I haven't posted about President Reagan and his passing because, well, I don't know that much about him. I was twelve when he left office in 1988 so I can't speak about his politics or time as president with any authority. I can only hope that he is able to rest now after his battle with Alzheimer's. I wouldn't wish this horrible disease on anyone. And I pray that his family can get through this time together. I wonder if all the pomp and circumstance surrounding his funeral is a welcome distraction or even more painful.
The class went very well last night. Pastor David explained everything - theological and practical - to us new parents or new-to-be parents. Basically we can have the baptism whenever we want. We're thinking Thanksgiving maybe because Kris's sister may be in town then. And Godparents are no problem. Yay!
Tonight Kris and I are attending baptism class at our church. A friend at work asked me today if it wasn't a bit premature to be doing this. After all, I'm only 28 weeks pregnant. (tomorrow!) I told her that as with everything else, there is a small drama behind this. You see, my mom wants to buy a baptismal gown for the baby as a baby shower present for me. The baby shower she's planning for her family is going to be August 7th. A lot of places online have a 6-8 week lead time on christening gowns. Mom could buy one from a store but she wants me to pick it out which is easier to do online. Anyway, Mom will be in Europe for 3 weeks in July (I know - how rough!) and so she wants the dress found and ordered before she leaves. Not a problem, except we don't know what size to order! So, we're going to class tonight to find out how our church handles baptisms. We specifically need to know when ours would be taking place so we can order the dress. Yeah, my Mom is a planner and thinks about things way ahead of time! Another thing we need to know is if it's okay for one of our baby's godparents to be Catholic. We belong to an ELCA church and the godfather will be ELCA but the godmother won't. We need to make sure that's okay. Because if it isn't, then I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm sure it will be though.
Argh! Michael Moore again! Read this latest article. Why is that scene in the trailer if it isn't in the movie? You don't even make sense Michael Moore!
Happy Birthday to me. Actually, my birthday was Saturday. It was a pretty nice day, spent mostly with my Sweetie. Today is my Dad's birthday and Thursday is my brother's. We're all going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I got my Dad Basilica Block Party tickets. He wanted to go last year but didn't so I'm hoping he likes the tickets for this year! I personally can't wait to see the Counting Crows play. I love them! Hopefully it will be a nice weekend without rain, excessive heat or humidity. Oh, and since it's outside, hopefully there won't be a lot of cigarette smoke around for me to inhale.
