Is it the shortest day of the year?

 

Sunday

I got up after 8:30. Chris was still in bed. I had thought today was the shortest day of the year, but I read about the analemma of the sun being at an angle relative to our position so the shortest day was actually several days ago.

Anyway, I did the usual morning routine. I read messages. Kurt texted me. Instead of reading my blog posts, he asks AI to summarize them for him. He sent me one of its responses and I had to laugh. I found a version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and put it on a thumb drive. I put some seeds in a sprouting jar to soak. I ate fiber gel and read by a red light. I made and ate breakfast, then got ready for church.

I went to the chapel. I laid down the cheese squares in the back, assembled my trombone, and greeted people. Then we sat down for the service. We sang three carols. We passed the peace. Chaplain gave the sermon. The band played two hymns. Chaplain reminded the congregation of the Christmas Eve service. Then the service was over.

I reminded the band of practice tomorrow. I talked with Rod and Keli about ending the eve service by humming Silent Night with only the tree lights on. They wanted to hand out electric candles for that. I gave the chaplain a solar lantern as a present before he leaves. He left the door unlocked for the Catholics to come in at 3. I wondered if Chris knew.

When I got home, I put the cheese squares in the fridge. I told Chris about the service at 3 and he called Popken to say that service had been canceled. I changed clothes. I worked on getting my microphone to function. Chris tried updating and rebooting my laptop. All it did was get rid of searches I had done.

Finally I called Michael, Chris' brother. I gave him control of my laptop and he checked this and that and asked questions. He did the same things Chris and I did, but this time it worked. I thanked him and we talked a bit. He asked for prayers for a job interview he has tomorrow.

Then he signed off and we played the game. We (our characters) got into a fight as we always do and we won, which always happens. And then it was over.

I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. We talked about awful things that happen. I took the evening supplements and rinsed the seeds in the jar. Then we got ready for bed.