Today I received a call that gave me somewhat good news:

I was appointed to be the *co-chair* of my parish Stewardship council.

I say somewhat good news, because it was supposed to be a full appointment but the current guy is hanging on and not fully relinquishing his post...which has some upsides to it. Specifically, he is very interested in and motivated to do fund-raising which is not my fave topic, even though I am capable of and have had experience managing campaigns. He did note that he would hand over to me setting the meeting agendas and facilitating the meetings, so that was good to hear.

Part of this *job* is that once a month I have to eat dinner with the pastor in the rectory to discuss issues relating to parish leadership...I can feel the Wicker Park Stomach (WPS) churning already!

I am also thinking about working with a local politician*s office in the fall as a volunteer, as he might be mounting a run for an Illinois senate seat. But it will depend on how much time I have to devote to co-chairing this council.