I haven’t had pain medication since yesterday afternoon, and I’ve had no pain most of the day. My ankle is a bit sore this evening, but I’m icing it. I’ve been much more alert today.
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Sleeping the day away
As the day wore on yesterday, the pain in my ankle got worse and worse, and the prescription painkillers the doctor had sent home with me weren’t touching the pain. I finally asked Mark to take me back to the ER.
Continue readingA day of rest
There are a lot of LDS churches around here, as you might guess, and a handful of mainstream churches. I have looked at all of them online and wasn’t feeling very hopeful, but I was drawn to check out the Greek Orthodox Church here in Price, Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumption. I had once visited an Orthodox church in Los Gatos, CA, when we were Workamping there, and was intrigued.
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Today, Mark and I decided to look at the closest towns to Price. I wanted to go south to Castle Dale first because that would be the closest quilt shop to me. It’s about a half-hour drive from here.
Continue readingThe house
This morning, there were some highs and lows. Mark was able to fix our plumbing situation, so we have water now. Yay! Then we planned to go out and look around some more, but when Mark turned the key in the car, nothing happened, not even a sound. Mark tested the battery, and it was fine, so he got out and rocked the car, and it started right up.
Continue readingLooking at houses
Mark and I have been watching Zillow for close to a year, so we sat down at lunchtime with a list of some houses here in Price that we thought we might be interested in. We were just going to drive past them and see what we thought of the neighborhoods. All the houses we looked at in downtown Price were disappointing. They looked small and crowded, and the neighborhoods weren’t very nice. We were about to decide we’d better look in other towns, but we decided to finish the list.
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Yesterday morning, Pastor Adam came and prayed with us before we left. We’re making our trip north for spring; this is the first year I’ve been sad to leave Arizona. In past years, I have been working at Block Advisors, and by now, I would be a nervous wreck with tics and heavy sighs. This winter, I felt like I found my calling, and, as much as I enjoy my job at the Noble House, I don’t feel as fulfilled in Wisconsin as I have this winter.
Continue readingGood Friday
Pastor Adam has been working with me this week to make sure that I can be heard live online and also clearly and distinctly in the recording of my sermon tonight for Good Friday. If you are interested in hearing my sermon, you can watch it live tonight, 6:30 Pacific Time, at: http://tucsonfriends.online.church. If you can’t make it at that time, you can watch a recording of it at: http://YouTube.com/@tucsonfriends/streams. Good Friday to you all!
Stations of the Cross
Several people from my church gathered this afternoon (in 99 F heat) to go to the Degrazia Gallery. Degrazia was an American painter who studied under Diego Rivera. In 1963, he did a series of paintings of the Stations of the Cross that are only brought out during Lent. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the artwork, but I got photos of some of the other things around the grounds.
Continue readingMark’s birthday
Traditionally, we have gone to Tombstone for Mark’s birthday, but yesterday (Friday the 14th) the weather was unseasonably cold. The report said it would be snowy in Tombstone, so we decided to do some indoor things here in Tucson. I put together a treasure map for Mark.
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