Sunday, October 01, 2006
Well tomorrow is the day where I will be getting my dental implant, something I have been dreading for a while because I know it is going to hurt and I will be on vicotin for a few days. It always makes me drowsy, and does not seem to do much for the pain. I took the day off work because my appointment is in the morning. I have plenty of sick days on the books, and I cleared it with my boss already. I may have to take Tuesday off too, but will have to wait and see.
This morning it was great to have company at church. Laila went to bed and my daughter, her fiance, and I all went to the 9:30 mass.
Today was the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The first reading was Numbers 11:25-29. The second reading was James:1-6. The Gospel was Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48. Father Vano gave the mass today and started out with a story about his father. His father had managed to catch an infection in his leg last week and the doctors were considering cutting off his leg. His father did not want that to happen and said he would rather die first than lose the leg. After a lot of prayer they managed to cure his father by cutting out the infection and saved the leg.
He said that the passages from Mark kind of reminded him of that. He also said to not take the passages literally, where Mark was talking about cutting off your hand if your hand sinned, or your leg, or eyes. He said it was written for dramatic purposes. Besides I wouldn't have any body parts if we were to do this.
After that he changed the theme of the mass to tolerance for other religions and other people. I think this is because of the stuff going on with the Pope. Father Vano also praised the work of Pope John Paul II and all the trips he made around the world trying to get people from all religions and backgrounds to get along and tolerate one another.
After church I was going to treat everyone for breakfast, so we set off for Hometown Buffet. The line was backed up into the parking lot, so I tried International House of Pancakes and saw the same thing. I went up the street and was going to stop at a place called Jimmy's, but they went out of business and I decided we would just grab something and take it home.
Besides, that way I could catch the 2nd half of the Charger/Ravens game, so we went to Jack in the Box after I gave them several choices of places to stop.
When we got home they ate and then went off to one of the Indian Casino's with the ex and her live-in, and I watched the Chargers snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Yesterday I really had an interesting trip. My dentist wanted me to get something called Arnica, that is supposed to help with the bruising. They suggested I buy it from Henry's Market. I went online and found that the closest three were in Bonita, Lemon Grove, and La Mesa. Since the divorce I avoid the Lemon Grove, and La Mesa areas so I went to the one in Bonita.
The only problem was that I didn't know that Bonitafest was yesterday and all the roads were blocked off and there were people and cars going everywhere. The 20 minute trip wound up turning into a 1 hour trip, but I did get the Arnica, and found a whole bunch of new Philippine Restaurants. Always nice to find them so that when Laila comes here we can check out different places, even though I know she is dying to go to Jack in the Box.
Well I guess that is it for now. I am going to lay down and watch TV for a while. I went to bed late and got up early so I am going to get a little rest. I got most of my chores done yesterday. Have a great week everyone.
Posted at 01:17 pm by RWO
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