getting pretty depressed. I am sleeping
>>> long
>>> hours and delaying getting out of bed with wool-gathering. I am not doing
>>> things I need to do for myself.I intend to at least do laundry.
>>> 
>>> Mot important, I hear what you are saying about Zoom.  It won't fit on my
>>> x
>>> computer, which is way out of date. I have been handed down two laptops
>>> with
>>> camera and mic, but I can't get into them. I need to get the latest
>>> edition of
>>> opensuse, and then figure out how to get my old files onto it. I used to
>>> know
>>> how to do all thee things but have forgotten. I miss so many people. I
>>> need to
>>> "see"  my therapist.
>>> 
>>> Pray for me to get this together, and do some clean-up around the
>>> apartment.
>>> 
>>> On Friday, December 18, 2020 05:48:28 PM Bob Rea wrote:
>>>> I am sheltering in place. I was already kind of a hermit, now car-less.
>>> Now
>>>> I am more of a hermit. I am struggling with myself to exercise,
>> walking,
>>>> now. I read the NY times but less devotedly since the election. I go
>> out
>>>> to shop, I get rides to the farmer market , I go to the public library.
>>>> Otherwise I am pretty isolated. I sometimes wish I had someone with me.
>>> But
>>>> I am forging ahead bit by bit against my fatigue and depression,
>> neither
>>> of
>>>> them new since the pandemic. Part of the struggle is house cleaning. I
>>> am a
>>>> terrible slob a lot of the time.
>>>> 
>>>> And Brian Reid, I hear you and am in a similar state of being.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Rea
>>>> www.petard.us
>>>> www.petard.us/blog
>>>> 
>>>> America, it was a wonderful country
>>>> Til they took it private
>>>> and made it a theme park of itself
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Bob Rea
>>> www.petard.us
>>> www.petard.us/blog
>>> 
>>> America, it was a wonderful country
>>> Til they took it private
>>> and made it a theme park of itself
>>> 
>>> 
>>