[Magdalen] One thing after another

[Ginga Wilder]

Oh, Cady, I am sorry for the medical scares.  You are certainly in my
prayers.  This is the most anxiety provoking time - in between the knowing
something is off and hearing the results.  May you be at peace as you wait.

Prayers also for your job and your priest's and his wife's leave-taking.
Good to hear you enjoyed your pilgrimage to the Grand Canyon.

(((((((((((Cady)))))))))))

Ginga

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:23 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear ones,
>
> It's been a busy time. Read only if you're interested in the details!
>
> Got back from the Grand Canyon "science" trip (we counted the
> population of endangered Kanab Amber Snails at Veseys Paradise, and
> removed invasive weeds from a campsite). It was wonderful, and rainy,
> and cold! Such a great place to be with good folks - this time
> daughter Samantha was along as well. It was fabulous to see her in her
> new environment. She is blooming! But not interested in college. Sigh.
>
> The job at GDIT is winding tighter as people leave to go to the group
> that won the contract on which we work, or to other jobs altogether.
> Those of us who are left are doing more with fewer people and slimmer
> resources, meaning longer hours and weekends. It's been a challenge.
> Yes, I am looking for a job. Only a few resumes out so far - an
> interview this afternoon went well. We'll see.
>
> Sunday is the last day our priest of 42+ years will run the service.
> Trinity Sunday at Trinity Church, Washington. It will be a bittersweet
> day for Jenks and Molly Hobson, our priest and his wife, and for all
> the rest of us. We have a good, solid church of relatively mature
> individuals. Mike Mahoney is doing a great job as our Senior Warden.
> We have a great Search Committee and a summer supply priest who's
> pretty cool - John Kilgore from the Diocese of Missouri (he and his
> partner own a retirement farm in our county); he's also a retired
> cardiologist. Lots of changes!
>
> Today I took off from the office for a medical procedure - a follow-up
> breast sonogram to examine an anomaly; it led to a needle biopsy,
> results due back on Tuesday - the day I will be again in
> Charlottesville, VA for another medical procedure, removing suspicious
> freckles. Of your mercy: prayer pats for serenity in the face of
> multiple medical procedures.
>
> The image files for the annual caving photo contest have arrived and
> need to be data entered and prepped/anonymized for judging. It's a
> process that takes many hours. You can see last year's winners at:
> http://caves.org/committee/salons/Slides_2014_Winners.shtml
>
> So all of the above is why I haven't been posting -
>
> hugs anyway - prayers too! - Cady
>