So, quick update:
As you well know from our last post that Sandy,
Theresa, and Cheryl moved on to Novitiate! (Praise God!)
...Which means that Carly and I are starting our
second-year of Postulancy! (Hurray! God is good!)
Carly and I flew back home, to St. Louis, the last
day of July and we received enthusiastic hugs, much love and ALOT of pasta. :)
(Sr. Mary Joan knew that her pasta was our favorite, so she made some for our
arrival home. She's so sweet!)
The very next morning, Carly and I found ourselves
GIVING enthusiastic hugs, and much love as we said GOODBYE to the sisters who
were leaving for retreat...Which was EVERYONE except Sr. Mary Assumpta.
MASS CHAOS!
just kidding. sorta.
Everything was just peachy.... for about 24 hours.
Then the Internet AND computer system in our BookCenter
broke down.
Which meant: MASS CHAOS.
We tried to call our "techy-guru" Sisters
in Boston but were unable to reach anyone, because EVERYONE seemed to be on
retreat.
Thank God we have THE BEST employee EVERRRRR!!!
(Seriously, she's the best. She's got a heart of gold and the patience of a
saint! She deserves so much more than the apple pie we made her as a
thank you.) She's been on the phone with the computer people for hours everyday
for the last week or so, and we finally got some of our computer issues
fixed. We are still ironing out kinks but we are able to function with relative
ease.
Besides the "Great Computer Fiasco of
2012", we've been up to other things.
Like:
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| Sign across from Sr. Assumpta's room! (Please note the squirrel holding balloons!) |
Sr. Assumpta's Birthday! Carly and I realized while
we were still in Boston that it would only be the 3 of us for Sr. Assumpta’s
birthday. So, obviously, we started plotting right away…
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| cupcake cones! |
Sr. Assumpta has a special place in her heart for animals
so after she went to bed, we plastered the dinning room and kitchen with animal
facts and pictures for her to discover in the morning. We also made an epic
sign. (See picture.) Unfortunately, since we were only in 3, we all had to take
turns in the Bookcenter that day. However, we were able to sneak into the
kitchen in the morning and make cupcake cones for “Lunch dessert” (Because
everyone deserves dessert after lunch on their birthdays!) The grand finale of
the day was going out to eat at a BBQ place nearby called Bandanas. It was
fantastic and we had fun going out to eat! We went home to sing a rousing
chorus of Happy Birthday and eat the
cake that one of our good friends got for Sister’s birthday! The evening
concluded by watching the Princess Bride
(her choice!)! Carly and I both hoped that she
had as much fun as WE did on her
birthday!
Hmmm… other fun things we’ve done?
Oh, cleaning the roof! That was…uh…fun. I guess.
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| Carly cleaning the roof like a professional! |
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| Gathering up all my courage to climb out the window. Yikes! |
The night before Sr. Rebecca arrived home, we
decided to reward ourselves for making it through the 10 days alive by going to
Ted Drewes! Ted Drewes is a frozen custard place found only in St. Louis. It’s
definitely as amazing as everyone says it is.
Now that there are four of us home, hopefully things
will be slightly less crazy. (However, I wouldn’t count on it!)
We’ll continue to fill you in on the ongoing adventures
of the “Fabulous Four”!
Until then, God bless you!
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| In our spare time, (haha) Carly and I created new signs for the Chapel! We hope more people will feel more invited to visit! |
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| Sr. Mary Joan asked me to water the plants while she was away. I took this early one morning on my way out to water our grotto in the back yard! |
2 comments:
The roof?!! I certainly hope it wasn't in 100+ weather....
Sounds like you've had quite the adventures! Looking forward very much to joining you soon; miss you all and Good ol' StL!
What a lovely photo of your grotto!
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