Singing and slipping

Tuesday we led our study of Radical Islam on the March and had 7 in attendance.  Even a couple who used to be close friends was there even though they have hardly spoken to us for 4 years.  They are Christians but don’t care for us.  I praise God that they are willing to learn about the threat of Islam and Sharia law.  I had planned to go practice our men’s song for Christmas Eve, but Bonny called and canceled the rehearsal.  I decided to go to Mexico since we had time free.  I had intended for us to get our teeth cleaned and have pedicures.  When we got there, I realized I had not brought enough money.  I let Evelyn get her teeth cleaned and went with her for pedicures.  We met a woman from our park there and she loaned me $20 so I could buy some Irish Crème.  There was a special—buy 2, get 1 free—so the money came in handy.  We also bought some natural sleeping aids for Evelyn.  We have made friends with one of the owner’s of a Farmacia, and he recommended the product.  It was now too late for my teeth cleaning, so we just went home. 

Wednesday Bonny got 3 of us together to practice our Christmas Eve song at 10.  We are beginning to sound like we are a musical group.  I returned home to learn that Evelyn had fallen on the front steps while washing them.  The street sweeping prior to the paving had left things quite dirty.  She had not broken any bones but was bruised in several places.  Naturally, she didn’t want to go anywhere to exacerbate her injuries after going to the advent service.  It was fine because I was able to prepare some more items to use in future worship services.  It is also time to begin practicing for Sunday’s message.

Thursday was another practice because one of the singers had just returned from a trip to Nebraska.  They got out of there just before an enormous snow storm had hit.  He really adds a great deal to our group.  I came home to take Evelyn to the hospital for a special lunch.  The woman who heads the Foundation at the hospital takes the volunteers and some others out to an elegant lunch.  She never lets anyone know where they will go.  I dropped her off and came home to work on sweeping and mopping our screen porch.  That took me much of the afternoon, but I was also able to begin practicing on next Sunday’s service.  Finally about 6 Evelyn called for me to come to bring her home from the doctor.  She had returned to the hospital at 3 and went to see if the doctor could give her relief in her knee.  She never bothered to call to let me know where she was despite sitting in the office for 3 hours.  He had taken X-rays and given her a cortisone shot in the knee.  We came home, ate a small bowl of chili, and went to the parade and concert at the city hall.  It was quite chilly so we snuggled into our lawn chairs.  John and Sue joined us for a while as we listened to the big band sounds.  When the pros took a break, the Weslaco jazz band played a set and were also pretty good.  The big surprise of the night was a pair of dance teachers performed the salsa dance and passed out advertisement cards to the crowd.  We are too old to dance the quick moving salsa.