Rainy Sunday

Today was a good day.  I began the day by going to mass at St. Charles Borromeo.  The message today was the power of prayer.  The Old Testament reading was Abraham asking God to spare the city of Sodom, if there were 50, then 45, then 40, then 30, then 20, then 10 innocent people there, so as not to punish the innocent for the sins of the guilty.  The New Testament reading was the story of the apostles, after seeing Jesus pray in the garden, asking him how to pray and Jesus teaching them how to pray the Lord's Prayer.  I hope to keep in mind the power of prayer, and to use it.  When I left church, I shook hands with Father Ed as usual and I wished him a good week on retreat in Virginia.  I told him that I would pray for him; he responded that he would pray for me too.

I spent some time out on the patio, drinking coffee and reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.  And I spent some time cleaning up the apartment, because I thought Paul might come to visit (he never came through).

Later in the afternoon, I watched USA defeat Panama, 1-0, in the final match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013.  It was a good match.  The first half was pretty even, due largely to the defense on each side.  The second half opened up for the U.S., though, as they clearly had the edge in possession, but just couldn't connect for a while, until Shea came in and tapped in a shot by Landon Donovan for the first, the only, and the winning goal of the match.

Not long after the game, I fell asleep on the couch, after trying to do some more reading.  I didn't sleep very well last night, so it finally caught up to me.  It felt good to take a nap.  There was a lot of heavy rain this afternoon, so it just seemed appropriate to take a nap on the couch.  I'm really thankful for that.

I'm starting to miss Jeannie.  Generally I'm a pretty independent and solitary person, so I've been pretty content to spend time with Rocky and the Baby.  But finally today I'm starting to miss Jeannie's company.  She's a really sweet girl and I'm so happy that she's my girlfriend.  Her not being here is the main reason I would say that today was a good but not a great day.  I'll pick her up from PHL this Wednesday night, but I probably won't be able to truly catch up with her until Thursday after work.  So until then, I'll just try to keep busy, keep my head up, and keep enjoying my time with Rocky and the Baby!