I came over early to the office to get yesterday’s message taken care of. Then I worked on the ornaments and the January Calendar that I give to my family for Chritmas. I think I have most of that done.
Then Jim Vidas came to see me. You may remember my mentioning him. He and his wife Sandy were in my Team that I had while I was at St. Bernard’s. On November 2nd, there was a tragic fire in their home. Sandy died and Jim has extensive burns. He was in Washington Hospital Center – burn section until Thanksgiving. He is now spending time between his two children’s homes. He looks good for all he’s been through. The grafts were very sucessful. Sandy’s wake and service have been scheduled for mid-January. Please keep him in your prayers.
I had the 11:00am Mass and Jim came to it. Then he had to head back to the hospital for a conference. Don, our IT person came and worked on this computer and it does seem to be running better. I went to lunch at the rectory and Don came and did some “magic” to my computer in my room. He tried to explain but all I know is that it does not lock up; so I am very happy.
I am heading out to Maggie’s. I have lots of stuff that I want to get down to Southern Maryland for Christmas. She is going out tonight but I will stay the night and hopefully we’ll go to the pool tomorrow. I don’t have anything here at the parish till 3pm, so I think I can get some stuff done at Maggie’s. I have the HSA teachers’ luncheon at 4pm tomorrow and then the 5:30pm Mass. The intention is Dr. John Dhuly’s brother in law and I’ll go out to dinner with him and his wife and some other relatives. Then I’ll drive down to Maggie’s and spend the night. We leave by bus on Saturday for the Christmas trip from Jesus the Good Shepherd parish. So you won’t hear from me until next Monday night.
OK…you wrote last Thursday that we would hear from you Monday night. It is now Wednesday. Did you decide to stay in NYC????