Good morning all from yet another wet day in Glasgow, where it is 16°C.
GM, breakfast at the airport was always a treat when we went to Rome.
I was always apprehensive, when travelling, due to the multiple medication, including CDs, I was carrying.
We were flying home from New York and I was more apprehensive than usual. The queues were enormous and I asked an intimidating customs agent, which queue I should go in, to declare the meds. He looked at my boarding card, smiled and waved me through an empty channel!! 🤣
Have a safe journey.
DH had a quiet seventy fifth birthday, just as he had requested. He was quite subdued and said he had been thinking of his father's seventy fifth. They were very close (as was I) and still misses him.
Mr MD is not interested in material possessions
unlike his shallow wife and present buying is a nightmare.
An all singing, all dancing coffee machine was my solution. He loves it, as do my children.🤣
Dollie and he had a video call from Malta and he received a video of Babydoll singing Happy Birthday to him. It made his day. 😍
My day was not as restful, it did not go as planned.
Are you surprised?.
I popped into church for five minutes to organise the key for the let today.
Unexpectedly, standing in the sacristy was an African priest, whom we had not been informed was coming. The duty sacristan was mouthing questions as to what was going on. I had absolutely no idea, still don't.
The required key was nowhere to be found and neither were the spares.😱
I searched the presbytery to no avail. The curate is rather messy and with the P.P not being there to keep him line, it was not an easy task.
Then I had the bright idea of checking the locked post box, but couldn't get the front door open. Through the glass I could see keys dangling. To get them, I had to go back through the church and walk round to the house,
I realised they were the curate's and phoned him. No response. Later, I received a text nessage, saying he had just arrived in Lourdes and had no idea, that he had left them in the door!!
Later again, he messaged me to say that he would be locked out, when he arrives back on Thursday and could I come and let him in. 🤣
I agreed, but only if he prayed for me at Lourdes, I need a miracle.😪
Our trainee sacristan has taken over the weekly bulletin, so I thought I would check that he had been left the relevant information.
He had not! 😡
Consequently, I had to leave post it stickers all over the monitor. He phoned me later to thank me, but unfortunately could not read my writing.🤣
I was just about to start making DH's panettone bread and butter pudding, when the trainee sacristan phoned me again. He had been working in the office, when he heard a constant ringing of the door bell. An elderly man was standing on the doorstep, looking annoyed. The young sacristan, recognised him as an retired priest of the Diocese. He said he was supposed to be saying Mass at 4pm, but couldn't do it. ???? He was obviously confused. We didn't have Mass planned.
The sacristan told him, that he thought it was tomorrow's Mass, he was covering, however he wasn't convinced. His plan was to contact the Diocese.
I was so concerned that we would have no priest for the Vigil tonight, that I phoned the Bishop's secretary. However, I couldn't get her. Remembering that the priest had retired to a village not far away, I phoned that church, but still no response.
Finally, I managed to get hold of a priest, who knew his mobile number. Success!
We now have cover for today!
I hope!
As you can imagine, I will be have strong words with the P.P and curate, when they return.😡
The bread and butter pudding was finally made, we had just finished dinner, when DD and SIL appeared. SIL had brought his laptop to try and source the problem with my P C
There is friendly rivalry between DS2 a software engineer and SIL a network engineer. SIL, said he and DD didn't agree with DS' diagnosis. An hour later, I had a working PC. Sweet joy!!
My life will be less stressful.
I am plucking up courage to tell DS, that he had misdiagnosed and I do not need a new mother board.
SIL was so smug, at getting one over DS.🤣
Today, we are off to see Restless Natives in the theatre, a gift from DD & SIL, followed by dinner in our favourite Italian restaurant. I won't eat much, but they encourage you to take leftovers away
DD told me off yesterday for losing so much weight. It is not as if it is deliberate! 😌
First of all this morning, I need to get the bulletin out and update the website. Our Mass times have changed and we are sure to have people turning up at the wrong time.
I have probably bored you witless, with my meandering and rambling drivel. 🤣
I wish you all as pleasant a day as possible and hugs for all, who are struggling. 💕
