A nice day

One of my favoreet songs is "A Nice Day" by the great and wonderful Tommy Womack. But I had meself a nice day yesterday. Here it is....

The Fighting Illini trounced their opponent late Saturday night, we got an extra hour of sleep, and then it was Sunday - my favorite day of the week.

Then... I was totally surprised to see son Isaac pull in before the start of our worship gathering. Of course, I didn't realize until I was about to preach that I had planned to anonymously quote him in my sermon. I was going to do it anonymously because I hadn't asked him about it (I'd just read it Saturday), plus I didn't know if it would be embarrassing, but it all worked out okay, I guess.

Another good part was that the sanctuary was pretty full. I believe we had 101 in attendance. And I know that numbers aren't supposed to matter, but lemme tell ya - for this preacher - I ain't too proud to say that it DOES make me feel better when there's a good crowd. We don't seem to top 100 very often and it's nice to write three digits. So all you preacher-haters can go ahead and citate me for liking a lot of people at our gatherings (you could sue me, but that would be fruitless for you).

Then... daughter Carrie Jade came sliding in during the music set, and had boyfriend Drew and one of his roommates in tow. I hate to say it, but I like this Drew guy. Not only does he make my daughter happy, but he's a sorta quiet, quirky guy with a nice sense of humor and he always seems at ease around us. I like that. Hope I didn't just jinx something though.

Also... I was a little worried about my sermon, because while I usually like to have it ready by Wednesday, this one was restarted on Saturday because I could just never pull together what I'd started last Monday. I hate it when that happens. But it seemed to go over well. Sometimes the Spirit works like that.

Afterwards we all went to one of my favorite restaurants - me, Jane, Carrie, Isaac, Drew, and Tom - and had a nice lunch together.

And it's not over..... Jane and I have a happy spot we go each Sunday night, and have made some great friends there, and THEY GOT ME A BIRTHDAY CAKE!!! And it was oreo. And it had candles on it. And they sang happy birthday to me. And they dimmed the lights. And they gave me a card. And it was just too awesome. I mean, how many restaurants will let their employees bring in food from outside to serve to their customers??? Not too many, I bet. Shoot, how many restaurant employees give birthday cakes to their customers! (and mine was better than MR's - even though his was first). :)

To top things off, my favorite team (the dallas cowboys) whoopped the eaglets last night. So... that's what I call a nice day, friends.

I hope you have one today.