Thankful Thursday, and a Request from Rebecca.

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(I will be keeping this post up here for a while so hopefully everyone sees the message at the bottom.)

"Thankful Thursday" is not something I came up with. I discovered it via morningloryblue, who probably found it through another user in turn. I almost certainly won't keep up with it on a regular basis (kinda like with Wordless Wednesday). In fact, I may never do it again after this! Who knows? But for today, at least, I wanted to give it a shot.

• Aunt Connie gave me a new Beatles t-shirt! Although technically, it's not quite new: it used to be Athena's, and since she's so much shorter than I am, I've had to stretch it a lot to make it cover my stomach. Still, I love it. It has their Rubber Soul album on the front of it. I have another Beatles t-shirt (Abbey Road cover) but I think I like this one better.
• Sara bought me my own copy of Homecoming! It's an excellent book, and now I finally get to find out how it ends.
• Boss Man did something unexpectedly decent at work. (Maybe he knows I'm looking for a new job. Little does he know how badly it's going. Uh oh, now my Thankful Thursday is starting to sound negative.)

I'm hoping to make a drive to Lafayette tomorrow to attend shabbat services at the temple there. During my meeting with the rabbi last week, I realized that I'm converting to Judaism, but I've only ever attended services at one temple! Unfortunately, there isn't much opportunity for different Jewish services in southern Louisiana; this is the only other temple within a reasonable driving distance. I'm considering attending services at a Messianic temple. I'm really not comfortable with the idea of Messianic Judaism, but I have to admit, I'm curious. I think there are two Messianic temples nearby. I will probably keep it a secret from the folks at my temple if I ever go.

On a similar note, word has reached me that Grandma has asked some family members (not me) things like, "Why is Rebecca converting to Judaism? Why does she want to do that?" I suspect that other friends-and-relations might have similar questions but for whatever reason, don't want to ask me. So...

Attention, Readers! If you have any questions about converting to Judaism, even if you're afraid they might be rude/ignorant, please ask them now. I am by no means an expert, but I will take any questions I get and try to answer them all in one master post. You can click the "this is just to say" link below to leave a comment, or e-mail me at snow4849@hotmail.com.