Meeting the Interim Rector
Today was another bright and sunny morning that did not require us to turn on any lights in the living room. The conditions continued for the rest of the day. Last night’s low was 47 degrees, and the high reached all the way to 86.
My blood sugar climbed back up to 178 at my morning glucose level check. That’s out of the safe zone but still not a terribly bad number.
Nancy and I showered and dressed. I put on a short-sleeve shirt, given the day’s forecast. Then we had our coffee and played the online brain games. We had a piece of cinnamon toast before taking off for church.
Today was the Fifth Sunday of Easter, and it was also the first Sunday for our new interim rector, Rev. Nathan. A fifth generation Oregonian, Nathan has served congregations in New York and New Jersey, and for the past decade he served as dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. He recently relocated to Eugene to begin a master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy at the University of Oregon.
Members of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in South Eugene also attended at St. Thomas today as their parish is currently cut off by road construction in their neighborhood. They may show up another Sunday or two.
For lunch, Nancy and I went to Johnny Ocean’s in the Oakway Center. I had the pad Thai and Nancy got the pork tacos.
On the way home we began listening to “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me” via podcast, and we finished it on the sofa at home. Then we napped.
When we got up, we started a load of laundry. I put on shorts and went out for a solo walk around the neighborhood, doing 2.78 miles in a little more than 58 minutes, a total of 6,500 steps. I wiped down my arms and chest with a washcloth, because I felt sweaty once I walked back into the house.
At 5:15 p.m., I took off for the Sunday recovery meeting, where Kristi, still celebrating her two years, chaired and shared. As usual, her share was funny and inspiring, and the other shares were very supportive and appreciative.
I arrived home not long after 7 p.m., and Nancy had dinner prepared. She had cooked a fresh pot of rice to go with the leftover orange chicken from last night. She also steamed a pot of broccoli to go with it.
During dinner Nancy reported on the phone call with her daughter, Kalen, which she was on when I left. Kalen and Kurt will be coming over this Wednesday evening for dinner, their first visit of that kind since we moved into the place.
After cleaning the dishes, we did our evening streaming. We began with an episode of “Deadloch,” which we had not seen recently. Once again, it was super loud and chaotic and hard to follow, especially since we did not turn on the subtitles even though the Australian accents can be difficult to comprehend. Closing out the streaming for the evening we turned to another episode of “Hacks” on HBO.
There isn’t supposed to be quite as much sunshine tomorrow as we enjoyed today. The morning is expected to be cloudy once again, and the sun will break through in the afternoon. The low tonight will be around 54 degrees, and tomorrow’s high might only make it to 74. There is still no rain showing up for the next week, at least as currently seen.
We don’t have anything planned for tomorrow, but we might want to get out and try on some kind of fun rather than lounging around the house for another lovely day.
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On this day in 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city after the U.S. Congress abolished the Board of Commissioners, the District’s founding government, and the “City of Washington” was given a mayor-council form of government.
May 3, 1906, was the birth date of Mary Astor, an American actress, whose career spanned several decades, though she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in the 1941 film “The Maltese Falcon.”
Today is National Lemonade Day, National Paranormal Day, Women’s Equal Pay Day, Bereaved Mothers’ Day, International Dawn Chorus Day, International Permaculture Day, International Wild Koala Day, Lumpy Rug Day, Mayday for Mutts, National Chocolate Custard Day, National Memorial Garden Day, National Infertility Survival Day, National Public Radio Day, National Raspberry Popover Day, National Textiles Day, International Sun Day, Wordsmith Day, World Laughter Day, and World Press Freedom Day.
