Spring Break Events...thus far.

1. I can now say I've lived in a room in a nursing home...hospital bed and all. It was a nice experience while it lasted. Now I'm in the "parlor" near the entrance of the nursing home. Bedroom, sitting room, kitchen, living room...all to myself. And an internet connection I can finally get!

2. Feeding the elderly...oh my gosh, fills me with love and laughter and bittersweetness all at once. I'm finally getting names down. Doris is skittish and thinks something is wrong...all the time. Father Barnett likes to pull the wool over Sister Amy's eyes to make her think he doesn't know what's going on, but then he looks at me with a twinkle in his eye and winks...tehehehe. Jane won't eat unless I've told her about 20 times that I've already eaten or I'm going to eat. And she only likes finger foods. Sister Benedict likes hearing about the life of St. Jeanne Jugan...but she's hard of hearing, so I had to shout the book at her. And bowling with a plastic coconut and pineapple set is pretty much hilarious.

3. I could listen to Reverend Mother talk all day long. She has the most luxurious Irish accent. And she has a heart of gold. She helps feed people sometimes at the same table as me, and she just has a way...hehe like when she helped Mae today and Mae would say in protest, "No, I don't want any more!" and Mother would say in her pleading voice, "Oh, Maaae..." and before Mae could protest, she had another fork of lunch meat in her mouth.

4. At Father McCormack's jubilee Mass, I sat near a Nigerian priest/bishop/something...yup. His accent too...I'm such a sucker for accents!

5. Nights in a room in a nursing home is horrible for young 'uns...both my neighbors were hard of hearing, so they'd crank up the volume late at night when they were watching TV. Oy.

Check back throughout the week for my updates!