I wondered if I would be able to stay awake through church today. I went to bed at 11 but got up at 2:30 to potty and the runny nose bit started in when I went back to bed. I had to get back up and take an allergy pill and nose spray. It took awhile to get back to sleep. Bill got up at 5:30 this morning and went out to run the water as we had a toilet full of VERY rusty water last night. Sometimes a clump of iron or rust or whatever breaks loose and this is what we get. I was going to jump up and remind him to turn off the alarm before he went out the door. Too late! The noise set the dogs across the ravine to barking and Bill even heard a coyote howling. And thus my Sunday began.....
Thankfully I didn’t have all the problems playing the music today like I did at rehearsal Thursday night. Pastor Paul’s wife has finally been able to come home as her mother has decided she will live by herself in her home instead of coming here to live with Paul and Glenda. Oh well….. It’s a four hour drive if anything happens.
The nose started in again during church. Sooooo annoying! We sang one song where I had the high notes and after church Pastor Paul told me he loved hearing me to that. “You sound just like a canary.” A canary!!! He explained that it was a compliment because he had a canary as a child and it sang up higher than all the other birds. Ok….
When I started digging in my bag for the car keys after church I realized I left them in the car when I went into church at eight this morning. I made a mad dash outside to make sure the car was still there. Whew! All was well. I had to go back inside and close up the keyboard, have a word with Debi and then I was on my way. I stopped at the fruit stand to get a honeydew melon for the Ellie “do” tomorrow and picked up a takeout menu for the Chinese vendor that replaced the BBQ vendor at Bridgeway Market. On to Cost Less Pharmacy to exchange some yarn. Ok, so I wasn’t going to buy any more of the Baby Clouds, but I had two left over so I traded them for another color and bought two more in that color to complete a fifth blanket. But I don’t intend starting it until I finish Ellen’s blanket.
I was hungry by time I got home. The leftover scone I ate at 6:45 with some amaretto jam had long since run out and I was a good girl and didn’t eat any sweets at the “coffee time” between services. And I was a doubly good girl when I ate a nice salad and peach for lunch. Dinner tonight will be the second half of the clams.
Apart from that we’ve been taking it easy and staying cool with the AC. I finished reading “Comfort” and I’m thankful that I didn’t suffer the agony that poor woman did with the loss of her daughter. I know it makes a huge difference that I had years to think about it where Clint was concerned, and then months to prepare for the “end,” whereas she lost her otherwise healthy daughter in 48 hours from a sudden illness. Her suffering was painful to read about. Who’s to say I would have done any better under her circumstances. Of course, every time Clint got sick and had another major problem I wondered it “this was it.” So I dealt with the possibility of his impending loss on several occasions. That was hard.
Now I’m ready to read something a bit more uplifting – “Wedding Ring.” This is the first in the Shenandoah Album Series. I recently read “Endless Chain” before realizing it was the second in the series. Oh well, it’s not the first time I did things backward and probably won’t be the last.
Bill went out for a second newspaper this afternoon so I finished watching “Monarch of the Glen.” When he got back, we watched some more “Magnum” while I knit on the afghan. He wanted to watch something that was on TV so I’m taking the opportunity to write up today’s toasty adventures. It was cool enough in the church but when I walked outside afterwards it was HOT. It got up to 88-90 here this afternoon. Obviously my car thermometer isn’t working because it said it was 66° outside when it was probably closer to 88°. It did finally get up to 76°. Hmmm…..
The clam dinner was yummy so now I’m off to……
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever." – Isak Denison
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