Saturday oh Shaturday

Oh dear, it's 1:20AM and I'm finally free of "face" (that's makeup) and veil. Today was a long, lovely, and exhausting day. Starting with a sleepy wake-up and frantic throwing of everything together and into the car, off to SF to drop Nick (Sister Mary Juanita) off at the Sisters archives to do some work with some of the "newbies"; those would be our initiates Novice Sister Tammy Faye Bakersfield and Postulant Midgie Boo. I had to get ready to meet Sister Mary Timothy at the GLBT Center for a blessing at the SF Pride Parade Volunteer Appreciation reception. I did a face out in the hallway of the dark and dimly lit Red Brick building, outside the archive space (which is not large enough for 3 Sisters and one sitting down to face up.

The Pride reception was really nice, with some noshes, cocktails, and a silent raffle giveaway for volunteers. We had 7 or 8 tickets to drop in to the prizes we wanted to try to win. The selection ranged from pet supply packages to t-shirts and gift certificates to two cruises and one $1000 voucher for two flights on Virgin America airlines. Unfortunately neither Mary Tim nor I won; but we did our quick blessing of the volunteers and the event.

From the afternoon there, it was on to the Eagle to offer a libation and blessing to a member of the community who was on the Stop Aids Project's staff. He is moving to "P-town" (Provincetown) to go to school.

A while at the Eagle, and a few pitchers of beer later, it was off to Cell Space for an art opening and reception for a show of an artists drawings and watercolors; one of the paintings is of 4 Sisters. The artist has depicted many "groups" in the SF area who represent the diversity and creativity that is San Francisco. I am sure a number of the groups are Burning Man collectives. A litte while at Cell Space, an opening ritual and blessing for the space and it was time to scoot.

An all day face awaits me tomorrow when I meet Sister Mary Tim at her place (affectionaly known as "The Convent") to join other Sisters as we meet the AIDS Walk in Golden Gate Park to offer a blessing and cheer them on. Then it's on to the Eagle where Sisters are hosting the beer bust (I'm making a massive pasta salad to bring to the bbq portion of the afternoon. Sister Sara Femme is taking care of the kabobs [yum] that will go on the pit grill.