Just a note....

in case you’re wondering where I’ve been....


...Very busy at work. Lots of illness and shuffling of work duties.

....Our parish secretary’s son died yesterday morning after a brief illness. Prayers would be appreciated for the repose of his soul and for her consolation.

...Trying to organize the end of the school-year stuff. Having to put in extra time at work has thrown me off a bit. Looks like we’ll be doing some extra studying over the summer.

....Chuck turned fifteen last week. We had a fun night out. Went to see Shrek 2 and then out to Portillo’s for pizza etc with the whole crowd. One of those lovely “full quiver” moments that don’t happen as often as they used to.

....Party at the grandparents’ on Sunday to celebrate Embot’s graduation from U of I (just this once, allow me to say that overworked phrase, “You go, girl!!!”) and Chuck’s birthday.

....Fran is delivering on her birthday gift to Chuck of a redecorated bedroom. They went to Home Depot to pick out the paint on Saturday and are going to start painting today. That means that everything is moved out of his room (the most capacious in the house) and the whole house resembles a traumatic “Trading Spaces While You Were Out Extreme Makeover” show. (Maybe today is one day I'll be more than happy to be at work......more than happy.)