A Surprising Sunday

We had a couple of surprises this Sunday morning. The first came when we arrived at church. They had a survey for us to fill out and we were told that one of the weekend masses would be dropped. So far this is a rumor but we’ve been expecting it. The church has been struggling to provide a priest. Whenever we do get one assigned he gets deployed by the air force. The reason given for dropping one of the 3 masses was that a priest is not supposed to say 3 masses in a weekend. Since the 7:15 mass has the smallest number attending and it is a bother to get priests for this early mass it is the logical mass to drop. If they do drop it then we may go to the early mass at St Mary’s. We could change our ways and start going on Sat eve. Who Knows?


The second surprise came after mass. We got invited to breakfast at Golden Corral by the Kennedys. I used to work with Ken and Penny LEMs with Denise. Penny also had their daughter Dawna for CCD and she is very special to Penny. It was interesting to see Penny lie this morning without giving a tell. Denise led up to the invite by asking us if we had breakfast yet. Anyone who knows us well – especially Penny- knows that we would not leave the house without breakfast. (You gotta eat!) When Denise asked, Penny answered quickly and naturally “No”. I was truly impressed. (and maybe a little worried). Penny saw that they wanted to talk and made it easy for us to get together.


We had a nice breakfast and a lot of conversation. Evidently Ken doesn’t find it easy to talk with most people but has no problem talking with me. After I had eaten my omelet I got myself a piece of apple pie. A guy at a table nearby said that I needed to put some ice cream on that because “That’s the only way to eat that.” So I did. We finished up close to 10:30. Ken jokily suggested we get new plates and have lunch.


The 3rd surprise came at Wallgreens. We went there to get some Egmont Key pictures developed. When we walked in I commented to the girl behind the counter who was dressed as a pirate for Halloween. The surprise came when we found out their photo processing machine couldn’t read our SD card. That slot was broken. Not to worry, we had the USB card reader with us. Sadly the same electronics that were broken also read the USB port. So we headed off to the other Wallgreens. As we left Penny was spouting off, as she usually does when something upsets her. The girl behind the counter said, Don’t yell at me, I’m just the Pirate who works behind the counter.”


We were successful at the 2nd Wallgreens We spent the next couple of hours doing pictures and getting ready for the upcoming trip. We figured we already had lunch.


Our original plan for lunch was to head out to a new Oriental restaurant in Sandestin, P. F. Changs. Going to Golden Coral put the ol’ kibosh on those plans. But hey, we are flexible (and retired). We will try again tomorrow.

I’m still wearing the splint on my left hand. I made a special trip in to Wal-Mart this evening to get a dress for Sophia. I arrived at the cashier about a half step behind a guy who had an armful of personal items. I stopped and said that he beat me and was letting him go ahead. Instead he takes a backward step and says,” No, You go. Nobody’s going to argue with a guy wearing a cast.”