Long evening

Tonight... ice skating lessons, then unexpected socializing.

Pull--lean--flash -- flash--flash--flash--flash--flash--pull--stretch--hold--glide. We worked on spins and jumps tonight... it makes me dizzy. I managed to get a spin up to 6 revolutions -- almost up to passing level (7). That's real progress this year. And I attempted something new -- ballet jumps and my first combination (back-to-back waltz jumps). The first time... I fell. Nearly cracked my head.

On a whim, I dropped by the site of the Palo Alto dinner... people were still there, to my pleasant surprise. I talked with RA, then outside after closing with a dwindling group including finally missk and p3aches. It was pleasant... if cold, standing outside in 38-degree weather.

Forced back

I just talked to K, the rector of our parish... because of "lifestyle issues", specifically, I will not be allowed to be a vestry candidate, or a candidate for anything else that represents the parish. If I insist on running for any office, he will remove my eligibility by writing a disciplinary letter to the diocese, thus making me a member-not-in-good-standing. Poly-sensitivity outweighs any gain that the organization might get from my talents and skills. K justified having existing gay vestry members, but not poly, as, "people are of several minds on homosexuality within the church, but everyone agrees that monogamy is the biblical standard."

If I don't force the issue, I will continue to be allowed to participate as a member... allowed communion, but essentially nothing further. patgreene has asked me to not force their hand, if only to not make things harder on her and the kids. So I will probably retreat back to my corner...