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My extremely awesome girlfriend managed to get us tickets for the stage production of Ballet Shoes, a book we both imprinted on. Which meant we actually managed to do the thing I'm always hoping for of a proper date-date Friday night on a weekend when I'm doing community work Saturday.

( review and weekend notes )

Anyway, we managed to catch the last show of the run, but apparently there is going to be a reprise later in the year, so if this review makes you want to see it you still have a chance!

The reason it made sense to go to the theatre was that Saturday I was working at Mosaic Liberal in North London. ( student rabbi dealing with responses to Gaza )

Moooooood pleased
Whereaboooouts 1930s London

So I really sensibly added a lot of new people via a friending meme, and then disappeared for several weeks because I was right in the middle of my busiest season as a trainee rabbi. So far nobody has unfriended me for being inactive, but it does feel a bit unfair that I've been learning about the lives of all kinds of fascinating new people but not posting anything about my own life in return. Sorry about that.

In summary. ( where I've been the last couple of months )

This whole festive season has been massively overshadowed by the question of what do we say about Gaza? I might or might not feel brave enough to make a post about that.

Moooooood tired

I'm not even going to apologize for how long it's been since I last posted here. In roughly reverse chronological order, this summer:

I'm going to Glasgow WorldCon in person next weekend. I am not at all sure whether this is a good Covid risk, and I dithered for ages, but I'm going. I have made no plans for the con, haven't even looked at the programme, but I'd like to meet up with people, especially those of you who are usually in a different continent from me. Or if you're in the London area on the way to or from the con I'm around - no classes at the moment.

( it's been a summer )

Lots of people write about their 'biggest failure' in the end of year meme. Mine has been keeping in touch with people I don't see in person. I used to have regular conversations with doseybat and rysmiel and angelofthenorth and I've just entirely lost the habit. And I've not at all contacted anyone I don't have a regular arrangement with, and I've more or less dropped off DW and Discord. It's not exactly that I've been "too busy", there is in a literal sense enough time in the week for talking to people I care about, but I just haven't quite found enough spare brain to make it happen. In theory, next year should be a bit easier, since I won't be couch surfing or house hunting and will have my own place, but a month of vacation from college hasn't fixed my bad habits so I'm not entirely optimistic.

Moooooood busy

So I survived the first month of rabbinic training. Which included not only starting multiple completely new subjects and semi moving to London, but running services for the High Holy Days on top of everything. Yes, I've been doing that all my adult life, but not as a professional and not with this much travel and not with communities I don't know.

( impressions )

I'm still working out how to live this life, but it's going well so far, and I'm feeling confident I made the right decision to make a major life change. Also extremely grateful for my awesome partners and friends and colleagues.

Moooooood rushed

So. I took two months "off" between quitting my job and starting my course on Monday. I've now reached the end of that time and I'm nowhere near as ready as I hoped for the start of my new life. Anyway, for logging purposes:

( tada )

It's hard to express just how not ready I am for the start of term! But I think a lot of that is psychological, if I just turn up and go to classes I think it will all settle down within a few weeks.

Moooooood scared

As of a week ago, I have officially quit my job, quit science and academia, and started in earnest working towards ordination.

( diary )

Moooooood complicated

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