Friday January 9, 2009

 

 

And I Thought This Would Be a Normal Day!

 

 

When we got home last night, Cerwin was looking like this.

 

 

He woke up this morning feeling more like this, and has been in bed or in his favorite La-Z-Boy all day.

 

 

 

After unpacking suitcases…

 

 

 

…and getting the laundry started…

 

 

…I kept at a safe distance from him by spending my day in the office, reducing my 300 emails to the eight I still need to deal with.

 

 

Then I went through the stack of mail that had accumulated during the six days that we were gone.

 

 

One envelope was quite exciting to deal with.  It contained a very large donation that will enable TFC to finish the chapel construction for Racine, Wisconsin.  That was good news for Cerwin, as he had to put the chapel construction on hold at the end of October.

The highlight of his day was informing TFC’s President (Scott) and Director of Finances (Mike) about the donation.  Scott told Cerwin to do the honors of calling Doug (in charge of placing a chapel at the Racine truck stop). 

Doug told Cerwin to call him with that kind of news any day. 

 

Because snow is predicted for tomorrow, and I need groceries for a TFC Truck Rally meeting on Sunday, I decided that late afternoon today was a better time for shopping then tomorrow.

 

 

 

 An article in a magazine I was reading during yesterday’s drive, reminded me how much I like to learn new things, so when at Hilltop Acres (grocery store) to pick up the things I ordered this morning, I picked up a fruit I don’t think I ever purchased – a mango.

I love the flavor of mango in juice.  I am sure it will not taste as good as the fresh ones we had in Mexico City when we visited my brother and his wife – who lived there at the time (thirty years ago).

I decided to learn about mangos – their origin, how and where they are grown, how to tell when one is ripe, and how to cut one properly. 

Look for that information in a day or two.