The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I ended up going to church in the evening. It was the feast of the Annunciation, which commemorates the appearance of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. During Mass I sat in a pew toward the rear of the nave, which I guess is my habit. I try to be aware whenever I go into a church of all the things I’m doing out of rote psychological necessity, and, once I am aware, resist them. But doing so isn’t always easy.