Maybe I Should Have My Head Examined

On Friday I spoke with my mom.  Saturday was her (and Dad's of course) 50th wedding anniversary. Kudos to them for reaching this milestone.  However, that has nothing to do with this post.

I spoke with Mom on Friday because I wouldn't be home after Shabbat due to Slichot.  Immediately after Maariv we were having a melave malka at our shul followed by honouring our teen volunteers and new members, a memorial plaque dedication, and finally Slichot.  Sounds great, huh?  It was.  We only have 35 Slichot books, never needing more.  Turns out almost 100 people attended.

That's not why I should have my head examined.  It starts with joining the programming committee during my busiest summer ever.  Yes, really, ever.  Okay, so I joined a committee.  No problem.

Then I suggested a program for pre-Slichot.

Then I said I'd chair the program.

Then, I put together the ceremony for honouring our teens and new members, changing Torah mantles to white for the Yamim Noraim also.

Then, not liking the plaque dedication ceremony, I put together a different ceremony.

Then I put together a playlist on my ipod for the melave malka.

Then I cut and pasted (the old fashioned way, because it really was faster!).

Oh, and after I said I'd chair the program (see above), I volunteered to run a High Holiday family learning service.

And I suggested an idea for Simchat Torah, and said I'd create the certificates for our cookie decorating contest, and the timeline for the evening, and a floor plan.

And today I practiced Yonah, since I am reading for Yom Kippur afternoon, and an aliyah for Breishit, and created a sheet for the hakafot, with the Hebrew verses in Hebrew, transliteration, and English, so anyone who wants to can participate.

Oh, and I decided to put windows in my sukkah (which I did with my handy jigsaw), and so I can't hang the fabric on the walls the way we usually do to cover the pressed wood, so...

today I also painted my sukkah.

And this is why, when I called to wish my mother (and father, but he was taking a nap) a happy anniversary because I wouldn't be able to speak to them on Shabbat or after due to Slichot, my mother said to me, "I think you need to have your head examined."

Thanks Mom.  I love you.