My First Last Class March 8, 2009
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I had my first last class today. By that I mean that today was my last Saturday English class. Things here are rapping up and that is causing some mixed feelings.
I miss you (if you are reading this then it is more than likely true, unless I picked up a large audience of strangers). I want to be home, but that doesn´t mean that I want to leave. I started creating a slideshow using PowerPoint (some people might already know that I kinda enjoy that program) and I got really excited to share my experiences with the folks at home. I also got a bit nostalgic (if I can use that word when talking about pictures that are less than 2 months old and some I only took yesterday).
I feel like I have become a part of the school and of this community, but I am ready to go home too.
Saints and Sisters March 1, 2009
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This past week I became an honorary Saint, as in the Siena College Saints. I had a wonderful week with my new friends from Siena. They gave me more energy than I knew what to do with. I needed to be re-energized. They also helped give me some new perspectives. I suppose that I started thinking about all of this simply as a job. A few of my new friends remedied me of that.
I would like to say that when the Siena group left I locked myself in my room and cried, but that wouldn´t be true. What actually happened was Sister Jennifer and I went to the mall and ate ice cream. I hope that group from Siena expects to see me again because according to Mapquest.com it is a mere 4 hours and 7 minutes from my house.
This week also made me realize how much the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters have been a part of my life. I had my college education in a school founded by the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters and now I am teaching in another school founded by the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters. I have already recieved some birthday wishes from some of the sisters. Sister Florence even begged the “whole angelic choir” to sing happy birthday to me. I believe that if anyone could get an angelic choir to sing happy birthday it might be Sister Florence.
I live, eat, work, play and pray with the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters. I hope that they know that I count them all as friends and family.
