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the mother’s day celebration is not just one day. although we should celebrate our mothers everyday, i’m keeping this within the context of the observed day for mothers and yet it still isn’t just one day. in fact it was a weekend for me starting friday evening as i prepped for the requested Sabbath lunch. our church typically takes the second Sabbath off from potluck to encourage our members to invite guests and each other for a home-cooked and more personal meal. so i was in charge of the culinary delights since mother’s day fell on the second weekend which coincides with the second Sabbath. i prepped for about 1.5hrs which left about 20min of warming and assembly for lunch the next day. the rush i felt was that i hadn’t cooked the things i planned on cooking before and yet i observed that i’m faster than i was when i started my cooking hobby. the courses were: Crostini with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Chickpeas, Chili Garlic and Brocolli, and Spaghettini with Spicy Tomato Sauce. click here to view the pictures!

but more importantly, i’d rather not be sick at all. i don’t know what my body is trying to tell me exactly but i pretty sure it saying, “GET SOME FREAKING REST AND TAKE CARE OF ME!” for the past week, i haven’t been feeling all that great–the kind of feeling you know that there is something not quite right, like something is just off. i really don’t consider what i’m experiencing “sick” but more like a “prelude to sick” and this is why i’m frustrated. i don’t know about you but generally i experience these symptoms when i get sick in this order: 1) funny throat, 2) sore throat, 3) mild headache and congestion, 4) general malaise with taste buds not working, then 5) chills. i typically experience these symptoms within 36hrs and with rest by day three i’m all better. since last week, i’m stuck at number 1. now i don’t know if what i have will bring me to number 5 but just staying at number 1 is driving me nuts. i probably should be thankful that i haven’t progressed through the stages any further, but if i am to be sick i’d like it to start already so i can get it over with. but for now i think i’d better just listen to what my body is screaming at me by getting proper rest which is something that i rarely do.

although my day was spent primarily indoors yesterday, i had a very blessed Sabbath day. since i was going to be out of town during my chorister Sabbath (Memorial Weekend) i switched my weekend with another chorister and led out yesterday which was the string ensemble’s weekend as accompanists. it was exhilirating leading out with the strings as well as with my co-chorister since we’re not on the same Sabbath rotation.

my Sun-dried Tomato Pesto with Penne was another hit at potluck and after that i had the opporunity for the first time to chair the nominating committee. since the elected chair will be out of town for the next couple of meetings i was the next favorite choice of the committee. Continue reading