Thursday

 Had a quick search using Google AI but it couldn't find this blog. That's ok. 

Spent too much time reading TC's post. 

Have to run.

Don't sin.

wednesday

 Went to the doctor yesterday. No she doesn't do travel shots. And it would be too late anyway she said. She did give me a note saying my foot is good for travel insurance. Meaning my foot is healed from the previous injury and any new injury will be covered. 

I stocked up on mosquito repellent, sun screen and motion sickness pills. I also got some water sterilizing pills as where I am staying is out of the city and I don't know where the drinking water comes from.

In the first reading Paul reminds us that there is more happiness in giving than receiving. Most of us find this to be true.

In the Gospel Jesus says he hasn't lost anyone except the one who chose to be lost...and to protect them from the evil one. In some circles it is in vogue to feel sorry for Judas Iscariot. He lived a life of sin helping himself to the common funds. Even at the end he could have just asked Jesus for forgiveness and Jesus would have done so. He didn't. Jesus didn't reject him, he rejected Jesus. A lot of people seem to reject Jesus also. Jesus will forgive if they ask for forgiveness. If they don't...well what can they expect!

Have fun and repent.

An evening in Moera

A tune that Dizzy wrote on a dustbin lid. 

I think Haydn would have done better.

 

Cello Practice

 

My older and sometimes wiser brother has been posting videos of his practice sessions. 

Here's my attempt at the Haydn D Major Cello concerto I'm working on.

Day 4

 "..God has raised him up to be a leader and savior, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins..." Act 5:27

"Anyone who believes in the son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to believe in the son will never see life". John 3:31

Jesus gives life because he gives joy, passion and direction. With Jesus we can face life's challenges. He gives us a reason to live. Jesus has also said that unless we receive him in the Eucharist we will not have life in us. It reads like that without Jesus we will not have the fullness of life. I suppose that living without him is like being divorced from loved ones. It's a miserable way to exist.

A big improvement in my foot today. I'm walking without pain with the "boot". I think its important to keep active but not 'overdo it'.

I'll have to get in touch with the After Hours Med Centre today to get a new assessment as the nurse there put me in the "boot" for the 'chip' after the doctor gave me just a week off. The "boot' means I can't go to work until I get a medical clearance which could be a month or more. I can also go back to ACC and hopefully reclaim some of my money I paid them when I ran a business as my leave will probably not cover a month off. So it goes.

Have fun; Jesus wants you too.

Day 3 after the fall.

On Monday (day 1) I needed to replace my security camera after charging it. As the ladder started to topple I leapt off landing on my left foot squarely on a concrete garden surround. There was ankle swelling and a very sore heel bottom. An xray revealed a possible very small splinter at the back of the heel bone. The nurse seemed to think it significant and so I'm in a moon boot for a few  weeks. Personally I think I'll be fine once the sole of my heel recovers from the impact.

Today is the first day of walking again; if you call hobbling around in a moon boot with a walking stick that!

TC just dropped off some nice shoes. He quipped I wouldn't need both! Thanks TC, they are very good shoes.

Off to Mass at noon.

Have fun and don't sin. Especially not big ones!