Spring Break is almost done!

1. I am so excited to get back to school. Not that I don't love it here, with the residents and the Sisters...but I miss routine and all of school and its activities. Alright, alright, there is a bit of a hidden motive...I finally get to go home next weekend after 2 months of being away and I'm soooo excited. Can it be next weekend yet, please? I miss my mom and dad. A lot.

2. Speaking of family, I heard that my brother's doing fine and is heading home today (well, tomorrow where he is lol...oh time differences). They didn't feel the quake in Korea, at least not where he was. I'll be very excited to have my bro back in the States.

3. And (my thoughts keep following each other) speaking of time differences...Daylight Savings Time! :-D The only bad thing is that I'll be feeding a very tired Miss Betty and Miss Anna on Sunday morning.

4. I finally had my first silent meal with the Sisters yesterday. Ooh, that's tough. Well, sorta kinda. You know when you're in a quiet room and you make a loud noise by accident and it startles you and everybody else? It felt like that every time I would cut the fish or bite something crunchy...everything seems to be ten times louder when you're trying to be silent. During their silent meals the Sisters listen to tapes of homilies or teachings. Yesterdays was a reflection by a priest on the readings for this Sunday, which was a wonderful way to prepare for the first Sunday of Lent.

5. The name Chelsea was not very well thought through...poor older people can never tell how to pronounce it! Sister Amy pronounces it like Great Grandma Rausch used to say it...Shelsea. It's funny to tell one of the residents my name...they'll try to pronounce it three or four ways before they get to something close to what it is. I have a running list of all the cool ways to say my name...Shelsea, Jessie, Chelse-uh, or, my all time favorite, Chesle-uh. And there's even more. Like I said, it was not meant for the older generation...