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ILoveBeachMusic · August 18

Hope everyone had a great weekend and the week is off to a good start!

ILoveBeachMusic · August 18

We had a good weekend. DS2 came home. We went to see Superman on Saturday and watched the new Captain America Friday night. Saturday H and I had dinner plans with friends and DS2 went to see some high school friends. Yesterday was church (more on that later) and I made Eggplant Parm for dinner with enough to divide into two to take to a friend who is dealing with family illness.

Our church caught on fire Friday and there has been extensive damage - mostly smoke to our building. The original assessment was an electrical fire. This comes on the heels of two actions of vandalism. One was a fire in a POD that was holding donations for an organization that provides shoes for people who need them. The other one was a few weeks ago when someone broke into the church and spray painted stuff on the walls. It will months before we are back in our building because of all the smoke damage. Currently we are meeting at another church down the street from us. If you are a praying person, please pray for our congregation.

MNNEBride · August 18

@ILoveBeachMusic - I'm so sorry your church building has been damaged. Prayers for the congregation as you recover. As bad as it is, the church isn't a building, but it's the people. ::hugs::

Our weekend was pretty good. Saturday, I did things around the house, baked a cake for the picnic on Sunday, pulled together other things we needed to take and squeezed in some craft time.

Sunday, we woke up to thunderstorms and heavy rain. It was starting to let up as we left the house about 10 am. We drove out of the rain after an hour. DH's family picnic was about 1.25 hours away. We picked up fried chicken on the way. The park was wet, but it wasn't raining, and we had a large picnic shelter, so we were good. When we arrived, it was cool and breezy, but it quickly turned hot and humid. The picnic went well, but there were about 1/2 as many people as usual—just many schedule conflicts. We got home about 4 pm, I unloaded the car, put away any food and then crashed in the recliner with the cat.

ILoveBeachMusic · August 18

Thank you @MNNEBride! Yes we are grateful that the people are together as a resilient congregation. Mostly we are grateful the building was empty and no one was hurt. Stuff can be replaced but people cannot.

CharmedPam · August 18

Oh how awful about your church @ILoveBeachMusic. Thankfully no one was hurt? Chicken parm is my favorite. And eggplant parm. I don’t make it though. It’s gotta be ordered in a restaurant. Leave that up to the professionals.

Those storms were wicked @MNNEBride, woke me up RIGHT when I was about to fall asleep. Glad you still got to have some picnic fun.

i was going to head to my parents on Friday but I got a backlog from work and also decided my back couldn’t make a 5 hour trip this weekend. I took myself on a date. Saw Witchboard and spent a mortgage payment on theatre hotdogs. Lol. My friend invited me to her impromptu getaway to Michigan on Saturday. She drove but 2 hours still didn’t feel good on my sore back. This pain isn’t internal either, like usual (muscle pain normally). It was external like I bruised my back or something? I took a picture in the mirror but couldn’t tell if if was rippling shadows on my back or bruises. If it’s bruised, it’s a light one. I have a massager that helped it. In Michigan, we went shopping at an artisan fair & shops, had lunch, hiked (or tried to but the bugs were bad) and went to some wineries. Such a lovely day but we did get caught up in the rain on the way home. I bought a beautiful stained glass bat and love it. I hung it in my kitchen but because it’s not flush to the window, and I live off the train tracks, any train that goes by has it bouncing around on the window. Last night I had a never ending train go by, so I either have to take it down at night (that’s not happening) or find a chain that goes flush with the stained glass and window.

VarunaTT · August 18

I really wish I had never moved home to try and help my mother. It's fine and I'll get over it, but life was a lot easier before all of this. I tried to call another family member just for some support and instead of support, I got a lecture. Then when I ended the phone call saying, I should've been more clear that I wasn't calling for a lecture or action, just some support, I got more lectured about how I wasn't dealing with things. I really knew better than to call any of my family. I don't hate any of them, but if I could get them all in a room with a therapist to "talk about some things," I sure would. I know I'm not perfect and I keep moving and learning and trying, not just stagnating and saying "you don't know me" or pretending I'm the smartest person in the room. At this point, it's literally not helpful to me at all and if things weren't the way they were outside, I might have more grace, but I just don't. ETA: I'm super on my pity pot.

The weekend had been alright. Went to a friend's house on Saturday and watched a bunch of movies, grilled, and just hung out.

ei34 · August 20

Ugh, that’s really hard @VarunaTT. Especially the attempted vent session turning into a lecture wtf. I’m sorry.
@ILoveBeachMusic I’m glad no one was hurt but that’s still really scary

ILoveBeachMusic · August 20

We have since found out that the fire was intentionally set. We have footage on a security camera that we had. It shows someone breaking into the church and doing various things. They took the fire extinguisher into the parking lot and set it off. Hopefully they will be able to get finger prints from that. I think all three incidents that have occurred in the last few months are connected but just my opinion. Hopefully the criminal will be caught and prosecuted.

short+sassy · August 21

@ILoveBeachMusic, I'm so sorry to hear about your church! It's awful when something like that happens and even worse when it's deliberate. I also hope they catch the person.

@VarunaTT, I wish things were going more smoothly for you and your mom. I hope things get easier with time.

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