We are on our second day of rain and gloom, punctuated later in the day yesterday with tornado warnings and all that. During my rest time when I normally do not fall asleep, evidently I did on Wednesday! I missed one phone call from Suzanne but it did stir me enough to awaken when Judy J. called me a couple minutes later. Judy wanted to know if we were still on for dinner, and I thought for a second, “Oh, no! I slept through dinner!!” But actually it was just after 4:00 pm so I was fine time-wise. She was wondering because of the ‘nasty weather’. Still a bit groggy from falling so soundly asleep, I asked, “What nasty weather?”, not realizing we were under a tornado warning! Judy said it was all over the TV channels and such but I actually had the Internet playing my radio show so was unaware of what was happening locally. Sure enough, it was raining and quite dark, and yes, there was a tornado warning for our county and those surrounding. It is just like she said, older folks love the Weather Channel and the mail!
In the meanwhile, Suzanne sent me a text message asking if I wanted to meet her for dinner at Panera at 6:00. Rats! I answered her with three separate answers, leading to my ‘no, thanks’, before I remembered that she is charged for each text message! Yikes! She started it!!! And knows that I cannot do anything 25 words or less, including explaining I already had plans with Judy. She was coming to Good Shepherd for worship since the kids were with Judy C. at her house after school. Judy’s other daughter and family came to town from Charleston but did not come to church last night.
Judy J. and I enjoyed very much our dinners at Pasta Market, which opened where the ‘old’ La Nopalera used to be. The décor is less basic than it was in the Mexican restaurant, more dressy and even a bit formal without over-doing it. The food was good, portions ample, and, of course, boxes to-go!
Wow, it is sooooo windy right now that my chimes hanging in the window next to my desk are moving. No tornado watches or warnings right now (yes, I turned on the Weather Channel!) but there was just a brilliant flash of lightning that made me flinch! Wonder if I should shut off my big computer…Nah, it will pass. I hope the weather clears a little before Miss Daisy and I have to drive across the Buckmann for her appointment this early afternoon. Just call me “Hoke”!
Mike C. led our worship last night where we had a better than average attendance ---in spite of the weather! Of course, having Suzanne and her kids there plus a visiting relative of Julaine’s added to our worshipers. The choir rehearsal was just that, Robbie making sure we know our parts, working and reworking, to get it just right. There are only five or six of us, varying at times, and we somehow make it sound like more. There is one piece where the choir sings a capella, and that is what we drilled on. At one point in the anthem I had the timing wrong so threw in an “aw, shoot!” in the midst of the phrase. When he stopped us later, I apologized for the ‘aw, shoot!” and Robbie chuckled, remember in his chorale days of having to raise his hand when he made a goof. He couldn’t hold his music because he would have both arms in the air all the time. That made me laugh, and feel better about my goof up!
Right now the storm is quieted but after just now hanging up with Justin, he reports this is the calm before the storm. He said he heard on the radio when going to lunch that it is supposed to really let loose again at rush hour. Great! That will likely be when Brenda and I are heading back after the doctor appointment. We will simply find a restaurant to hole up in while the storm passes over, and wait it out!
I will sign off for now to get myself out the door to pick up Miss Daisy…bye now!
