I *heart* brenda.
I don't *heart* my sister calling me for tech support when she doesn't want me to know what it is I am troubleshooting. Gawd. I suspect that she suspects that my BiL has been spying on her. It's tricksy enough to deal with when I am getting any of the real story. But when she won't tell me if she wants to capture keystrokes or wants to not have keystrokes captured? Thwumpiness ensues.
Ask me again why I am moving...
Oh, and the San Diego Zoo magazine reminds me muchly of billytea. I am reading about courtship and mating and it's all in a nice Aussie accent in my head.
I'm a bit confuzzled.
Since Saturday, I have sent two emails to the rabbi at a nearby modern Orthodox congregation, attempting to set up a meeting to discuss... things (yes, that's right, I've decided to take the next big step in a possible conversion. Due mostly to a kick in the pants brought on by the Landmark Forum, which isn't nearly as scary and culty as it might at first seem. In fact, it's rather awesome, and if you have any interest AT ALL in empowerment-type life-transforming seminar things, feel free to email me and ask me questions. I liked it.)
Anyway, my point: After two emails, I got no official response. However, I WAS added, without explicit permission, to the congregation's mailing list, thus implying that my emails were noticed by, you know, somebody.
So: should I send another email, perhaps to the general synagogue adddress, asking what's going on? Or send another email to the Rabbi, in hopes that my being ignored so far is part of the "turn away three times" tradition? Or just overcome my phone fear and call in the morning?
D., I'd say maybe email one more time and ask what's going on. If no answer by Friday, call on Monday. Or, really, if no answer by Friday, go to services on Friday night and talk to him afterwards.
Gris, call and ask to speak with his secretary, or someone in that capacity.
I would assume that his flapper/climenole is deciding what emails he is to read or to which he is to respond.
Or, really, if no answer by Friday, go to services on Friday night and talk to him afterward.
This is a really good idea except for two things:
1) I'm terrified of Orthodox services. I HATE being confused. I need to find a Orthodox Jewish male I like to hold my hand the first couple of times (figuratively).
and
2) I'm going to be downtown, at a combination of a friend's birthday party and staying in a hotel with GG (long story, not worth the effort) Friday night, so it's not really conceivable. I think I'll take your route on the email-call thing, though, even if it is just me putting it off for a few more days.
My sister got a lot out of landmark, Gris. She was with them for quite awhile. Honestly, my sister and I noticed a big difference. Her reason for leaving - there were other things she wanted to explore.
It's good stuff. I'm not planning on doing everything they offer or anything at the moment, but the Forum was very interesting and inspiring.
I'm terrified of Orthodox services. I HATE being confused. I need to find a Orthodox Jewish male I like to hold my hand the first couple of times (figuratively).
Could you go to services with GG? Even though you can't sit with her, she probably knows most of the other regulars at her synagogue and can introduce you to someone who can help you out. (Although, I'm not sure how clear an Orthodox service would be if you can't read Hebrew.)
She doesn't know any of the other regulars at her synagogue, I am quite certain. Socialization (especially with other Jews) is not one of her strong points, at all - she tends to dislike people for absolutely no reason, which doesn't help with the making friends. And she doesn't attend services all that regularly, either, which probably doesn't help.
I'll probably end up enlisting the help of her roommate, who is actually a very conservative Conservative, but would probably attend an Orthodox service with me at least once to discuss the service and whatnot.
