Day after Christmas

After a very blessed Christmas I'm back in KC.  My days home were all too short, but very filled with family and little cousins and news of two new little cousins (children of cousins, specifically) on the way!  Today I was scheduled "on-call" at Pottery Barn Kids, which translates to I call in an hour before my scheduled time and PBK 100% of the time doesn't need me on those days...but I still have to plan on the possibility of being needed for work.  So my parents and brother took me up to KC today, and while my parents and I walked around the Plaza, Jake went to see his one of his Godsons, since the family was in town and he probably won't see them again for a couple of years.  My parents and I had fun going into some snazzy stores and I got to introduce them to PBK (their eyes got nice and big and round at the old fashioned toys and gifts on display).  After a couple hours we went back to my house and I called into PBK, and then when I found out they didn't need me I called Sister Maria Catherine about coming in for more orientation.  It was really...really really...hard to say bye to my parents this time around.  I don't want to say too much more than I'm having really really bad homesickness right now, and I could use some prayers for that.  But they did have to leave, and I went to work.  We had 5 or 6 residents sick tonight, so it put some more stress on the three of us CNAs there, but it was still a pretty good night.  The floor I'm on in the nursing home happens to also have the main chapel, so I go in there on my lunch break (evening shift lunch breaks usually happen between 8pm and 10pm) and there was a beautiful Nativity set up, which made me super happy.  And after break there were only a few things to do before having to leave, so it was smooth sailing after 10pm.  And now I lay me down to sleep...  I have some errands to run tomorrow and work at PBK tomorrow night.  The busier I keep, the faster time will pass until the 5th when I get to go home next is my thought.  So, goodnight!