Rainy, windy, 64 degrees this morning. Not the kind of morning that makes you want to run outside. It has been raining on and off, nothing strong, just enough to be uncomfortable. And with that —- Happy Wednesday. 

No, I didn’t write yesterday. Instead Ms. kate and I went to St. Vincent’s hospital and we got our COVID booster shot. We are well over the age of eligibility (65) and Dr. Jackson had advised us to get it when it became available. I guess it isn’t a big deal although I hate all of the hype that goes along with this whole situation. Hopefully this will be the last one although I’d bet a dollar to a donut that COVID shots are going to become an annual thing just like the flu shot. Which by the way,  I still have to schedule our flu shots. We have ben taking the flu shots for as long as they have been offered and I can’t think of a year that we actually got the flu since we started taking them. Yes, we’ve had a few colds over the years and the occasional virus but all -in-all we’ve been pretty healthy in that department. I don’t seem to have any after effects from the vaccine yesterday with the exception of a sore muscle where I had the injection. Ms. Kate, on the other hand says she’s feeling bad, says she is cold and having trouble breathing. But. In reality, she feels that way most of the time. So I don’t know if it is normal of shot after effects. 

Monday afternoon we went for a ride down in Union Township here in the county. That is the area where Kate was raised. It is “the bottoms” and goes along the Ohio River. It is all farm land and she loves going down there and reminiscing about who lived where and looking at the “old homestead.” Her sister like to do that too. Karen says that driving around down there is like being on another planet. I think the drive around the area is about 25 to maybe thirty miles and we only saw a couple of cars and only one farmer working the fields. We were able to just “mosey” along at 20 mph with the windows down and enjoy the warm day. I take her down there generally in the spring when the planting is going on and then again in the fall while the harvest is in progress. I can’t imagine why there were no farmers out working the fields. I guess that the fields are maybe 2/3’s harvested. That’s about the same as the guys up in Ft. Branch. They are about 2/3’s done too. The great news is that the crops have been really good this year and the prices have held up so far. 

The rain is back again. I don’t know if I’ll go run the bulletins today or not. We are supposed to have this kind of weather through tomorrow so maybe I’ll just wait until Friday to run them. Part of it will depend on how Ms. Kate gets to feeling. She’s my bulletin folder/stuffer in chief. 

I’m working on my sermon for the 17th and it is on Job. I worked quite awhile last evening and got very little done. That’s because I got wrapped up in my research and reading. The Book and story of Job is interesting, so much so that I ended up ordering  Biblical Commentary and Bible study on the Book of Job. I really needed something else to distract me didn’t I? But, if I find it interesting enough, I may do a Bible Study with the church on Job. We can never learn too much or delve too deep into our scriptures. 

Time to pack it up for today. Have a wonderful day. Peace.