I guess I was really tired last night because I went to bed around 11pm and I didn’t wake up till 10:20am this morning. I saw that my cell phone was glowing and I realized that I had not turned it back on after the Holy Hour. To my chagrin, the was a message from Terry Odien saying that it was 10:10 and he was looking for me. I had forgotten that at dinner the other night, Terry had offered to have Joe ride down with him when he came to pick up the man he brought down on Monday. Joe was happy to do it as his son, Tim lives nearby and Joe hadn’t seen his new apartment. He was to ride down and meet me and then go back up to Philly with Tim. I completely forgot about it. A few moments later, Terry dropped Joe off and the parish center and we went out to lunch.
To pass the time, we went to the post office and I mailed some packages and then we went to the Newman Book store over by Catholic U. Then I drove Joe down to Tim’s. He is sharing a house on F street on capitol hill, which is a short walk from his job at CNN. I couldn’t go and visit since it was Friday afternoon traffic and I had to get home for the 5:30pm Mass.
I prayed for all the Raymonds in my life and now I think I’ll go to bed early again tonight. I have the 5:30pm Vigil Mass tomorrow. I might just stay in my room and try to straighten up some things.
When I worked for NCEA I used to visit that bookstore on a regular basis. Love it!!! Met some “famous” shoppers a time or two. Haven’t thought about the place in years…. Thanks for the reminder.