coffee thankfully just made in the lobby, filled up my traveler mug.
I think I should have brought warmer clothes...as I turn the heat up in the room.
Slept like a rock last night, hotel was quiet, wedding guests I assume arrive today.
I found if I put some quiet piano medlies on Spotify on the laptop, it blocked out much of the odd noises.
While in town get a nasty self inflicted grocery cart scratch on the new truck.
oh dear...that must have made you grind your teeth. Like I did when I put an inch long scratch in my rear quarter panel of my brand new truck lifting a beach chair into the bed.
You look at it and think I can't believe I just did that.
Having lunch today with my next older brother, the accountant in my old home town. And then a SRO event for the memorial of my first MIL later in the afternoon. My father was President of the school board for many years, and this lady was VP; our families have known each other since the 50's, all of our family's kids grew up with theirs. It will be nice to meet some of my ex's brothers who I haven't seen in many years. We all get along fine. Did before I married their sister and did afterwards too. This will be a gathering of what is known in many places as the Old Guard. Most of the members of their family, back to 1780, are "birthright Quakers" meaning they were born into families with Quaker parents and they too joined the church, which we call a Meeting. A Meeting of Friends. Sounds like Good Morning, huh?
For those who have never gone to a Quaker memorial service, there are no clergy, nothing that seems organized. But then after five or ten minutes of quiet reflection or prayer, folks start to talk about the deceased, talking of memories and good times, bad times. The memorial is all about the person,
since our Faith while Protestant/Christian does not place a lot of emphasis on sin or salvation. It's all about how you live your life, and that's what folks talk about during a memorial, how that person lived their life.
And in this case, all the good done by that person. Quakers aren't waiting for Heaven. Heaven is all around us. No more talk about religion, but just showing some context for my day. I really miss my Meeting after five years now, will likely be a big part of where I go next.
Faith can be like a good battery charger. Brings you back to where you need to be, gets you prepared for the job ahead, and the maintainer/desulphator gets rid of those lingering worries. Muhammad is starting a new Friendlier Politics/all other it appears. These comments belong there, sorry.
Otherwise Good Morning. Hope you have a great weekend.