So, I got some kind of stomach thing that led to a lot of vomiting. Yummy.
I seem to be all recovered and found my way to town to watch game four of the world series. FUN. I mean, it hasn't started yet, so we'll see how it goes, but I'm feeling pretty good.
I spend this weekend, between bouts of nausea, getting ready my last mailing of the year as secretary of the Canton farmers' market. I just put them in envelopes so all I have to do is get them in a mailbox and hang some signs around town and we'll be ready for the meeting. I'm not much of a graphic designer but I can make a
pretty simple flyer with the best of them. I'm going to try some facilitation techniques at the meeting in November to see if I can help the meeting along. I'm a bit nervous about it...it can be hard to facilitate when people aren't familiar with that kind of process and there is often a lot of drama at our meetings. And I might be a little rusty, I haven't run a meeting like that in a while. Oy. Why do I get myself into these things?
I also have to decide by November 8th if I'm willing to be nominated as secretary again next year. It was a lot of work and more stressful than it should have been because of some contention about the last election and the vague language in our by-laws. But we're going to propose working on the by-laws and rules and regulations and I'm excited about the prospect of working them out to be more helpful. What can I say, I'm a process nerd and I like working on language problems. So, unless someone else gets nominated, I guess I'll end up taking the job. That is how I get myslef into these things.
Next weekend Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is playing at SLU. A Shakespearean group is in town and they're doing Hamlet and Comedy of Errors, too. But I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. It's my all-time favorite play, more than even Waiting for Godot.
Rosencrantz:
Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
Guildenstern:
No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is
the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
Rosencrantz:
I've frequently not been on boats.
Guildenstern:
No, no... What you've been is not on boats.
Brilliant.
Gotta pay more attention to the game...