Yesterday
was one of those days. I know, that
could literally mean anything depending on who says it. In my case, in this particular blog
situation, however, it means that, well, nothing much happened yesterday. Now here’s where I try to track our footsteps
and prove myself wrong.
We
did our walk and exercise regimen after being off for four days. It was easier to accomplish after all that
rest, but I’m kind of sore this morning.
Chris cleaned house for home group, and I even did the vacuuming. Then after getting cleaned up we headed out
to run errands. Asleep yet? We stopped by the bank to make a
deposit. Still doing our banking the old
school way. Oh, we are set up to do
online stuff, and I do that occasionally, but there’s nothing quite like getting
to know a banker. Never know when it
might come in handy.
Next stop
was Randalls for some fruit and to pick up a prescription for Chris. While in line at the pharmacy an old guy wearing
a World War II Marines veteran cap asked the fellow behind me (who was just a bit older than me, himself),
if he would mind holding his place in line while he sat down for a few minutes
to rest his bad leg. He assured the old
fellow that he would. Well, Chris and I
heard the interchange, so I struck up a conversation with the guy behind us and
asked if he would mind if we let the old guy go in front of us. He was readily in favor of the plan. As we continued our chat he asked about my
fire department hat, and we shared which neighborhoods we lived in. I told him I was born here in 1953. He said he arrived on the Island in
1956. Just a couple of salt between the
toes, long-time Galvestonians. Always good
to find a kindred spirit.
Then we
headed to Walmart … of course. We did
have a plan this time, though. Turkeys. Next week is Thanksgiving, which means next
Tuesday is turkey fry day. So we had to
grab ten of the right sized beasts. Fortunately
we got there just after a bin-stocking, so we loaded up on 14-15 pounders. Why so many?
Well, we will have the whole family over, plus some Seasiders are
planning to join us. We also freeze as
much as we can to use throughout the year.
And we’ll give some away, so it will all find a place by the end of next
week. It took some maneuvering, but Chris
managed to find a place for all the birds in the fridge until we can fire up the
fryers next week.
As I was
studying for the home group Bible study I got an email from the daughter of
some good friends from Arlington. Her
parents are finally making the big move to Galveston and their retirement home
here. But they ran into a problem on the
way down here. One of the two trucks
that was hauling their belongings caught fire.
I don’t know how much was destroyed, but everything in there was at
least water or smoke affected. Their daughter
was asking if we could stop by their house today and give them a hug. That sounds doable.
Bible
study went well. Ten of us talking about
manna from heaven (The kind in the Book
of Exodus). After everyone left we
crashed on the couch with an orange and watched a Hallmark Christmas movie.
So
there you have it. We have reached the end
of our day. One of those days. I guess we did end up accomplishing
something, though, didn’t we?
Psalms
1:6 says, “For the Lord watches over the
way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”
Father,
thank you for giving us one more of those days.
Be with the Philpot’s as they sort through their stuff. Amen.
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