I haven’t written because I’ve been ill.
On Sunday, I had the 10:30am Mass in the gym and then I headed South. I went to Bowie and saw the movie, “Man on a Ledge”. It was very exciting and just the kind of film I like, where the good guys win, and the bad guys have the s…. kicked out of them. Then I drove to La Plata and had supper at a Spanish restaurant with Ray Fecteau. Then we went to Loyola Retreat House. It is a beautiful place over looking the Potomac River. It was one of the priests retreats sponsored by the Archdiocese. This one only had about 14 of us but I knew them all and it was nice to see some I hadn’t seen in awhile as well as my buddies, Fr. Beattie, Fr. Bazan, and Fr. Kane.
Also a very nice surprise, was that Jim Greer, who was a seminarian with me at St. Vincent’s is now the director of the house. We had a nice long talk and caught up on things in both our lives.
I even sat through “the game”. But as I was getting to bed, I felt that the little head cold was getting worse. I did not sleep more than an hour at a time and I coughed all night. I got up around 6am and met some of the guys for coffee (I had hot water) and then I headed home. I hated to leave as the retreat master gave a great talk on Sunday night and I was looking forward to more.
On the ride home, I called my doctor and he fit me in for a visit around 4pm. He told me it wasn’t pneumonia but a bad sinus infection. I got anti-biotics and after saying – and I do means – just saying the words – the 5:30pm, I went to bed. Had a horrid night of coughing and bringing up phlem and didn’t sleep much. I tried to stay in bed but finally at 10:am I just got up and came over here. I have the 5:30pm Mass and then I’m back to bed. Being old and sick is no fun