weekend

Coronation was Saturday, and local, so we went. ( Read more... )

The schedule for the evening at my synagogue was a program of some sort (mainly discussion), then a bit of a social (cookies and lemonade), and then the S'lichot service. I got there just as the social part of this was starting, so I ended up with about 15 minutes to spare. (In an ideal world I wouldn't have missed any of it, but I knew that wouldn't happen. My goal was to not miss the service.)

Traditionally S'lichot begins at midnight, but that isn't a popular idea at my synagogue. So we started around 10 and finished up around 11 or so. I'm reminded of some very pretty music that I haven't heard since Yom Kippur last year. (Most of the formal music that shows up for the high-holy-day services is too "artistic" and operatic for me, but last night's mostly wasn't like that.)

Today I learned of one glitch in the HHD part assignments, which I'll try to fix tomorrow. We have a rehearsal (more like blocking, so people know who goes where when) on Wednesday. I'm participating in the Yom Kippur morning service (I have the haftarah blessings).

Today was mostly errands and household foo. We watched two more episodes of West Wing tonight, and got a really good laugh during mostly-serious episodes. I'm glad the funny bit came right before the opening credits. :-)

Rosh Hashana is soon. I bought some extra food on spec today (chicken doesn't go bad, after all :-) ), because I ordered guests for dinner Friday and don't know yet if I'm getting them. I should know by Wedenesday. (Well, "ordered" might not be the right word. I let the person who's organizing such things know that I would welcome guests for that meal, and she'll tell me soon if I'm getting any. I have different guests for Saturday lunch already.)