Centrestage

well, we had the last official centrestage before the summer on saturday just past and i thought it was pretty good. Andy Hopkins spoke on self-control which was pretty good and the music was decent too. I loved singing. Have to say the second lot of music / worship was better than the first. Could actually hear audience participation which was brilliant. Plus i think they knew the songs a little better than the first set. Was sad that "i've found Jesus" and "let there be joy" didnt quite get going in terms of people joining in. Perhaps it was more that they didnt really know them... or perhaps they were done too early in the night and the kids hadnt really got into the whole thing yet. Either way they didnt go as well as i hoped they might, but the rest of it was enjoyable and i think everyone taking part and just being there had a good time.
Went out for a drink afterwards with Ali, Bennett, Sandy and Steven, and Chris joined us at the pub. It was nice to just go and chill out with them all afterwards.
Things are a bit crazy at the moment cos aside from occassional walks / lifts home from different places, i feel like i've hardly seen Chris alone at all since we started going out. It sucks. But at least its not like i havent seen him at all since then... its always just been in more of a group context. And since the other physics teacher at the high school has been signed off with a bad back and definitely wont be in for the next two weeks, it means Chris is pretty much a one-man show in the physics dept. Which puts a lot more pressure on him. He not only has his own 21 periods to prepare for and teach, he also has Alec's 16 or 17 periods to at least prepare for.. he'll teach some of them but he'll have his own classes to teach at some points so he needs to actually have stuff properly prepared that they can work through with a different (probably non-science) teacher. So he's gonna be very busy over the next few weeks at least while Alec is off... and i dunno, but i get the feeling that Alec may not be back til after the summer.... so that's longer that Chris has to prep for. The joys of having a responsible job i guess.... :-S