She is on her way!

The day began with Bible study and worship, usual for Sundays. After church our group went to lunch at Chili's, minus Betty, who has not been feeling well. She is going in for some tests soon to see what is happening with her digestive system. For some time now she's been doctoring, eliminating stuff from her diet, not unlike what Linda went through starting a year ago. I hope this is not the case for Betty, hoping for easier answers to help her feel better.

Back to lunch, it was great to have most of us together for our noon meal. Some football starts again and Justin will be missing from the table. At least so for the home games. He occasionally joins us for lunch at Chili's first and then goes to his friend's house to watch the games. Justin was supposed to have a tech appointment today but the lady cancelled so we decided to hit Publix on the way home. I had a list of things to have on hand for Linda's visit. She eats breakfast so we got some bagels and cream cheese for her, some fruit (bananas and grapes), bread for toasting including some cinnamon bread. Oh my, it looks good!

Earlier in the week Justin had wanted me to make my special meat loaf for which he was picking up green beans for me to steam as a side dish. We don't ordinarily have a veggie with our meals but he was hungry for this particular meal. That didn't end up happening so we bought the beans today to have at some future point. Perhaps we'll eat at home one night when Linda's here!  

Right now it's raining cats and dogs out there---worse than that, actually. The rain is coming down in sheets and the thunder is window rattling. I am more than a little stressed about having to drive to the airport in the rain, in the dark, but Justin has offered to be the driver. Whew!  He likely won't have to work tomorrow because the rainy forecast so staying up later than usual won't be so hard on him. Linda is due to land in JAX at 10:15 and I'd like to head that direction when it's still a bit light out. I'll treat my son to dinner at Longhorn, if he'd like to go. We shall see as the day and the storm progresses. Ugh, this weather! Really, enough already!