Mood:  special

Tonight I'm going to go swimming with Sr Suz.  I'm looking forward to it, though I've still got lots to do before that time.  I've got to finish work (I get off at 5:30pm), then I have to go see my therapist. After that, I'll drive home and Sister Suz will meet me in the parking lot and we'll go to the place where we'll swim.  It's been awhile since I've gone swimming.  At least a year.  I think the last time I went swimming I was up in Chardon visiting my friend Sister Sandy.  That was lots of fun...but a year ago...

I've giving away one of my Cabbage Patch dolls to my friend Rhonda.  I had renamed the doll Aidia Lisette when I had "adopted" it from the store.  I am sure that it will have a good home with my friend and will be loved.  I know that she watches some of her younger cousins, so there will be plenty of children around to enjoy the doll.  I dressed the doll in the clothing of one of the other dolls that I had..something that I've not done before because I really liked the dress that the doll had been wearing.

I put a cross around the doll's neck to serve as a reminder to Rhonda that God loves her.  I think it looks pretty nice on the doll and I can't wait for Rhonda to pick it up (the doll).  I wrapped her up all nice and neat and will leave her with someone who will see Rhonda before I do.

This week is really busy for me.  Tonight I have a meeting and tomorrow I'm going to the Heights for a meeting, then on Weds I see my spiritual director.  On Thursday I have another meeting at the Heights...this one Sr MN is coming with me...that should be interesting...pray for me that that one goes well.  I don't know what I've got on Friday, but hopefully I'll be able to relax a little.

Peace Out!

Mood:  celebratory

A little while ago we celebrated Sr Suz's birthday.  I had set up that all the singing people would come out and sing happy birthday to her at the restraunt, but they forgot.  Later learned that it was probably a good thing that they forgot because Sr Suz doesn't like that kind of thing.  Oh well!

This weekend my family is celebrating my mom and dad's birthdays.  I took them a boquet of flowers--there were a couple of sunflowers and a couple of roses amoung the boquet, so I was happy with it.  My sister and her husband are coming down from Columbus and we're going out to eat.  I hope that they bring the puppy. 

I love their little puppy it's alot less fiesty than the dog that the Sisters own.  The dog that the Sisters own is a mix between a Westie and a mexican jumping bean.  That dog could jump over me, I'm sure.  My sister and her husband have a Shih-tzu dog named Daphne.  Daphne's so cute.  I could probably see if I can upload a picture of her so that you can see how cute she is.

Isn't she cute?  I think that this is a Christmas picture of Daphne.

Mood:  chatty

Today there was a famous person who came to my workplace to visit the kids.  It was Nick Lachey.  I don't really know much about him but the fact that at where I used to work, some of my coworkers talked about their crushes on him.  Each classroom got their pictures taken with him.  My kids were somewhat afraid of him...it's not like they knew who he was...or that he's famous for something.  They didn't know about the celebrity in their midst.

Isn't that kind of how the apostles were around Jesus?  They didn't really have the faintest idea that the Son of God was in their midst at first.  How were they to know?  It's not like he wore a nametag that said "Hello, I'm Jesus the Son of God".  That would have been too easy...  The apostles had to recognise him as being that for themselves.  Some of them still had trouble with that on the road to Emmaus.

Just something to think about.

On Saturday I was in the small crowd that saw the provincial off on her way to Uganda.  She'll be there for a month.  Godspeed.

Mood:  d'oh

The dog got ahold of my bag last night and chewed several holes into it.  He also chewed up my lunch bag.  The other bag is repairable...actually I already fixed it to my liking, but I'm not sure if the lunch bag will be fixable.  Oh well.  I did leave it sitting on the chair, so it's not really the dog's fault.  He was just being a puppy and doing what puppies do..chew...

I was really exhaused when I came home and I didn't think twice about the whole not leaving things where the dog could get ahold of it and chew it up thing...

Anyways...can't cry over spilt milk.

Woohoo!  It's Wednesday!  Only two more days of work for this week.  Gee, the weeks seem to go so fast.  I'm happy about that.  My workday doesn't seem so long, even though I work a little longer now.  I like my break-time.  I can read or whatever I want and feel like I've gotten a little accomplished besides my job.

Saturday I see the vocation director.  I'm looking forward to it!  I also get to spend a little of that day with one of the Sisters who just made her first profession not too long ago.  I'm looking forward to that too!  I'll have lunch (which the Sisters call dinner here) with her and then on to my meeting with the vocation director.

Mood:  on fire

I got to attend my first province day on Saturday with the Sisters!  I was nervous that I really wouldn't know much about what was going on, but I was able to participate in the table discussions that we had and was even asked for my opinion when I didn't speak up.  I really felt like I was a part of that group.  I feel sooooo blessed!

