This morning began with a lovely chat between Linda and I before we each had to get ready for church. She has worship at 8:00 central time and then Bible study. Here I have Bible study first at 9:00 for about 45 minutes and then worship at 10:00, at least for a couple more weeks. On the 30th we return to our 10:30 worship start. Then we might possibly begin on time.
We sang one of my favorite hymns (there are only a few which are not!) today and was glad my friend, Ann, was seated a row or two behind me. She sings harmony and it was so lovely. The hymn was "My Faith Looks Up to Thee", and I whispered to Justin that stanza 4 was my favorite one. After church I sought Ann to tell her I'd sing that hymn with her every Sunday if we could. She laughed and said, "When we get to the 4th verse, I don't do so well..." and I told her the same thing was true for me. When her dad, a pastor (later prof. at MLC) would visit the nursing homes on Sunday, she'd go along and they would often sing this hymn. As we said, those folks were likely closer to the end of the 'life's transient dream...' She was wiping her eyes yet when we parted company. Love that girl!
Our group met up at Chili's for lunch, them seating us the BIG table, which is actually two larger ones pushed together. We were quite spread out which is okay compared to being seated on each other's laps. Some of us are people of size and need a bit of elbow room, as it were. It is, however, less intimate. We had one of our familiar waitresses so she was on top of our orders and soda refills. It was a great time with our friends two weeks in a row.
Today I had flowers in the chancel in remembrance of Justin's baptism. I asked him if he wanted them at home and he said no, so I took them to the cemetery after lunch.
After I dropped off the flowers, I came home and got changed for the pool. Justin had originally scheduled an computer appointment after lunch, but the client postponed. He was cool with that because he appreciated having nothing else to do today except rest up. It has been a long week for him, getting rained out and then playing catch-up on the days they worked, including yesterday. He said, "You go and do what you like for relaxation, and I will do what I like to do---lie on my bed and watch MASH." Sounds good to me, and it was!
Most of the usuals were out there and the fun began. Mo and Ro were getting ready to leave (Ro joked that Mo always wants to leave as soon as I get there!) but we made plans to get together on Tuesday. She wants to thank Nancy and me for the school supplies we got for her classroom. Nancy and I had a ball shopping for the items, as much joy for us as they will be for the students.
People came and went most of the afternoon, which was the first one all summer, just about anyway, where we didn't get rained out, or clouded out. Patty treated some of us to an ice cream sandwich toward the end of the afternoon. I didn't eat anything today from the cabana other than the ice cream. Marlena was working alone in the cabana, doing the cooking and serving herself, since Bob V. called in sick.
Besides handling all that, she also had to jump in the hole to open the valve for the artesian well to re-fill the pool. It was down about 6" both Saturday and Sunday, something Marlena attributes to the pool cleaners possibly leaving a valve open in the pump room. It is not for us to worry about unless the pool is compromised in some way. Then it's a big deal! In no time at all the pool is full enough again, and quite a bit cooler, which many appreciate. The maintenance man, Mitch, will check it tomorrow and the pool cleaners return on Mondays as well.
When I came in from the pool around 5:30, Justin mentioned that he was hungry for Ming Moon (2nd time this week!) and I'd be okay with that for dinner. OR, we could put clothes on and go see our friends at Koko's. Justin said YES to that so we both got ourselves ready to go and off we went. Justin had a sushi appetizer and we shared an order of crabmeat wontons, both of which were on special. Two couples joined our table so the chef didn't have to cook only for us. Much of our meals came home, which is genius for us. Tomorrow will be leftovers for dinner for us both, and on Tuesday he can have more leftovers as I will be with Maureen, wherever she wishes to go!
As I wrote this, it occurred to me that Justin and I each had the exact same meals for lunch, and again for dinner, except for the appetizer. Our tastes just seem to run the same, at least so on Sundays!
Besides handling all that, she also had to jump in the hole to open the valve for the artesian well to re-fill the pool. It was down about 6" both Saturday and Sunday, something Marlena attributes to the pool cleaners possibly leaving a valve open in the pump room. It is not for us to worry about unless the pool is compromised in some way. Then it's a big deal! In no time at all the pool is full enough again, and quite a bit cooler, which many appreciate. The maintenance man, Mitch, will check it tomorrow and the pool cleaners return on Mondays as well.
When I came in from the pool around 5:30, Justin mentioned that he was hungry for Ming Moon (2nd time this week!) and I'd be okay with that for dinner. OR, we could put clothes on and go see our friends at Koko's. Justin said YES to that so we both got ourselves ready to go and off we went. Justin had a sushi appetizer and we shared an order of crabmeat wontons, both of which were on special. Two couples joined our table so the chef didn't have to cook only for us. Much of our meals came home, which is genius for us. Tomorrow will be leftovers for dinner for us both, and on Tuesday he can have more leftovers as I will be with Maureen, wherever she wishes to go!
As I wrote this, it occurred to me that Justin and I each had the exact same meals for lunch, and again for dinner, except for the appetizer. Our tastes just seem to run the same, at least so on Sundays!
