Happy Easter!

Although Spring officially started a few weeks ago, it's only been in the last week or so where the weather has been nice. The cherry trees in front of the museum are in full bloom and the moon was close to full. We were coming back from Holy Thursday service (at which Katie and I had our feet washed! We were asked by the priest to participate after Katie drew his blood at the parish blood drive last Sunday! The feet washing represents Jesus' washing of his disciples feet at the Last Supper.) and I just couldn't resist taking a picture as we walked by, and the picture hardly does the whole scene justice. This part of our neighborhood can be quite beautiful (witness the New York City tour buses coming down this way with tons of sightseers) and it is only about a 5 minutes walk from our place.

Today it will get into the mid-70s. It is kind of misty, but I think it will burn off later in the day. Katie and I are going to the Easter Vigil since I am playing two Easter services tomorrow at an Anglican church. We are still working at getting our apartment into a state where in can be photographed. There are fewer mounds of things (papers, books, pictures, posters, appliances, food, etc.) around the apartment, and big pieces such as tables, beds, bookshelves and futons are now in their fixed places (I hope!). We have had to be a little creative in setting up the apartment because, being an older building (built in 1928), there are very few electrical outlets. Only one in our bedroom and only 2 outlets in each of the other 2 rooms. Yikes.

I am enjoying my Spring Break from Hofstra. It will be good to get back, though, to finish out the semester (only about 3 weeks left!) starting next Wednesday. It would have been very hard to move and get the apartment into shape if I had been teaching all last week.

Katie worked Good Friday, and she is working today. I work tomorrow at the Anglican church, but we both get a chance to relax at our friends' apartment tomorrow afternoon. Ben and Jara are preparing a feast, according to what they have hinted at, although we are not exactly sure what they are making.

If you read the blog before Easter, we wish you a very happy holiday, and if you read it after, we hope you had a happy, relaxing holiday!