We missed church this morning because Jessica is not feeling well. This is a bummer because I don’t want my wife to feel sick, and also, it is a bummer because I don’t like to miss church. The prior outweighs the latter in priority, but after having such a hard time last week it would have been nice to go to church (I mean come on, I sat near my ex-girlfriend’s parents at church and then prayed with them during prayer time [I don’t think they recognized me]. It would have been funny if I thanked the Lord for the old speakers they gave me while dating their daughter, but it also would have been pretty inappropriate).

Speaking of the ex-girlfriends parents, they gave me their old stereo when they got a new one. The new one they cranked up really loud to show me how powerful the speakers were. I heard the ‘Forrest Dump’ sound track at about 200 decibels. Cindy’s mom was trying to impress me, but in the end Elvis at full volume is still no better than Elvis at normal volume. I mean, come on, the guy only had one thing going for him: he’s on USPS stamps. Now, to impress me with their new speakers she could have played something with some real bass: Count Basie.

But, in the end, Jessica is feeling poorly and so we’ll see how that effects the rest of the day.