Last week before Christmas and almost the entire country seems paralysed! People who were looking for ward to Christmas in one place are now spending it in another! Most of us can make the most of enforced stays at home, in fact we can enjoy them but its a shame for those whose only chance to catch up with friends and family is at Christmas. Today I should have taken my grand daughter out for lunch but she's still up north, unable even to get to the station.
Tomorrow we are going to visit David's son and grandson. Its about 30 miles away and thoughtful man that he is , has offered to pick us up from the town centre car park as the lanes to Crows nest are very icy. Yes there is a place called Crows Nest. Its as tiny and remote as it sounds!
Many services were cancelled yesterday and it remains to be seen how many more go but the forecasters don't always get it right. The severe weather warning for here hasn't happened yet. We are snow free but a bit icy. To the east its has snowed and I'm taking nothing for granted. I have one midweek communion and then midnight mass and Christmas day to sort out yet.
Its all getting slightly more frantic than usual as we are also thinking ahead. Just ten days after Christmas we are leaving the country... DV which means God willing! This means that as well as getting our presents wrapped and the food organised and the sermons written we are both trying to think ahead. Warm clothes for crossing the Atlantic in January and then summer gear for the rest of the journey!
One thing at a time. Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves.
2 comments:
Oh Jean. I do wish you the best of luck but,who was it said "man proposes, God disposes"
Holding one's breath can play havoc with one's health!
I've been out all day and come home to another death in the old persons home. Someone up there is making sure that I stay busy next week too.
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