Last night when I was going to bed I felt like I was coming down with something. This morning I woke up with a big cold.... I felt like I could sink the Titanic.... But I went to church, then came back to my room, passed out, woke up, bought some soup, drank some Lemon Zinger Tea with honey (the greatest thing ever) and went to church again.
I must say, Воздвижение service in Synod with the Metropolitan present is something to see! One of the coolest things ever. They have a giant bed of flowers, and the priests take turns pouring rose-scented water over the cross - which the Metropolitan holds - and it drips down onto the flowers as the person holding them and the Bishop start slowly crouching down. Meanwhile, the choir sings Lord Have Mercy 70 times in a row, starting off loud and the getting softer and softer and halfway through they crescendo again and the Bishop starts bringing the cross up again. Also, all the people in the church lower with the cross and come back up when it is brought back up. This is done 5 times, and I must say, by the third or fourth time I started getting a flashback to the old Isley Brothers song Shout where they sing "A little bit softer now, shout! A little bit softer now, shout!" and then when it's really quiet, "a little bit louder now, Shout! A little bit louder now, Shout!" Ya know what I mean? Basically, it's a pretty neat thing to be a part of it.
Now, however, I feel a bit feverish and will be going to bed... Tomorrow's probably gonna suck so I have to bundle up so I don't feel cold. Anyway... Oh yeah, I wanted to post the poem about Liza. I guess I'll do that tomorrow, gotta edit it a little bit. Peace!
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