Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 7°C. We gave rain forecast later.
glammagran, thank you for your good wishes, my friend is still in a coma. 😔 His family are distraught.
Athens was on my now defunct bucket list, Blue, I'm envious. Roses my husband also refused to cruise, despite my friends all raving about cruising. I can sympathise.
Yesterday turned out to be a very stressful day. To quote Dollie, that must be the most mental Mass I have been too!
I came out of a sacristy to see a five year old running about with a lighted taper, having lit all the votive candles (without paying), while his father ignored his behaviour. I went straight into teacher mode.😡
After Mass started, a young gentleman came and sat in the front row, with four under fives in tow and had the most laid back attitude to parenting I have ever seen. The children basically were allowed to do what they liked and were climbing all over the seats, disturbing everyone. When an elderly parishioner tried to help one of the wild children, the father turned round and told her to stop stressing about HIS children. Dollie was horrified!
Then I heard a noise behind me, a young toddler had been sick on the floor. I morphed into cleaning mode!.
It just got worse as the day went on. The catechists didn't turn up for the class and I realised that I had a class of fifty five children in front of me and no teachers, (I don't usually teach, just deal with the parents and admin).
Already having been verbally abused by some parents, after telling them that the church wasn't elastic and the number of guests for the First Communion was immediate family only, ^ but I have a very large family^ was the cry I decided I couldn't send the children away, (and face wrath of the parents) so would have to take the class with no prep and no resources.😱
I rounded up some parishioners, who had PVGs (Disclosures) and reverted to teacher mode! It took me back to my teaching days, when often in my management role I had to parachute into a class without warning.
Poor Dollie was mortified that her gran was taking the class. 1😂
I got home to find screenshot of chat from DIL from some unpleasant parents, who have been stirring things. Instead of messaging the PP, I accidently phoned him because I was so distracted.
Unfortunately, he was watching a very tense football game. I immediately hung up.
This morning I am going to try and unblock a sink at church, then their will be a practice with the children to arrange seating.
The PP has his ideas and the school staff have theirs. I have decided it is best to withdraw from the practice and find some chores to do, because sparks will probably try.
I wish you all a gentle and pleasant day. I hope mine is. 😂
