Just came back upstairs from my neighbors house, seeing Tracy and Jeff. Tracy has agreed to serve as my proxy voter at the Annual Owners Meeting tomorrow night. Last Wednesday night at the member's meeting at The Club, Nancy asked me to help her with registration for Monday's meeting. Only then did it occur to me that I had a schedule conflict. Nuts! Monday and Tuesday are the pastor's conference days at our church which I wished to attend. What to do? What to do?
I chose the pastor conference but have not decided just how much to attend. A previous opportunity to be part of a conference was missed a couple years ago when I thought my car was acting up. It was at Aamco all that day and they found nothing amiss. And I missed hearing Prof. Deutschlander speak!!! Shoot! I have a copy of the day's planned events and can make my decision based on that. I will be helping to serve the Mystery Dinner tomorrow night and then be part of the worship, a Maundy Thursday service. The altar will be stripped which adds much to the 'attitude' of the worship.
For our service today we used Divine 1 and sang the majority of the hymns from the Supplement. We had three hymns for communion distribution but had almost sung through the first one before everyone had gotten to the Lord's table. Fortunately, we were able to sing the second hymn, "In Christ Alone", which Robbie played in its entirety, even after communion was completed. I made it nearly through before getting choked up. Terri T. was in front of me, dabbing her tears, and my boy was wiping his eyes as well. "From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny...
"
It was great to see and hug Robbie again, having been weeks since I've seen him. Actually it was last year!! After the service, Justin and he were having a intent conversation, and in fact, Justin arrived late to Chili's because of it. He texted me his order which arrived at the table just as he did!
It was good to have Amber back in church, her first time in several months. She is moved out of her house again, and trying to find a place to live. Right now she is staying between family and friends. Judy C. treated her to lunch, as Amber reported not eating much lately, not good when one has diabetes.
At the close of the service today, waiting to be ushered out, Ellen, seated behind us, was telling Twila and Jean how she thinks of Timothy every time we sing "Alleluia" in the liturgy. That started the water works over again, but I assured her they were good tears, most comforting knowing others still think about him after all this time. The altar flowers for his birthday remembrance were lovely, with three tall spikes sticking up above the others. Twila said they were the Trinity!
Normally I take the flowers to the cemetery but Ethel suggested I not, because it's expected to freeze Monday night and they would be toast. Justin went to the site Saturday where his father left a bouquet and balloon. I was going to wait a couple days, then, before taking mine over, but now might just keep them here where they won't freeze.
On Facebook this a.m. I had changed my backdrop to a scene from Mykonos and got many comments on it. Tracy, my neighbor, said they are thinking of going there for a vacation so I took my scrapbook down with me this afternoon. She loved it and now wants to go to Italy or Greece!
What is making me feel funky? I guess it's having some disarray in my house, plus the upset in Amber's life, excitement over the salads (oh, the things we fret about!), and likely the entire week I just put behind me. My friends kept me busy each day, whether they knew it or not, and I love that! Looking at my trip photos also fills me with longing for those days gone by. As I told Tracy, I can take my trips now by revisiting my scrapbooks, and not have to pack a bag!
Once I get the goodies packed off to the students' away, my dining room table will return to order, and I will feel better about it. The boxes I intended to use were too small. I will have to get larger pre-paid boxes from the Post Office so I can pack all the stuff into them. First, we did not collect enough to send, so after extending the collecting by a week, a bounty has been gathered. I can't get the boxes until Tuesday as the PO is closed on Monday for MLK Day.
My funk will be cleared up with some Pledge and Windex, and the dusting wand, to be sure. Oh, and my file basket! I hope I can endure the freeze but I managed in WI just fine. As long as the house is warm, I will be okay.
