I did end up going to the parish council meeting last night. I swear, someone needs to make a reality show about those meetings. They are nothing but pure entertainment. They go something like this:

Priest: "The handout I'm passing around outlines some of the ways we plan on marketing our parish. Item one is our plan to communicate and promote who and what we are as a Franciscan faith community".

Angry Popeye: "What? What does that mean?"

Argumentative Doctor: "Are we going to become Jehovah's Witnesses? I'm not going door-to-door!"

Priest: "This is just a proposal that we'd like to take to a committee. It will be fleshed out at a later date".

Angry Popeye: "I'm not voting for anything that I don't understand. What does it MEAN!??!"

Argumentative Doctor: "You can't ask people to go door-to-door. It will turn people away!"

Priest, exasperated: "No one is asking anyone to go door-to-door. This is just a mission statement for a committee. No specific action is associated with it".

Associate Priest: "I think we should use the phrase 'What can Brown do for You?'"

OK, that doesn't actually capture the insanity of the meetings. Just picture a lot of really angry old people, pounding their fists on the table and going off all half-cocked at every suggestion. Maybe EWTN wants to get into the reality show game.

So...how will I not go insane when I'm off of work? There's a La Leche League meeting next week. What else can I do? Walk a bunch at the mall I suppose (while managing not to buy anything). I could really use a day camp for adults right now. With craft projects, a weenie roast and maybe a talent show.