Good Shepherd Sunday

Yesterday was a great day, spent at the pool with varying groups of friends who 'floated' in and out all afternoon. Once the morning ladies were gone, some more folks would come out. There are two newer people helping Marlena in the cabana, Sean, and woman named Sylvia, who had worked out there years ago with Danny Cabany. So, she is new again! I like that they opened ahead of time, instead of having a grand opening on the busiest weekend of the year, Memorial Day. Not fair to the staff or to the members.

I kept checking my phone to see or hear from Justin as to our plans for getting his car picked up, since he didn't know if we'd go that night or on Saturday. Because of that, I came upstairs and got out of my suit to await my marching orders. The insurance is all lined up, pending the finalization of the purchase, so tomorrow I will let the agency know that it's his. On Tuesday the windshield on his Dodge will be replaced, under insurance, and then we can greatly reduce the amount of coverage on that car and get it ready to sell. 

So, moving forward with that to today, Good Shepherd Sunday and Mother's Day. My morning began with Justin bringing me what we always referred to as 'breakfast on belly'---waffles! And, no fruit, he knows me so well. That was a total surprise and I really got a kick out of it. He said at first he was just going to bring me a Diet Coke, my usual breakfast and then remembered we had waffles in the freezer. Funny guy!

Originally he was going to take me to Lowe's to select a blue flower pot and either a jasmine or gardenia plant for it, for Mother's Day. After seeing his truck and how it looked, I asked him to please go to the car wash and have it cleaned up there as my Mother's Day present. I wanted him to have a fresh start with his truck. So he did just that!

At church, our opening hymn was "I Am Jesus' Little Lamb"---oh my! Mother's Day is emotional to start with, and my friend, Cindy, had put a photo of Timmy in my mailbox..so hearing this wonderful hymn, used for his service, being sung this a.m. was tearful for me. I was still in the back so I bothered no one with my sniffling, but afterwards both Terri and Laurie mentioned it to me. Terri said as soon as she saw it in the hymnal she thought, "Oh, oh..." but would have had to climb over Charles to get out of the pew. I told her that was very sweet but I was fine just standing back there and letting the tears drop. "...even calls me by my name." That's the promise we hold on to for dear (eternal) life!

After church six of us went to have lunch at Chili's, arriving before our usual time because the service wrapped up much earlier than ordinary. Mike S. was later in getting over to Chili's though as there was an outreach gathering after church for which he was expected. He was frosted when he finally got to the table but we got him calmed down enough to enjoy his lunch and his company. Meetings!

Justin was going to treat me for lunch but when the waitress brought the ticket to the table, she gave it right to Michael. That rascal picked up the whole group. What a gem! As we walked to our cars, the rain began to come down. Nuts! Wouldn't you know it? The best laid plans to sit out at the pool, Justin, too, were washed away by a giant thunderstorm which hung around much of the afternoon. Oddly enough, Mike's house had no rain nor did the golf tournament, as far as I knew, at TPC on the other side of the river. Meanwhile, we were under a severe thunderstorm warning!

Instead of sitting poolside, Justin was busy getting things ready for Miss Linda, who arrives on Wednesday. He got all the bins put back in the closet, somehow or another, did some vacuuming, made up the guest bed, and other tidying. Plus he vacuumed my room, with me chasing dust bunnies around with the dust mop. (He complains that I can't smell what he does on his work headphones but I CAN smell dust under my dresser!) He has a bit more vacuuming to do (I did the dusting already) and then, Linda can come!

We will enjoy leftovers tonight, pizza which was delivered last night, and what I brought home from Chili's. Less stressful now that the truck is collected and cleaned up, so we can relax a bit in that regard. Just enjoy Linda when she gets here!