I got up early this morning and took some CheeseIts to Fr. Beattie. He called last night and said that he does usually eat them but there have been lots of adds on TV for them and he just a “hankering for m”. God love her, I picked up Joan W at her house and she stayed with the car while I was in the ReHab hospital. Parking is so far away that I didn’t want to show up at his room breathing heavy. It was before visiting hours but my collar got me in. As I left, I asked, “What time do visiting hours start?” The nice guard who had let me in said, “Noon”. Ah, the power of the collar!!
I had an appointment in my office at 10:30 and then I went over to Maplewood, a very nice senior residence near St. Jane de Chantel church. My friends, Antonia and John Bass had invited me to join them for the Sunday brunch. It was lovely and we were joined by ‘Bunny’ a friend of Antonia, who also lives there. She was born in Hungary and was very interesting. Bunny’s daughter, Suzanne and her husband, Jim and their adult son, Nick, who lives in New York rounded out our table. Jim was a provost at Catholic Universitity and we had many friends in common. He is orginally for Alabama and actually knew the places that I had visited a few weeks ago. It was a delightful excursion. I did go and take a nap afterwards as I had the 5:30pm Mass tonight and the pollen is still terrible.
I just finished Mass and used the oxygen and I am going to DeVol funeral home to say prayers for Peggy. I have her funeral on Monday. Please keep her family in your prayers.
I thought parking was better at Fr. B’s current rehab hospital. Of course, “better” IS a relative term. Your friends with the name “Joan” are VERY good to you! 🙂