More of Spring Break

1. Oh dear...definitely feeling the "umph" of spring break leaving me. So tired! Definitely needing some perseverance right now. I can't believe I've been here now for 6 whole days.

2. Hearing aid malfunctioning for half of Ash Wednesday Mass...*shudder*. Like nails on a chalkboard for 30 minutes.

3. Despite the tiredness, today was full of fun activities. I was introduced to baking and bowling. During the baking portion, the residents (all women, admittedly) stir up pre-measured bowls of ingredients, roll up the cookies, and then the pans are put in this portable oven, so it feels like their back to their former ways of baking in the kitchen. Then they sit and have the cookies they made, and the bowling set is set up. This was nifty. The pins were set up, and they were pretty sturdy, and a regular sized rubber bowling ball is set on a portable ramp, so that the person up to bowl simply has to have it aimed and push and whoosh, there it goes! I also accompanied a few residents to Redemptorist parish for a St. Patrick's Senior Ball. There was a jazz band playing, and a couple of Irish dancers, and the community college near there recruited some young gentlemen to dance with the ladies. You should've seen the women giggle when a young man asked them to dance ;-).

4. I had my first big blunders while feeding today...I let Betty try to sip her water on her own, usually she does ok, but she dropped the cup, and then Anna, who I was helping at the same time, knocked hers over with her elbow. On one hand it was messy, on the other hand I guess it was kind of coordinated...

5. I discovered a hoard of ice cream in the freezer here in the parlor I'm staying...guess who's a happy camper?!

"'It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God' (Hebrews 10:31). But it doesn't have to be overwhelming. Remember that whenever God calls you, He also strengthens you. Jesus' journey to Calvary may have been a lonely one, but our journey through Lent is not. Christ is with us every step of the way."