Thinking I am in the for the night

Even though it is dinner time, I have pretty much decided to stay in tonight and have some leftovers instead. Already I am in my night gown, putting this on after taking off my swim suit, which is dripping in the shower as I write. First Judy C. and I had lunch after the church meeting, Chili’s, with Michael joining us, and then went swimming. Despite it being Father’s Day, we had a good number of folks stay for the meeting. Since church began 30 minutes sooner than usual for the summer schedule, it helped to keep folks from leaving right away. About forty-five minutes ago, we two ladies came out of the pool, with me having been out there for over three hours. Judy, not quite that long.

Our choir sang for Holy Trinity Sunday, Psalm 150, and some of the members commented about how nice we sounded. I felt like I screeched on the closing note but no one else said they heard it. How kind of them! Robbie sang CW 271, the first two stanzas, a capella, and then the congregation joined in to sing the closing stanza with accompaniment. The service was beautiful, starting with the congregation singing "Holy, Holy, Holy".

As I write, I am trying my best not to "strongly dislike" Jon Stewart but am losing the battle. Glad Chris Wallace is so worthy an opponent. Very much I enjoyed the interview, the exit interview, if you will, of Robert Gates that Chris conducted. It moved me to hear Gates say how much the soldiers and military mean to him, and how difficult it was to leave the arena when he came back to the USA last week.

Some of my Facebook friends are griping about the weather being too hot. I am wishing I had my slippers on but that is the way I am. The other night when the neighbors were here to see my home, it was quite warm in here, at least 82 degrees and closed up due to the smoke. When I am idle, there is no need for cooler temperatures and if I had known company was coming, I would have adjusted the air conditioning. They all have much higher electric bills than do I, so that is my consolation.

Justin sent me a text message this a.m. requesting prayers for his friend, Sarah’s, brother who is only 20 years old and has ulcerative colitis. Alex also has Asberger’s Syndrome on top of all this. At this point, Alex will have to take medication the rest of his life, and I pray that is all he has to do in order to remain healthy. Surgery at some point would not be unexpected, but for now, besides the medication, he has some strict dietary restrictions as well. I appreciate the fact that Justin recognizes the need for the Lord’s hand in this family and for this young man. I am glad the weather was good as Justin was going to be on a boat much of the day. His father’s fiancé was renting a boat for the day in celebration of Father’s Day.

Last night I had a steak at the cabana since they are not offering the sirloin sliders for dinner right now. Not being a fan of shrimp Louie, fish tacos, or chicken Caesar salad, I chose the steak. It was good, but I would have liked it better on a roll, as a sandwich, I think. Not in a hurry to have it again, and if Danny cannot make a hot dog for me, I will simply not have dinner there. It’s certainly their loss!

My sleep remains upset, almost a week after getting home again, with me finding myself yet awake at midnight or after. Sometimes I mess myself up with late afternoon accidental snoozes, but today I am avoiding that in hopes of ‘normal’ sleeping. Last night, as I rolled over to drop off to sleep, my right foot developed an ache out of nowhere. No matter which way I turned, it ached in a place that never touches the ground, sort of in the arch, just above it. After I took a couple ibuprofen, I waited for sleep to come, and it did, but again, after midnight. Ugh! Tonight will be a different story, I pray, thanks to my long workout in the pool today!