On Sunday I got to go to a newly remodeled church that some of the Sisters work at.  Since I'd never been there before I didn't know what it had looked like before the remodel, but it was really nice.  We went into the undercroft to have snacks and talk a little.  My old boss was there and I could tell that she was still not happy with me, so I really tried not to cross her path too much.  I did give her a hug though.

The Sisters that we were visiting had a player piano in their house.  Sr BC and I were the only two out of the group from the church that went over to the house.  Everyone else went on their way.  The piano was the old kind of player piano that you have to pump with your feet.  It was kind-of like riding an exercize bike.  Anyways, Sr BC couldn't get over the fact that I actually pumped that thing for two hours straight playing roll after roll of music.  I had soooo much fun!  Then after that, Sr R joined me at the bench and we tried to pick out the song "Heart and Soul".  (I play by ear, and only knew a part of the song...she knew the rest!)

This is my week to lead prayer.  I'm not totally excited, but I'll get over it.  Leading things is just not my cup of tea.  I do just fine following things instead of leading!  I guess that this is just going to be something that will be a growing edge for me.

Friday is Sister Suz's birthday.  I wonder if we will go out to eat to celebrate!

Mood:  not sure

I've been feeling a little under the weather for the past few days.  I don't know what's up, but I can't afford to go to the doctor's office yet because I'm not insured at the moment.  My tummy has been hurting.  I hope that I can find something that would be healthy for me to take, like peppermint tea or something of the sort...instead of medicine.  Medicine seems to do alot of bad things to your system just to "fix" one illness.

 Please pray for me.

I also have a meeting tomorrow with the vocation director and my therapist.  I need to have some goals stated out.

Mood:  not sure

I've got a new job!  It's a little hectic and I don't really know how I feel about it, but it's all in God's hands.  My new boss seems nice, and so do my new coworkers.

I hope I didn't alienate my last boss.  I really wished that she was a friend and not my boss.  It would have been nice to talk with her about lots of things in the community.  She's the closest to my age in this province.

I got two new fish, one's name is Persephone and the other's name is Hermione.  Persephone is red and Hermione is yellow.  They are really neat to watch in the little tank that I  have.

Today my sister and her husband came over to meet the Sisters that I live with and to see where I live.  I think that they had a good time.  The Sisters certainly had a good time talking with them.  Now all they have to do is meet my sister's dog and they would have met all of my immediate family.

I made a present for my former boss's birthday.  It's still a whole month or so before I can give it to her though.  I hope that by then she'd be ok with talking with me.

Mood:  a-ok

Yesterday I got two new fish.  My poor dear little fishie Ginevra (Ginny--Harry Potter fame) passed away last week.  I named these two new fish Hermione (Harry Potter fame), and Persephone (Greek Mythology).  Hermione is a little yellow platty and Persephone is a red platty.  They both seem to be doing ok in the tank together so far...the last time I had two fish in this tank at the same time, one killed the other.

 I got to watch the fireworks from the roof of the school next door.  It was exciting!

I got a new job too!

Mood:  happy

Well,

I'm interviewing for a job.  I'm very happy about the change.  It doesn't bother me too much that I'm currently unemployed.  My trust is in God.  I know that this will all turn out for the better.  I've already learned so much from this experience.  I've got two interviews within next week.  One's at Little Red Schoolhouse (corporate office), and the other's at Goddard school.  Both are near where I live with the Sisters.

I'm able to breathe more easily.  I feel incredibly relieved!  I can't really explain the "why" of this.  It just is.

I was able to name what I need to grow in, and I am sure that I wouldn't have been able to grow where I worked previously....by no fault of theirs.  They were simply keeping up the child to teacher ratio that the state had set.  I just know that it was hard for me to have 5 older infants by myself and try to implement lesson plans and keep the kids from killing each other in the mean-time.  I just didn't feel adequate enough to do this.  It's better for everyone if there's someone else in the room with me most of the time.  That way assistance is there when needed.

I have nothing against where I worked previously and I wish them well.

Please keep me in your prayers as I am continually stepping through open windows...you know, where a door closes, God always opens a window.

God Bless!

On Tuesday of this week, I found a kitten in the parking lot of Krogers grocery store.  It was trying to climb up into the hub of a car wheel.  It was so small and I was afraid that it would get run over or the owner of that car would pull away without realizing that there was a kitten in it.

 I took the kitten home with me and then took it on to mass at the Mercy Center.  Luckily at the Mercy center there was a couple who could take it home and take care of it.  Thank God!

The kitten was soooo cute and I'm not sure what I would have done if no one wanted it.  It was sooo small and shouldn't have been away from its mother, but the mother was nowhere to be found when I found it.

Well, I'll post more later about some reflecting I've been doing.