Lux venit, sursum corda

Well, it was my last day of work today. Our office is actually closing down for two weeks this year. I am very glad about that!

Of late:

We had a big carols event at my church on Sunday night – well actually, it was out under the Harbour Bridge, with a couple of thousand people attending. What a night it was! I was in the “information” tent for most of the evening, where we also had things to give away and things for sale (and this was next to a tent with all sorts of fun things for kids happening, and close to the food vendors who came in) and then flanked the side of the park as people were leaving saying some version of “would you like a copy of the Christmas story?” and giving The Essential Jesus, which had been mentioned during the night, to as many people who’d take one. It was a huge production but such a good time. The music was truly excellent and our minister gave a great little gospel talk in the middle of it.

Then last night I had my sister and her family stop over on their way through from Melbourne to my brother--in-law's family so their girls could go to the Harry Potter exhibit at the Powerhouse Museum. So I mustered up four beds and enough bedding and towels and so on to go around, we had a little dinner Christmas celebration and I am now faced with the aftermath of all that.

Then I’m flying north for Christmas tomorrow. Once I have got myself to the airport with all the necessary stuff, I shall relax!

(I have not been feeling so fantastic of late, and am really looking forward to being able to stop for a while.)

I haven’t decided whether I shall take my computer away or not, but there is no wireless broadband available up there, and I don’t expect I shall be blogging. So, I have no very lucid or profound post to go out with, and shall just say:

Lux venit sursum corda!

(Which means, ‘the light has come, lift up your hearts’. Call me a dweeb, but I like a little Latin.)