Well, it looks like I'm going to be observing midnight Mass in front of the television watching the tape of the Bishop of Rome prancing around St. Peter's and jabbering in Latin or Italian or something. I'm anxious to see the tape. The news reports that during the procession, a woman "who appeared to be mentally unstable" burst out of the crowd and tackled the pope and some miscellaneous cardinal. Will they show it on the tape? Anyway, that's what he gets for moving the start time of the Mass from midnight to 10 p.m. It's supposed to be *midnight* Mass, not "let's-do-it-sooner-so-I-can-get-to-sleep-early" Mass. No wonder he has crazy parishioners in the crowd today.
Why am I here? The Great Oklahoma Blizzard of 2009. This is an historic event. This is the first time in history that the National Weather Service has ever issued a blizzard warning for the Tulsa area. We're not really expecting that much snow, but we're getting 50 m.p.h. winds, so the snow is blowing horizontally and visibility is dismal. The Highway Patrol has closed down the turnpikes and the interstate highways, and the governor has had to call out the Oklahoma National Guard to rescue stranded motorists on the highways.
The prospect of snow and high winds didn't really bother me. I'd planned on going to midnight Mass at the little parish here in Bartlesville tonight. My parents were going to stay home, since we don't want to risk having them fall on the ice and breaking a hip or something, but I wanted to venture out alone. But, I just discovered a problem. Drifting snow. There's a big snowdrift all the way across the driveway, and I can't get the car out of the garage. So, I have to stay home.
Maybe in the morning, the drift will have blown away over night and I'll be able to get to the Christmas morning service. That will be weird, though.....we *always* go to midnight Mass.
Merry Christmas to everyone! Stay warm. Hope you get lots of presents. And, don't forget to go to church!
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