Week Three!

Thumbs Up: Laughter. I love laughing, and this week we laughed. Good, loud, deep belly laughs that make your sides hurt. Small, quiet laughs stemming from simple pleasures. Stifled giggles that break the silence even when you’re trying as hard as you can not to let them. Each instance was precious and perfect in its own right.

Ebenezer actually let me hold him!

Thumbs Down: Who would’ve thought that I needed alone time when I spend a good portion of every day doing things on my own (chores, reading, etc.) and a decent part of the day in quietness too? (Just because we’re working together or eating together, doesn’t mean we’re talking). Well, I do. I learned that the hard way this week; I need to be more intentional about my alone/quiet time to recharge.

Princess Di is all sass

God-Sighting: So much grace and mercy poured out this week. But, specifically: Kids. Real ones, not baby goats, although those are still great, as usual. :) Anyway, this week I spent a lot of time with kids and loved every minute! A little 3 year old came by with her grandma for tea one day and we became fast friends, holding goats and racing to see who could eat animal crackers and drink lemonade faster. I’m pretty sure between the two of us we drank almost the whole pitcher. She was adorable. Over the weekend we had a few 4-Hers come out to spend time with the goats they are leasing for the fair. Normally they come during the week after school, but they really wanted to come so I said that I would be with them and they could come. So I spent the majority of Saturday afternoon cleaning a barn and putting up a fence and walking goats and talking to 12 year olds. It was great.

The reasoning behind these as my God-Sighting are two-fold. First, they brought me so much joy and were such a blessing to me. But second, spending time with children affirms me in my passion for children and my goal of Children’s Librarianship. It’s nice to have a little reminder that I’m actually doing what I’m supposed to be doing, and that going to school in August so that I work with kids for the rest of my life is the right thing to do.

Other notes: Y’all, I planted three beds of squash this week. (I almost called them “flowerbeds” and then realized that didn’t make any sense, since they’re vegetables…clearly I still have more to learn about gardening). The important thing is that I planted squash and did it right! I also properly weeded a tomato bed.

Also, we went to the lake on Sunday! The convent is on the same property as a retreat center and camp, which has lots of regular camp amenities and hiking trails and a lake for kayaking, canoeing and swimming. We went and played dominoes and swam and enjoyed the sunshine and I loved it!

For all of this and more I “give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his mercy endures forever.” 

Ps. 136:1