Year of the rat

Well, I've been off the blood pressure medicine for a week in preparation for a blood test the specialist ordered. Now I just have to remember to fast after 8pm and head over to the lab first thing in the morning. They usually open quite early and are usually crowded so it will be good to get that over with. This is the blood test that has to be put on ice right after. I decided to go to the lab right under the specialist's office, maybe they will do a better job with her tests and the results can just go right up to her.

K is at least half packed for his big Quebec trip. The hardest part is making the list, then it's just a matter of deciding which bags to use and throwing the stuff in. That reminds me I forgot to add snacks to the list. I heard the Quebec Carnaval ice festival opening was delayed by a day due to bad weather.

I made it to church yesterday, it was a lovely walk, a 'mild' day. They are asking people who don't go to church weekly not to receive Communion bread before confession. The priest is also asking you to consume the bread in his presence and not to walk away with it as he is concerned it about what people do with it after. Also Catholics who have not been married in the church are being asked not to receive Communion bread unless they have had a dispensation from the priest. All these rules. Instead of the homily, he explained the mass as he went through it, why the bells are rung, what our responses mean, etc.

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