August 14, 2010 Saturday

Susan and I had a wonderful day. Early morning walk around the lake. We watched a couple of movies today. A Few Good Men this morning, and Memoirs of a Geisha this evening. We went to the post office earlier, at 10:30, and then to the library. Lyle was there, and it was good to see him again. He was filling in for Laura who is on vacation.

August 13, 2010

Susan and I have had a wonderful and loving day. I usually have Fridays off, and Susan, also, took the day off. We walked around the lake early this morning. First we went to the new Asia Market on the Division street hill. It was very nice and clean, and put us back in the mood for Asian food, but we are determined to stay on our diet. Then we went to Northtown and shopped at Penny's. We got a few things for me, and then to Barnes and Noble for a couple of books and magazines. We came home and had a delicious lunch of salad and wine (Pinot Grigio) and watched Tommy Tang (cooking in Thailand). Tommy said that tofu had more protein than pork. I was amazed at that statement. We are together in our desire to retire in Thailand, or someplace near there.

August 12, 2010

Susan worked a half-day, and came to get me at Cheney. I only work 4 hours on Thursday, with Friday off. When we got home, we went for a walk around the lake. Even though it was 82 or 83, there was a 13 mph SW wind which made it fairly comfortable. And what is so wonderful is that Susan is off tomorrow, so we have a 3 day weekend.

August 9, 2010

Susan emailed while at work, saying: "I am feeling the call to Buddhism again. I don't know what to do. I can only pretend for so long." I wrote back, saying: "If you are being called to Buddhism, honey, I think you should go with that. It's the integral thing that a person should do (whatever that means?). I don't want you pretending, honey. I want you to be honest to yourself." She suggested that we could do our own thing, wondering, "How long could that last." I wrote back: "How long could what last, if we did our own thing? US?" I assured her "that we will be absolutely fine." She replied: "Thank-you, Danny. I love you so much and don't want to lose you! We will work it out!" Well, let me state for the record: I love her so much, and she isn't going to lose me.

August 8, 2010

Today is the Lord's day. Susan and I went to Holy Mass at St. Aloysius this morning. We received communion; received the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. We didn't see some of the people who are regularly there, but as Susan pointed out, it is summer and they may be on vacation. We had a lovely lunch at home, chicken salad and we each had a 4 ounces glass of Pinot Grigio. (This is the first wine that I've had since July 10th, just before my colonoscopy.) Afterwords, I nap for an hour or so, and when I came upstairs, Susan was just getting off the phone with Bentley. She told me that she and Bentley had been talking all the time I went downstairs, and he was discussing how delusion and irrational religion was. Wow, what an attack! Because the temperature was only 72 degrees, we decided to going walking around the lake. Susan related many points to their conversation. I listened to her talk about it, but didn't say much. What, after all, could I say other than their conversation sounded very heavy and intellectual, which is over my head. Later--thanks be to GOD--as we were finishing up the walk, she had recovered. I will continue to pray for her, and pray to St. Michael the Archangel for protection.

August 6, 2010

Today, Friday, I had, as usual, the day off. I went to the Recycling with Susan on her way to work, and then walked around the lake from there. Susan came home for lunch, and after, she let me off by Waterfront Park--where they're setting up for this weekend's Blue Grass Festival--and walked around the lake a second time. It was getting hot out there, nearly 80. Susan talked with Bentley a couple of times this evening. She told me that she told him that we probably wouldn't be going down to Florida to see him this November. She said that we would probably move to Spokane when we retire. That sounds good to me. While we were in bed reading, she mentioned that in light of that we can probably start buying some books again--Catholic books she emphasized. I was glad to hear that. She said that we would probably go to Jim's (Abba, Catholic bookstore) next weekend. I'm pleased to hear that. I've prayed three Rosaries today, all for her, for her faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Praise God, it seems to be working!

August 4, 2010

Two days ago--Monday--Susan called me at work on my cell while she, too, was at work. (Her email server was temporarily down.) She told me that she was listening to Laura Ingraham who was talking about some ruling that prevented certain activities, such as praying the Rosary, outside of abortion clinics. Susan mentioned that she had something like an epiphany or flash, and wanted to be Catholic again. I was overjoyed, and thanked the Lord Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.