I did pick up Marie yesterday at the hospital around noon and we stopped by her house, where we saw Danny Schmidt, who is recovering from hernia operation. He looks good – more like his Dad every day – and says he feels better now that the staples are out. He will have to “rest” for a few weeks but the surgery was necessary and probably too long delayed.
Marie and I went to Maggie’s and I took a nap and then we went to dinner at the Chesapeake Grill – delicious cream of crab soup! Then we went to Bradly and Cathleen’s graduation program from their day care school. There were over 100 kids from 6 months to junior high. Some children are there all day and some older students are there for before and after care. It ran about two hours and I loved it. I know how much work it takes – from my own days of directing musicals for teenagers. It was an excellent show as well as a graduation ceremony. Since we were home before 10pm, I decided to drive home and sleep in my own bed since I didn’t have anything to do until the 2pm Baptism. I was asleep by midnight.
Today, I was able to sleep in as my first event was a Baptism at 1pm. His name was Charles Allan and his parents were in one of my classes for Baptism and asked if I would do the Baptism. She is from the Phillipines and so I asked Ryan, our seminarian who was born in Manila to join me. We had a wonderful buffet afterwards with lots of ethnic foods. I really enjoyed it.
Then I had confessions at 4pm and the 5:30pm Mass. Lots of people must be away for the holidays because we were finished by 6:15. I am in the office but will go over to the rectory, watch some TV and go to bed. No need to rush around tomorrow as I have the 12:30pm Mass. I think Joe might come and then he, Tim, and I will have lunch and then Joe will go to the spend the night at Tim’s and catch a train back up to Philly on Monday.
A 2-hour Day Care graduation must have been something to see!!! I’m going to Gary’s youngest’s graduation from elementary school (5th grade) next month. Since it is in the morning on a weekday not many in his family can attend. Since I’m “in the neighborhood” I made the list! 🙂