Is this some kind of joke?

Pastor Bill's sermon yesterday was on loving like Jesus loves, in his series on how God thinks of us and what to do with that. He incorporated all of these "action items" to practice for the week, like performing acts of kindness, etc. After church and lunch, Michael and I went to Ikea in pursuit of a tray/placemat that was more durable than the taped-down piece of plastic wrap that we had on the table. The joke is that after a sermon about loving thy neighbor, I had to go to the most crowded and patience-trying places in all creation. We were very excited about getting our new catalog on Saturday. Why didn't I remember that the entire region would be getting their catalogs too?

Today promises a bunch of crisis items for work, hot things that fell into my inbox on Friday (Monday is always catch-up from last week's fifth day off). Plus, covering for vacationing and hobbled folks, so taking on tasks that one usually doesn't do. On the up side, I get to go to my first and probably only Mariners game of the season. I hope MAS does okay. Nothing like trying to see if a toddler will sit still for a few hours. We're definitely taking the backpack.