Drying Out and Digging In

Pictures of the Day (Yesterday):

 Above are the two industrial fans that have been running in our hallway nonstop since Wednesday. to the right is the giant humidifier thats been running along with them. We turned the fans off for a few hours Friday night while we had company for dinner, but that's the only time they've been off. We're able to mask the constant roar by closing the door to the stairway. But we've been staying upstairs and watching the small, tabletop TV that is usually in the kitchen. Those skiers are not nearly as impressive o this tiny screen.
The men came Saturday and decided the fans needed to blow for a couple more days. So we've listened to them all weekend, but hopefully they'll be gone by tomorrow.
After that comes the insurance adjuster and all the work of tearing down sheetrock, resealing the seams, and repainting. We see if that patch of carpet at the bottom of the steps needs to be replaced.
When Paul and Sev Friskney were here for dinner Friday night, we got to talking about the Oscars. Paul is a real film buff and tries to see all the best-picture nominees every year. We decided on the spur of the moment to meet them Saturday to see Nebraska starring Bruce Dern.
We met them for the 5:00 showing at the Esquire theater in Clifton. The black-and-white movie is a gray story depicting brokenness, dysfunction, lost dreams, and limited horizons. "I'm sorry the movie was so depressing," Sev wrote Evelyn on Facebook today, but we weren't depressed by the movie. We were glad to see the remarkable performances, especially, of course, by Bruce Dern. The movie is not a musical, but it has some good music. It is not a comedy, although we did laugh out loud more than once. It ends on a positive note, but I couldn't help but think of the thousands of folks all around us whose lives are as bleak as those portrayed in the film.
Afterwards, Sev and Paul took us to one of their favorite spots, a new restaurant for us, Jason's Deli in Rookwood Exchange.
"Deli" doesn't describe this huge restaurant with "the best salad bar in the city," and a menu full of homemade soups (try our choice, the chicken pot pie soup) as well as sandwiches and main dishes. And every meal includes free soft serve in a cone or a cup!
It was a wonderful meal, and we enjoyed debriefing the film with Paul and Sev.

This morning Terry and Shirley Wuske visited Christ's Church as Mason again, and we went to Bob Evans to grab brunch before heading home. Evelyn and I stopped at Kroger's and then spent the rest of the afternoon and evening at home. My sore throat had progressed into a nasty cough wracking my chest. I wrote a draft of my column for Tuesday and then rested in the recliner for an hour, or was it two?

Quote of the Day:
"God says, 'I am bigger than your situation, your problem, your need.'"
—Trevor DeVage, sharing the Moses story in this week's service in The Story series.