John and I were up nice and early this morning to take our usual morning walk. He was up and ready to go before me and as I started getting dressed, the winds came up and the rains came down--so, no walk today. It was a good thing I lagged behind this morning, or we would have been caught out in the storm and gotten soaked.

Our new pastor and his wife came for a visit this morning and brought along a very nice lunch of roast pork, vegetables, salad, and a sinfully sweet dessert. I think they thought we were still out of commission, but we appreciated their efforts and enjoyed a time of good food, conversation, and fellowship getting to know each other a little better.

John kept looking at the sky this afternoon to see if the clouds would clear out long enough to mow some more lawn. It is getting on the verge of being out of control once again. Every time he thought he could head outside, the sprinkles would start again. Guess the lawn will have to wait until next week. I spent the afternoon tackling the build-up of mail, bills, etc on the desk. I can finally see the top of the desk and have all the financial papers in order once more and everything up to date.

We have decided to take a quick trip to see Amy's family in Sioux Falls. John has PT tomorrow morning and then we will leave right from there and stay through Monday. We had planned to go down a couple of weeks ago, but John's shoulder was still too painful for trip. The showers were still coming through, so it was a quiet night watching some TV and packing.