*Tomorrow is my last day of work so I played notes for some choir builders today. Last Wednesday was the last time my choir director directed me, which may sound minor but felt like a big deal. It was also the last time I heard the school sing the Alma Mater, which affected me more than I thought.
*I play three Masses this weekend and two of those will be my last time at those parishes.
*This is my boys dressed up for a night out. No notes.
*St. John I is a 6th century pope, from Tuscany, who died from mistreatment after being imprisoned in Ravenna for not supporting Arianism but also arguing that Arianists needed to be forgiven.
Tomorrow is crispy potato cubes and a salad kit--I presume, but I won't be here because I'll be on the St. Louis choir trip.
Today is Betty Crocker's Spanish Rice.
Yesterday was McDonald's and Fritz's and leftovers.
Tuesday was flatbreads topped with onions, spiced beef, and feta cheese and mint. They were really tasty if a little too salty in places.
Monday was a cheddar biscuit pie with a turkey sausage filling. This always turns out well, but I maybe wish there was a little more sauce in the filling.
Sunday was some beef kebabs. I think I would have preferred smaller chunks and maybe chicken over beef.
Tonight is my last concert at my school! I'm both happy to have this chunk of work done and very sad that I won't get to play with them again. Tomorrow is a concert at another school as a fill in, and then Friday and Saturday is a trip to St. Louis for a choir competition. Busy, busy next few days.
This is the first year one of my Lenten roses has bloomed for me. I'm thrilled.
From https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=149
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. His body, recovered and buried by a pious woman, was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz. It is said to have been at a later date translated to Rome, and Pope Lucius III, in 1138, gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow. Since that time, St. Florian has been regarded as a patron of Poland as well as of Linz, Upper Austria and of firemen. There has been popular devotion to St. Florian in many parts of central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable. Many miracles of healing are attributed to his intercession and he is invoked as a powerful protector in danger from fire or water. His feast day is May 4th.
We did not buy this house BUT we toured one beautiful mid century modern house in Wichita that's still for sale. It had some really lovely details BUT a backyard that was falling down the hill.
