Day 2--A very long day...
Jul. 25th, 2005 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ramblin_rosie... but a very good day, all told. Was kind of disappointed in breakfast--I asked for a hot breakfast thinking I'd get scrambled eggs and hash browns, but instead I got a poached egg with sausage and beans. I guess I'll have to be specific tomorrow. But I didn't have time to eat more than the egg because I had to be at St. Aldate's by 8:15 to serve as an usher for the plenary session.
The plenary session was great. Even Rick Warren had good things to say (although he made some strange remarks, too, and he relies way too much on The Message for my comfort). Dr. Mattson said that the videos will be webcast at some point, but I don't know what the URL for that will be. But I'll try to order audio CDs from the week if people are interested.
After the session, I went down the street to La Croissanterie and got a slice of pizza because none of the sandwiches looked interesting. It wasn't very hot, but it was edible. Then I had to go down to the corner of Brewer Street and hold a sign to point people toward the Christ Church Cathedral School for breakout sessions. It was very cold and my shoulders tried to seize up on me, but I got a chance to smile at lots of people who looked like they needed a smile, and the people who were looking for the School appreciated my sign. (I also got to briefly meet Frederica Mathews-Green--she looks *nothing* like what I'd pictured.) After I finished that, I headed back to St. Cat's to work on Virgil, but I stopped in a few shops on the way, and by the time I got back, I was too sore and too tired to do much. So I took a nap instead.
I did NOT oversleep, though; I made it to dinner right on time. :) I ended up across the table from Louis Markos, and he and I and the people around us had quite a lively discussion. It was great. :) Then I hurried back to St. Aldate's to see Tom Key in C. S. Lewis On Stage, which I'd seen at Camp Allen. It was still wonderful, although slightly different (but I'm sure every performance differs slightly).
And now I'm here doing this instead of going to Bag End Cafe. I'm really too tired to be sociable. :P
I may have to find someone else to tape my session tomorrow if the friend I'd asked to do it decides to go to one of the breakout sessions instead. :P But I'm not too nervous--yet.
Sometimes I wish I were home... mostly when I'm walking by myself and it suddenly occurs to me that I'm not in Texas anymore. But on the whole, I'm having a great time and meeting lots of nice people.
There was something else I wanted to say, but I can't remember what it is now. So I think I'll wrap this up and say hasta manana.
The plenary session was great. Even Rick Warren had good things to say (although he made some strange remarks, too, and he relies way too much on The Message for my comfort). Dr. Mattson said that the videos will be webcast at some point, but I don't know what the URL for that will be. But I'll try to order audio CDs from the week if people are interested.
After the session, I went down the street to La Croissanterie and got a slice of pizza because none of the sandwiches looked interesting. It wasn't very hot, but it was edible. Then I had to go down to the corner of Brewer Street and hold a sign to point people toward the Christ Church Cathedral School for breakout sessions. It was very cold and my shoulders tried to seize up on me, but I got a chance to smile at lots of people who looked like they needed a smile, and the people who were looking for the School appreciated my sign. (I also got to briefly meet Frederica Mathews-Green--she looks *nothing* like what I'd pictured.) After I finished that, I headed back to St. Cat's to work on Virgil, but I stopped in a few shops on the way, and by the time I got back, I was too sore and too tired to do much. So I took a nap instead.
I did NOT oversleep, though; I made it to dinner right on time. :) I ended up across the table from Louis Markos, and he and I and the people around us had quite a lively discussion. It was great. :) Then I hurried back to St. Aldate's to see Tom Key in C. S. Lewis On Stage, which I'd seen at Camp Allen. It was still wonderful, although slightly different (but I'm sure every performance differs slightly).
And now I'm here doing this instead of going to Bag End Cafe. I'm really too tired to be sociable. :P
I may have to find someone else to tape my session tomorrow if the friend I'd asked to do it decides to go to one of the breakout sessions instead. :P But I'm not too nervous--yet.
Sometimes I wish I were home... mostly when I'm walking by myself and it suddenly occurs to me that I'm not in Texas anymore. But on the whole, I'm having a great time and meeting lots of nice people.
There was something else I wanted to say, but I can't remember what it is now. So I think I'll wrap this up and say hasta manana.
