Busy weekend

Nice praise and worship time before first Friday Mass, partly because the rosary was a bit shorter than usual, which left us a bit more time; that part has felt short-changed in recent months. A properly prayed rosary need not take longer than a half hour. Very little presence from the Joyful Lambs group that is the nominal sponsor of this event, though. Came home and basically hung out until a fairly early bedtime. Men's group Saturday morning, then a short bike ride and a nap. Followed the Terps' debacle on my phone; no, they aren't there yet. Did a little housecleaning downstairs as the dust was getting unbearable, after having eaten my wife's leftovers from Friday night (her third of restaurant meals last week) for lunch without asking but not being in the doghouse yet because she hadn't discovered it. We'd already decided to take in a movie, so we went out for a quick dinner along the way (my first restaurant meal of the week, unless you count the leftovers I'd appropriated earlier in the day) and then very much enjoyed Sully. (I'd bet he's tickled that Hanks portrayed him.) Two Masses on Sunday morning, and it's a good thing I was there for 8:00 as neither of the cantors who usually attend were there. Cut the grass while our daughter and son-in-law were meeting with our former pastor concerning their convalidation, then they talked our ears off for a couple hours making additional arrangements.

I then wrote a letter as I'd promised to my friend in prison, whose news last week was so disappointing for him and his wife. I'd been concerned that the issues preventing his early release were not really a matter of indifference on the part of the institution housing him but of antagonism from the city where he lives toward his crime. That concern has proven to be the case, so he will serve out his remaining six months in a facility that is more restrictive than the one he left, but is closer to home so will have more visits from family and friends. At least the staff seems inclined to treat him well, given their enthusiastic support for his release efforts.

Closed the evening by flipping between the baseball game, football game, and politics game for a while before calling it a night. The one I cared about didn't turn out the way I wanted.