We had a wonderful visit over lunch today with one of my former teaching colleagues who became a friend as well, back when my son was still in elementary school. Her husband was there and another couple she had been to Bible school with many decades ago, so it was a lot of fun to meet some new folk as well. Our poor waiter seemed a bit confused as to when to deliver the meals to our table, but once all the food finally arrived it was tasty enough. We had fun sharing old stories of meeting celebrities of various kinds over the course of our lives....one of the men went with his Cub Scout troupe to meet Queen Elizabeth ll when he was 8 years old. He was one of the flag pole carriers and the poor fellow got heat stroke and fainted right about the time the Queen arrived and he missed her. Poor kid! My friend's husband recounted a meeting he had to attend a few years ago...a fundraiser in his city that his boss had to pull out of attending at the last minute so he told our friend to go in his stead. Our friend went to the fundraiser not even being certain what it was raising funds for and had no idea what was going on. As he was finishing up a drink and deciding he had done his duty representing his boss, a fellow he didn't know came up and started chatting about the wonderful cause being supported and carried on with all manner of general chit chat, while our friend was uncomfortably attempting to leave. Finally he was able to excuse himself. As he was leaving he was swarmed by other attendees asking him, "WOW, what did he talk to you about. He was really chatting you up. What did he say to you?". Our friend couldn't figure out why they were so excited. He just wanted to go home. Finally he asked them who it was he had been talking to and it turned out it was Bono from U2. hahahahaha I laughed and laughed because I could see myself being just as culturally clued out at such an event. I don't know who any of these famous people are either....I am still stuck culturally in the 1970's and early 1980's. hahahaha I thought it was a great story. Our poor friend was so embarrassed. hahaha
Our son called tonight. He was so excited because he paid off his student loan today. He is working on his final painting for the show in Vancouver the end of October. If you feel so led, a prayer or two regarding the possibility of his green card application with a big fee to be paid showing up just a few weeks too late to avoid him paying ten thousand dollars to renew his current visa status as well during the interim, would be very much appreciated...by the whole family. His wife is in a similar position. We are trusting God together for the timing of all of this paperwork and the payout of thousands of dollars so a few more prayers would be encouraging for us all. Bless you. If he/she pays for a visa renewal and then the other application shows up soon afterward there will be no refund of any of that initial ten thousand dollars and all that money will be lost.
Tomorrow I am going for lunch with a friend from our care group. It will be lots of fun. She and her roommate have been on holidays to a lake in Manitoba and always has good stories to share when she gets home. I am vacationing vicariously through friends and family this year since we won't be able to get away anywhere until later in the autumn, if at all this year.
Have managed to clean all of our place except the kitchen, so that is my duty for tomorrow afternoon. I was tired enough from housework the past two nights to sleep really well and after being out with friends plus grocery shopping this afternoon I am hoping for similar results tonight.
Maybe some badly needed rain will be arriving tonight and into tomorrow. I certainly hope so. Today was comfortably cooler, so we really enjoyed that. Dark clouds are building to the east of us, so perhaps there is a chance for the moisture...just hope there aren't any serious thunder and lightning storms as well.
The exterminator did a great job on getting rid of the wasps yesterday. When my husband checked the location of the nest today, only one wasp came flying out to greet him. The exterminator will return near the end of next week to check and see if he had sufficient success on ridding us of the little blighters.
Off to church on Sunday morning. It is our pastor's first sermon since he returned from holidays and my husband is preaching there next Sunday, so it is always nice for him to be able to reference a few things from the two or three sermons previously for continuity. I think it will be a good weekend. For us it started off well since we saw friends and heard from our son today. YAY!
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