Cold, but we’ll take rain any way we can get it.

Friday was pretty much usual.  It was very hot and humid but cool inside the hospital.  Evelyn  was very busy in the Foundation office stuffing bags to distribute at the Stock Show.  She also had to walk around the hospital.  I was busy too at the information desk.  But we also had the most fun we have had for a while.  I kept inviting Lionel to the Super Bowl party Sunday.  I doubt he and Fran will come.  We did plan to go to dinner with our wives at Chilis.  Evelyn was excited to go, but, when we got home, she was hit with a sudden attack of tired.  She gets tired quite easily, and I don’t want to push her.  I went anyway and had a good time but without her.  The other wives were disappointed but seemed to have a good time too.  I went home and joined Evelyn in preparing for the party.  She also had some ironing to do before our trip. 

Saturday we talked with Tom and LuAnn.  They want us to wait until Tuesday to come to their home.  They have many last minute errands to run.  We dressed and went to a mainstream square dance at Casa del Sol RV Resort in Donna.  I thought we did better than I expected us to.  Perhaps that was because we had watched the Saddlebrooke Squares on line.  They demonstrate all of the possible calls.  We had a few problems but got through them.  We came home to rest and ready ourselves for the 50s dance.  I also practiced the service for tomorrow.  We went to the dance dressed in some of the 50s type attire.  There was a juke box that was supposed to play only 50s music but didn’t.  The people who planned the dance had many nice prizes.  They also had several trivia questions.  I won a prize because I knew the answer to one: What town were the singers dreaming of in “California Dreamin?’”  Of course it is “LA” but, as I remember, that song came from the 60s, not the 50s.  The juke box was also hyped to know every 50s song but couldn’t play the first one challenging it: “Rose and a Baby Ruth”.  Most of the time was spent eating pizza and giving out prizes.  There was a costume contest and a twist contest but little dancing aside that.  The topper was that much of the music was not from the 50s that I remember.  Regardless, we had a pretty good time.  It was cold that night but rain came with the cold front.  It had rained much of the afternoon and evening.  We returned home and watched the 2nd half of the Purdue/IU game that I had recorded while we danced.  They just aren’t as good as had been hoped.

Sunday was still cold and rainy but wonderful.  We had 37 in attendance including a couple I thought would be attending elsewhere.  They were even the lay readers for this Sunday.  I like to get the congregation to  become involved in the worship.  They read the OT and NT selections each Sunday.  I always read the Gospel.  I didn’t think much of my message, but many people thought it worth hearing.  We also had a speaker from the Gideons International.  I was happy with his report.  The Pastor’s Appreciation Banquet is this coming Thursday, but we can’t go.  I asked 3 of our “elders” but none could go.  We came home and worked on party preparations after lunch.  I got things started for the message following our return from Israel.  At 5 the company began arriving.  First Waters, followed by Zopfi, then Okells and then Winstons.  We were blessed that they came because they all have many other things they could have done.  We had a full counter of snacks Evelyn had made, and I had put several beers into a cooler -- easily accessible.  They all stayed until the game was over and seemed to have a good time.  We certainly did.  We cleaned up the dishes afterward and then got ready to face tomorrow.  There is more rain predicted during the next week.  We will miss it but will benefit from the blessing if it actually occurs.