I’m standing in line in the hospital caf this morning, for my once-a-paycheck omelet. Bryan the Omelet Boy sees me in line, points and says (loudly) to the crowd, “I love her! If I didn’t already have a girlfriend, she’d be it!” 🙂
Certainly brightens the day…. 🙂
I just had to copy this link from Peanut’s blog! Fr. JJ and Fr. Mark doing the hula. So funny! Of course, Fr. JJ would be the one to do the best hula! Had you any doubt? 🙂
This night light has been “burnt out” for months. I just have not replaced it (or even unplugged it) since, well, I’m lazy. But, look! It’s working!!!!
I certainly celebrated Valentine’s Day today! Just not in the “usual” fashion. As I currently do not have a “significant other,” I decided to re-think this holiday.
Outside of the Hallmark and pornography industry’s efforts to turn this into some sleazy, consumeristic day, I decided that the real intent of the holiday was to celebrate love. So, I endeavored to do just that. I was more consciously loving to my neighbors and more considerate of others. I bought presents for some friends. I went to Confession to reconcile myself to the one who is love. And in combination with carrying out my penance, I tried to act in a loving manner toward myself. I had some chocolate (in the form of an iced mocha) and some coffee-covered almonds (thank you, Starbucks). I rested from cooking duties and had a lovely dinner of Cheerios (see below post). I read 2 of my newly-acquired library books and made notes on one of them (as part of my penance). And I allowed myself to not feel pressured over what I did and did not get accomplished today. I even got to spend time with a good friend! 🙂
A pretty good Valentine’s day, as I see it. I hope that all of your Valentine’s days were also good and brought love into your life, in whatever form that took.
God bless you all!
Apparently, the structural integrity of my milk carton became compromised sometime after my dinner of Cheerios, and milk spilled everywhere inside my refrigerator, and eventually, onto the floor where I noticed it. Graciously, Niki decided to help me with clean up efforts! 🙂 I transferred the remaining milk into a 2 liter bottle which had previously contained Squirt, trying not to sing the Lime and Coconut song…. 🙂
Fr. John expressed interest after seeing my T-shirt I made for the Priests vs. Seminarians basketball game — so I ordered him his own shirt. I didn’t order the super-express shipping, so it took a while, but here it is!!!!:
Ooooh, I’m getting excited now! I just had my admissions interview last night — which I think went pretty well. Today, I turned in my registration form for Spring classes. All that is left is to write my essay and take my GRE on 3/14!! 🙂 YAY!!
If all goes well, the week of 5/4, I will be starting my first class, a prerequisite to the graduate program: Introduction to Sacred Scripture!!!!
Submitted by Karen:
School Prayer
In the name of the day break
and the eyelids of morning,
and the wayfaring moon
and the night when it departs,
I swear I will not dishonor
my soul with hatred,
but offer myself humbly
as a guardian of nature,
as a healer of misery,
as a messenger of wonder,
as an architect of peace.
In the name of the sun and its mirrors
and the day that embraces it
and the cloud veils drawn over it
and the uttermost night
and the male and the female
and the plants bursting with seed
and the crowning seasons
of the firefly and the apple,
I will honor all life
–where ever and in whatever form
it may dwell– on Earth my home,
and in the mansions of the stars.
Diane Ackerman, I Praise My Destroyer, Random House, 1998
This is one of those games from Facebook. You go to Google and type in “[Your name] needs” and list off the first 10 things that pop up. Here are my first 11:
1. Theological studies: what Jenn needs Amen!
2. Jenn needs to find a self-righteous, conspicuous “I’m better than you” charitable position so she can keep charming the sheep into thinking she matters. Just keep charming those sheep, Jennby!
3. Jenn needs a smack daddy. Hahahaha!
4. Jenn needs a new boyfriend. I do?
5. Jenn needs a hot rod…and a good insurance policy. Good thing they tossed in that bit about insurance there for me….
6. Jenn needs healing thoughts and prayers. True.
7. Jenn needs a vacation. See below! 🙂
8. Jenn needs a glass of wine. Also, amen!
9. Jenn needs help!
10. Jenn needs $$$. See below! 🙂
11. Jenn needs to go battle demons. Now, that’s just awesome! 🙂
WE ARE GOING TO JAMAICA!!!!!!!
Bought the tickets this evening to Montego Bay!
I am so excited! We will be staying on this beach for 4 days and 3 nights at the end of March. I am so sick of all the cold weather here with the snow and the ice and the more snow and the lack of sun. I first started thinking about running away to somewhere warm when I saw tickets to Jamaica selling for $108 round-trip. That’s not something to pass up! But, I didn’t end up getting those tickets. 😦 We DID get a pretty sweet deal anyway.
I am so looking forward to planting myself on the beach with a good book and wiping away all traces of scurvy with tons of sunshine and lots of yummy fruit. Of course, our hotel is right in the middle of the so-called “Hip” district, so we’ll probably see tons of the nightlife, too! 🙂
And, of course, this will be during Lent…so we will just have to give up cold weather as our penance! 🙂 Okay, not really, but it is fun to say.
Yippee!
