I've tried to write like ten times on the topic of summer - but it is just so wonderful I haven't been able to put it into words. The feeling of my aching muscles after a day of manual labor, the late night chats with the sisters, the leisurely meals, quiet times of prayer, and laughter throughout the day... it's just great. In these first three days without lesson plans, tests, copiers, paperwork, school books, papers, grades, and students I have enjoyed myself immensely.
All year I've been formulating plans for what I would do once this wonderful, free summertime came. I have quite a few projects keeping me busy in the house... in fact, I've been cleaning since Monday.
The convent I'm living in now was "abandoned" so to speak for quite some time and there are a lot of places with hidden problems and tons of dust. The other problem is that this convent was built for 20 plus sisters... currently it houses 5. Of the five, only 2 are able to really keep up with the necessary work to keep the house in good working order. You can imagine how much there is to do in an enormous convent like this for the youngest sister. But I am happy to do it - and it is good for me to do something more physical than mental for a change of pace. It is liberating to wipe all that dust away, move furniture, reassign towels and sheets to their rightful homes... it feels like a new beginning. Plus - someone else cooks so I can work!
I feel so happy about how well this year has gone and yet there are things I've let go a little too long that I need to take care of in my personal life. I must clean out that stuff too while I'm doing it for real in the house. Tomorrow I'm going to take a very big step in cleaning out and sorting through some of my personal "stuff" on the inside and I ask your prayers for this meeting. It will be difficult but I know good will come from it and that peace will follow whatever transpires.
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