Mon Aug 19 10:01 EDT 1996
Weekend update: August 16-18

The weekend was pretty mild for us, so I took this opportunity to
develop a summer cold.  It started on Saturday as one of those
little pinpoint pains in the back of one tonsil but try as I might
to keep it from getting anywhere, before the day was out, my
entire throat was getting scratchy and I was beginning to feel
a little warm.

We were invited out on Saturday evening for some dinner and some cards.
Also, I am plying my craft to help a friend build a resume to enter
the nursing field.  (Roni, your resume would probably be helpful to
me to know some of the jargon I need).  After several hands of Toonerville
Rook, I apologized and excused us for the rest of the evening so that
I could get to bed before 10.

Sunday was going to be a full day for me because I was substituting
for a Sunday School teach and the Worship Leader.  I prayed that
my cold would hold off until at least 7pm on Sunday.  By Sunday morning,
the scratchy throat was replaces with a river inglorious trickling
down my throat.  I popped a couple of cold pill at just the right
time and headed off the church.  The mixed blessing in this is that the
cold lowered my voice register which compliments the new Nazarene Hymnal
(which I normally find too low on some songs for me).  I am also grateful
that the timing of this cold should be such that I'll be done by the
end of this week when we visit Joy's sister and brother-in-law (Faith
and John Parker).  I'm certain that the cold was stress induced,
what with deadlines at work and other troublesome events of last week.

As for Joy, who has been on her menopausal sniffer for three weeks now:
She's not sure if it is helping or not.  I take that to mean that it
seems to help at times, but at other times, she still have her pains.
What this *could* mean is that it isn't helping at all (yet) and that
her good times are simply because she's off the Pill.  She asked me
yesterday if she was easier to live with since she got of the Pill.
I responded "most definitely."  The poor woman.  I know it wasn't her
fault and I know she hated taking that Pill, but some things are beginning
to get back to normal, even if her ovarian pain isn't one of them.
Still, she often feels guilty because she knows that other people
suffer much worse than she is.  Go figure.

Today is Jessica's 14th birthday. (Send her a note to MarkMet@aol.com,
only because I can't remember if it is JessMet or JessieMet.)  We're
glad she's a part of our family!

Got to run to a meeting.  Lucky you!

Mark
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