Today I was assisting minister at church. Edward does it too sometimes. We weren't sure if I was going to do it as scheduled or if we were going to have him do it. I decided I would go ahead and do it. But I did feel sore by the end of the service in my lower back. Upper back doing okay so far. But I did have a headache all day and yesterday too. But by this evening I started to feel that tight pain in the upper back. Managable. Took some ibruprophen which I hope helps as well as helping the headache. The doctor did prescribe the Vicodin. But I discovered it makes me so sleepy. I don't think I will take it unless I am at home and the pain is extreme. On Friday I took one just as I was leaving to drive home. I thought I wouldn't feel the affects until I got home which is about a 30 minute drive. Well, I could tell I was getting sleepy before I got home. I found that kind of scary, so now I know to wait until I know I will not be driving.
Originally I was going to be the substitute organist today. But then we found out our former organist was going to be in the area from Minnesota, where he has been since 1987, and would be able to play today. Everyone really enjoys having him play when he is here, because he is really good. Having him here turned out to be a good thing for me, because I am sure I would have been very sore if I had to play. Sitting on that organ bench tires my back very quickly and I spend close to 2 hours sitting there on a Sunday morning. I don't even bother to get down for communion because it hurts to much to move that quickly. Sometimes communion is brought to me when I do play. He will be doing a concert next Sunday which he usually does he time he comes to visit. He gets together a great group of musicians for a very nice afternoon concert. Of course we always attend it. Besides Edward and my mom are both readers for various lessons during the concert. His concerts usually take a worship service format, so the readings are very appropriate and fit into the theme he develops for each concert.
He knew my kids when they were young. He always asks about them. He remembers my son holding on to his finger nearly every Sunday when he was a toddler. I guess that is a fond memory of his. When our daughter was in the area, she also had a chance to do readings for one of his concert. One year I even played my flute for one of his concerts. He has been doing them for a long time now. He always has the suggested donations go to some charity or other organization he wants to help. This time it will be the local Food Bank.
Our grapes are starting to taste good. We took a few bunches with us to church to share during fellowship time. I need to remember to take some with me to work tomorrow. Like I said before we have more than we can eat before they go bad. Probably should share some with a couple of our neighbors too.
Hope the week goes well for all.
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