random things

For the last 2 days, I've pretty much been going non-stop from 6:30am to 11pm or so.  It's really intense, but it's really exciting at the same time.  Since it's now at that 11pm mark and I am feeling a little sleep-deprived, I thought I'd just tell you a collection of little things instead of trying to make a cohesive post today. 

My typical daily schedule looks something like this: wake up at 6:15 (either by alarm or roommate when I sleep through my alarm), mass at 7, morning prayer, breakfast, head of to whichever work I will be doing that day, get back around 4, spend an hour either running or doing other work or talking to people or doing laundry (....so much to do, so little time!), evening prayer at 5, dinner, chores, then either free time or spiritual dialogues or head to the Samaritan House (see below) or whatever else is planned, night prayer at 9, then the rest of the night is free to do whatever- check emails, talk, post a blog, whatever.  This definitely varies from day to day, but I just thought I'd give you a rough idea of how I spend my time. 

Today I worked at the Mullen Home with the Little Sisters of the Poor.  Among other things, I joined many of the residents in saying a rosary.  The sisters and residents are starting a novena to St. Jeanne Jugan (foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor), since her feast day is in 9 days.  Afterwards, I was talking with a sweet old lady about St. Jeanne Jugan when she asked me, "Is she dead yet?"  I found that mildly humorous. 

So growing up in a town of about 5,000 and going to college in a town of about 10,000, I have very little experience with public transportation.  As in, I went to DC once, and that's about it.  I take a bus twice a week to one of my placements, and I'm not gonna lie, I was really nervous.  More nervous than I was for the actual work I would be doing.  My thoughts went something like this: What if I get on the wrong bus?  How do I know which intersection to get off at?  I can't understand what the bus driver is saying.  What is this piece of paper he's holding out to me as I walk on? etc, etc. You city people can laugh, but this was a serious concern of mine!  Thankfully, Bri, who was a CIC missionary last year, came with me the first day and talked me through it.  We'll see if I can manage to make it there later this week without her!
Some of the other, smaller, things that I previously mentioned that I will be doing include helping to lead a weekly adult bible study at the Samaritan House.  We had our first meeting this week, and we found out we were leading it not much before we met.  There are 3 of us leading it, so thankfully we were able to bounce ideas off of each other and tag-team it.  Only 2 people showed up this time, but seeing as it was a last-minute announcement, I was satisfied with that!  I'm excited to see what direction this goes in the future.  There are also children and teen bible studies that I may help out with from time to time.

In other news, I went to my first Rockies game this week, and they won!

Mother Cabrini, co-patron of missionaries, pray for us!

St. Therese, co-patron of missionaries, pray for us!