Last weekend I went to my Great Uncle's memorial service. It was really nice. I met ( or maybe remet) our friend of the family Tom Carroll and his son Peter. Tom, my Great Uncle Charlie, and my Grandpa Gordon all lived together in a house and were best friends. Later my Great Uncle Charlie married my Grandpa Gordon's sister Kay. Anyways enough of the family history, it was really nice to see my Mom even for a short visit. I stayed at my Aunt Sara's house with my Aunt Diana, Uncle Kim, and my Mom. I also got the chance to go to a tag sale and pick up some fun stuff for the apartment. I was also happily able to see my extended cousins Marty, Cora, Jay, and Melinda. I look forward to seeing Cora and Marty when I (maybe with Josh too) go to Boston. Overall it was nice to see family even for a short time.
I am working with the InterFaith Coalition of RI. I'm really enjoying it. I feel like I want my interfaith work to remain an important part of my life. Somehow in the last meeting they asked me to be a member of the steering committee. Its really exciting. I'll be working with some of the biggest religious leaders in the state.
This week my supervisor left. It was a shock to both Lindsay and I. I was meeting with her one morning and then an hour later she was gone. She has left to work more directly with the volunteer groups she is already involved with. Supposedly there were also some differences in vision and working style. Lindsay and I never knew about any of it. To be honest it was upsetting and totally threw off our work for the rest of the week.
On Thursday I went to the Ben Folds/Missy Higgins concert. It was pretty awesome! It was outside in an empty ice skating rink in Kennedy Plaza. Missy Higgins was great and I'm listening to her more. She's kind of folksy with a smattering of blues and a healthy helping of rock. She also gave a great show and was very personable. I was really excited about seeing Ben Folds! He was starting to look a bit old, but still gave a fantastic show. He play music from his all new album which comes out Tuesday. I want to listen to the new album more before I make a final decision. In his encore he played old favorites like Rocking the Suburbs and Not the Same. He mentioned growing up in Chapel Hill and of course I had to cheer. Over all it was a good time.
This weekend I've just tried to relax. Cooking, watching the debate, and just hanging out around the house. I did go to the RI Unitarian Universalist Social Justice retreat. Sad to say it was a mistake. You would think in a 5 hr long meeting we would get something accomplished, but no not really.
There are a couple exciting things happening this week. Aunt Diana is coming up tomorrow with maybe a desk and dresser for me. We're going to hang out with Caitlin some. Then later this week Josh's folks are coming up for a short visit. Surprisingly they are driving up for a couple of days. I know Josh is looking forward to seeing his folks. It should be a good visit!
Much love!
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Glad to hear you're doing well too Ellie! Ooo. Ben Folds, I'm jealous. Things are okay here, it's nice, but I still miss Chapel Hill. The UU group is struggling here, but I am doing everything in my power to revive it -- still am only one Sean. I remain optimistic though. Think I going to start boarding at a grad student coop house; great way to meet new people I think and network and such. My adviser is Awesome! Great mentor. I took this enneagram test recently and it said I was an artist (4), I like that. You're psyche person, what you make of that test?
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