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<\/center><\/p>\n<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Explaining the title.<\/strong> I sprained my foot and then proceeded to be my peripatetic self for two weeks until it got excruciatingly painful to put weight on it. So… I went to Urgent Care last Friday, got an x-ray done, and they put me in a walking boot. I asked if they couldn’t just show me how to tape it up, and the provider looked at me like I was crazy. (I am, but that’s not the point.)<\/p>\n So… I’ve been in the boot for about a week now and it’s helping me to not make it worse. It has also led to my priest calling me “Stumpy” (no, I didn’t kick him), one of my choir members teasing me about fighting him for the last pancake on Tuesday (I didn’t), and my evil twin commenting that I got “booted” for having unpaid parking tickets. Hmph.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Dress funnies.<\/strong> I woke up at 9:02 on Tuesday and had to be at the clinic for my appointment at 9:20. I hurriedly tossed on a dress and my fitness leggings, put a sock on my booted foot, shoved my foot into the boot, limped downstairs, put a dress shoe on my non-booted foot, and managed to make it out of the house by 9:10. I arrived at the clinic with coffee at 9:17. \ud83d\ude00 (My former mother-in-law used to joke that I could go from “zero to car” in 4 minutes… which is kind of accurate.)<\/p>\n However, I stunned my parents by wearing a dress on a day other than Sunday, and one of my co-tutors barked at me for wearing a dress on a day when I wasn’t on campus. I am now required to provide 24 hours notice to her if I plan to wear a dress so she can witness this. (I did send her a picture.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Forsythia.<\/strong> My grandmother used to bring forsythia from her garden to church during this time of year before Lent started, so I brought some last Sunday in her memory. Mom picked it and forced it along toward opening. Those who knew Grandma and Grandpa loved it.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Facing my fears.<\/strong> Before worship yesterday, I asked our musician (who normally sings tenor in the choir) if he needed help with music during Communion. He said that he’d be happy to have me sing with him because it meant that I could sing in English and he could sing simultaneously in Spanish… which is how I ended up cantoring “I Am the Bread of Life” with him and inadvertently facing my fear of singing by myself in public. I now have no excuse not to take my own cantoring part in the Great Litany on Sunday… maybe.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Elizabeth Warren.<\/strong> She appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the videos are hysterically funny. It’s so good to see a candidate with a sense of humor. I’m sure she wouldn’t boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner like 45 has.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n WTAF?!?!?!?<\/strong> This<\/a> just infuriates me.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kelly’s Lent.<\/strong> Girlfriend is crazy. Her Lenten list is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — Explaining the title. I sprained my foot and then proceeded to be my peripatetic self for two weeks until it got excruciatingly painful to put weight on it. So… I went to Urgent Care last Friday, got … Continue reading ![\"My](\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200221_105127-scaled.jpg\")
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