Supporting a lonesome friend

Sunday was topped by Bible study and worship.  The pastor and family had been on vacation this past week but was back to replace the normal leaders who were on vacation in New Hampshire.  We were blessed as always.  Afterward we arranged to go to lunch with a woman whose lunch partner, another woman, was gone to Pennsylvania on vacation.  It seems everyone is gone this time of year.  We went to the Moonshine Grill because I had a coupon.  Unfortunately it was for a reduction in the price of a dinner.  Sunday featured only a buffet.  The manager did give us a reduction since we talked about going to a different restaurant.  The buffet featured barbecue and prime rib with other sides.  We were glad to be of some company to our friend.  We were home and in bed by 2:30.  During the late afternoon we worked on the peaches we had bought yesterday.  Evelyn made some peach drinks.  We had hoped that Gary and Linda would come to watch a movie with us, but they wouldn’t.  I invited Marty, but she wouldn’t come either.  We watched it alone.  The movie was The Greatest Game Ever Played about the 1916 US Open in which an amateur, Francis Olmeit, beat a great player from Britain.  We also had our usual popcorn and some of the delicious peach drink.  We listened to the weather predictions of coming rainstorms. 

Marty and I went early to play golf before it got too hot.  The course had some players when we got there.  It was somewhat foggy but not as bad as last week.  We could not see the green from the first Tee.  We didn’t play as well as we had last week.  Evelyn had gone to exercise and then to the Folkmoot center to help Jo set up her packages to be used for first aid in case of injury to the dancers.  They have a history of being injured in recreational activities.  Few are injured during the performances.  I beat her home and heated leftover pizza for our lunch.  I then showered and joined Evelyn for a nap.  Afterward we chopped tomatoes, cilantro, onions and peppers to make fresh Pico de Gallo.  We worked on that together.  The promised 70% thunderstorms never developed all day.  We stayed home during the evening to watch the final season of The Closer.  I have liked that show since it began 6 years ago.  I don’t know why these good shows go off air.  They are generally popular and seem to be making money for the sponsors.  It is likely that most of the actors enjoy steady work, so I wonder what happens.