It's potluck night for the community of vine & branches. We all (mostly) cook something and bring it to share, then eat and hang out - participating in the sacrament of fellowship - on the last Sunday night of the month. Anyway, tonight is "Asian night" - so I'm making Pad Thai noodles with chicken. I practiced the other day - turned out very good. Looking forward to that. I'm also going to make some sushi, California Rolls, which I had also never made. Just finished a practice roll of that - turned our pretty well I think for a first time. I think Debi's bringing some curry. That'll be good. We'll see what else shows up.
And, the second to last episode of my favorite television show, West Wing, is on tonight. I might be going into some kind of withdrawal/mourning soon, not sure. I think we're going to see the introduction of the possibility of, as I predicted, a split ticket tonight - Dem. President, Rep. Vice Pres. Should be interesting.
Oh yeah, health update on me, if anyone had even noticed there was news: I've been medicated for high blood pressure. All my other bloodwork was good and normal. On my month follow-up visit to the doctor, I had lost 5 pounds and the pressure was down some. He gave me a new medication, still not very strong, and even since taking that the last week my blood pressure is now down to a good normal 128/82. I intend to continue losing weight at a moderate pace, backing down on food a little and being more active. That's that. Pax vobiscum.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
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is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
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completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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