Good God Day

After church, I met with the Vintage Violets, our local Red Hat Society club, and went to see "The Music Man" at the Osceola Center for the Arts. There were 29 of us and we all enjoyed the play immensely. It is the second play I've attended at the Center and it was even more amazing than the first. The quality of performances, set and entire production far exceeded my expectations for an amateur presentation.

From the playhouse, we caravanned over to Crabby Bills where we spent the next two hours (or more). The food was great, the service confused. There was a medical emergency (not ours) complete with police and ambulances, etc. which understandably set the staff in a dither. Our group rearranged itself after placing our drink orders as well as some food orders, so the waitress was confused, and some of us didn't recall what we ordered... it was interesting or frustrating depending on your point of view. Two waitresses came with food and about five of us had forgotten what we ordered and weren't sure what we wanted of the plates left on the tray. I thought it was kind of fun that way, getting to look over several plates of food, but the serving staff weren't having that good a time with it.

The same problem developed as the tickets came around. Not everyone remembered what they ate. It took a while, but finally everyone paid and we left. I rode with Maureen, the second lady I met when we first moved to Whispering Pines. She was in tears part of the time because a small dog had run out in front of her golf park last week and been run over. There was a great deal of discussion about the dog and its owner and what Maureen should do about having run over the little thing. It was all very emotional until I discovered the dog was not killed at all but just had a few stitches. Not that I am insensitive, but I felt there was way too much dither about it all. I think the issue is really that the dog owner is mad at Maureen. She'll either get over it or she won't.

Scott called collect from prison while I was still in Maureen's car with the group. Fortunately, we were just pulling up to my car so I said my goodbyes and visited with my son for the allotted time. They cut the calls off after so many minutes. It was good to hear from Scott. He is doing well, considering his situation. and may get to move to a halfway house sometime this summer. It's all very up in the air right now. I am praying for God's will in that situation.

So, I had a fantastic day. It was wonderful to be in the house of the Lord this morning, to spend time with my Red Hat friends seeing a delightful play and partaking of a unique dining experience today and hearing from Scott this evening. God is sure good to me!