Saturday

Got to the Cathedral/Roundhouse complex around 9:30 there. Found several members of Diocesan Council already there and milling about.
Presided and preached the scheduled 10am Mass. The first reading in the weekday Eucharistic lectionary was from III John, which I do not believe ever comes up on a Sunday, so it was a new experience to preach from it.
Presided at the quarterly Diocesan Council meeting. It went most expeditiously, and we were wrapped up by a little past 11:30.
A number of impromptu sidebar conversations always happen on these occasions, and everyone wants to leverage the fact that they’ve already made a drive to Springfield.
Joined the scheduled meeting of the Standing Committee. Informally, we had some bishop-with-council-of-advice time. Formally, the committee approved the ordination of Cameron Nations to the (transitional) diaconate.
Conferred briefly with a member of the Standing Committee on a pastoral/administrative issue.
Drove down to Subway and grabbed a sandwich for lunch. Brought it back to the office to consume.
Kept a 1:30 appointment with an individual who is a potential discerner for the ordination process as a deacon.
After getting home, spent the remaining daylight hours on … leaf abatement.