Preparing for Christ’s birth

Monday was Christmas Eve.  We left to go exercise to find the gym was closed.  We went on to the grocery on Westgate and the other grocery downtown.  We needed things for tomorrow’s feast in our park.  I wanted to cut the grass but couldn’t because there were obstructions in the yards.  I had postponed my shower until the afternoon and took a nap.  We dressed and went to Immanuel at 6:30 when the men’s choir practiced our song for the worship service.  It went well, so the service began.  Bonny had assigned readers for the service and had chosen me as one of them.  The service was quite good.  The pastor was not too chipper, having just been released from the hospital.  He had suffered from kidney stones.  We came home and got some things to take to Joe and Bonny’s for our supper.  It was just shy of 9 when we got there.  She had made ham for us, some charro beans, and served tamales that he been made by her housemaid.  Everything was delicious including the eggnog we had to drink.  We stayed until around 10:30 and went home.