Thursday (St Monnica)

Extended treadmill workout to begin the day.
Short-form MP in the car on the way to the office.
Attended the 10am semi-annual meeting of the diocesan trustees, who are collectively responsible for overseeing our invested funds. Our investment manager from St Louis made the trip up. This lasted about 90 minutes.
Conferred briefly with one of the co-chairs of the Mission Department (who happens to also be a trustee).
Conferred substantively with the diocesan Treasurer.
Spoke by phone briefly but substantively with a priest of the diocese. This took me right up to noon.
Lunch at home. Leftovers.
Spent a chunk of quality time with commentaries on Matthew’s gospel, specifically the last few verses thereof, in preparation for preaching on Trinity Sunday (at Trinity, Mt Vernon).
Attended briefly to some details pertaining to the meeting of the Nashotah Board of Directors later this month.
Performed surgery on the text of an old homily for Easter V in preparation for repurposing it for use this year (St George’s, Belleville).
Attended via email to some administrative details in connection with the ordination process.
Assessed the ability of my discretionary fund to respond to a particular request. Made appropriate arrangements for such a response.
Responded by email to a pastoral care request from a priest outside the diocese.
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.