Whoo!

Vespers tonight was just me and Father Patrick until the last minute, when Martin snuck in. I learned a few interesting things tonight.

• I am improving in my sight reading ability. I guess having the context to use it really has brought improvement. With eight tones and no telling which is coming until I get there, sight reading is a necessity!
• It is less stressful in an empty room, though Liturgy on Sunday was not too bad.
• I still have tracking issues in reading, and reading aloud is still far more difficult than silently.
• I still freeze when faced with a word I don't know. Why I am still plagued by the ghosts of first grade, I have no idea.

In addition to my observations, something very cool came my way. Father Patrick has two large notebooks of Slavonic and Greek text. He can read the Greek, but he does not know Slavonic. He gave them to me to see what I can figure out. Hee!

Of course, I also do not know Slavonic. The only advantage I have that he lacks is previous experience with Slavic languages, and even that is very limited. I suspect he is giving me a running start on my goal of translating. I also suspect he handed me this project because he knows I'm bored. Whatever the reason, I'm fairly excited.

My mind is running all over the place. Time to wrestle the Slavonic into submission!