Thanks!
The shower was good and hot and it helped my poor back, but it was only as I was putting lotion on my feet that I realized how swollen they are. Bunny Slippers (aka: Flopsy and Mopsy) will be the footwear du jour.
The birthday meal was chicken salad sandwiches on homemade croissants, and the recipe called for unsalted butter. She used salted and didn’t alter the other ingredients to reflect that change. Plus garlic salt in the chicken salad mix. It was enough.
So I’ll be staying home. I also thought about the length of time I would be there (Pam has meetings before and after) and that would be far too long. A total of four hours, give or take 20 minutes, even if the Other Folks bring me home because PW has choir practice afterward.
I think you made the best choice. I had the psalm learned before we left for church, but by the time we were going over it before Mass, I couldn’t find (in my brain) the notes for the verses. It was a difficult one, and DP had changed the key, so the notes on my sheet didn’t match what I was playing, and he couldn’t play the notes I was supposed to sing because he only had the chords, and GAH. I decided to just read the verses, and I’m sure nobody cared.