Well, we had the day divided into three
components yesterday. Church … Party …
Cailyn.
I started the day by meeting an insurance
inspector at the church. I know he was
an inspector because he had a sign on his car that said in capital letters,
“INSURANCE INSPECTOR.” That’s it. No particular company. Guess he must have been a free agent. I wondered if he had any incredible “gadgetry”
up his sleeve. OK. Cartoon reference to Inspector Gadget. I’ll leave it alone. Besides, he was a really nice guy. Asked me a few general questions about church
attendance and whether the doors lock (Thank
you Ed Dawson, for fixing that door upstairs in the knick of time), then he
walked around both buildings and outside to take a bunch of pictures. He even took pictures of the plumbing under
the sink upstairs (Again, thank you Ed
Dawson for fixing that in the knick of time). As we walked around he asked about the church
and how we operate, and by the time he was ready to go, he said he wished he
didn’t live in Webster, because he would come to Seaside in a heartbeat. In fact, he warned that he and his wife might
just show up on some future Sunday. Oh,
and his “official” report? We had one of
the best organized and best use-of-space churches he had ever inspected. Then he added … “especially the
plumbing. I am really impressed with the
plumbing.” There you go, all you guys
who have had a part in that department.
Your hard work paid off …
Part two of the day involved the
preparations for our church party tonight at 7 (if you are reading this … come on over). One of the games will be called Seaside
Family Christmas Feud. Takes a lot of
pre-game preparation, so I spent a long time at the table surrounded by poster
board and yardsticks and markers and scissors.
And I only got about half-way finished, so that’s where I’m headed when
I get done here. I also did some
shopping for the game prizes. Once again,
they will be classics.
The third division of the day came when we
picked Cailyn up from school. She had an
appointment with the eye doc to do the final check on her contact lenses before
the actual order was put in. She passed
with flying colors. Everything looked
great, so we ordered the 90 day supply. Unfortunately,
it may not be in until Friday of next week.
Fortunately, they gave us some samples to tide her over. Check that one off the list. But we weren’t done yet. She just got braces the day before, and
apparently on of the little wires had slipped or popped out or whatever it is
braces wires are notorious for doing (I
don’t know. Never had braces). That meant a stop at the dentist office to
get that all fixed up. By that time it
was well into dinnertime, so we stopped at … nope. Not Whataburger. She passed on her usual favorite and we went
to Sonic instead. Nice choice. I haven’t had a cherry limeade slushie (my personal fave) in a long time.
Speaking of Ed Dawson … I talked to Lauren
last night. He got some much-needed encouragement
from a nurse and some friends. That was
great. But then came the really good
news. Looks like he will be released to
go home sometime today. He’ll have to
wear some kind of monitor vest, but that’s a small trade-off for how far he has
come. Stay with it, my friend …
Matthew 5:16 says, “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see
your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Father, thank you for even more good news
on the Ed front. Oh, and would you join
us at the party tonight? It is, after
all, in your honor. Amen.
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