I had a most memorable birthday today: treated family (my parents) and friends (members of our singing group at church) to lunch at Joe's and had a great time with friends during the choir rehearsal and merienda that followed. It was especially fun because we had our cantor fetch his pet terrier to keep us company--and entertained--during the choir rehearsal.
Having been chosen to receive a teaching award, I was to be the subject of a feature article on the university's newsletter. I agreed to be interviewed but then was completely flummoxed by a second request: that I email to the public relations office photos of myself "in action". Now who in his right mind would normally have photos taken of himself while teaching?
This morning immediately after Mass I had to let our music ministry coordinator, who now has become a close friend, know that I won't be available to play during the First Friday Mass this coming 06 March. Because he himself was teaching at university here, I didn't want to be a show off and naturally refused to tell him the reason--which was that I was to attend an awarding ceremony to receive my teaching award on that day. He was immediately intrigued: did I have a date? I simply said no and left it at that. But later on when we met again, he apparently couldn't get the subject off his mind and bombarded me again with questions: was I getting married? was I engaged? Was I leaving or migrating to join my sister in Canada?
