Monday March 19 I wasn't feeling so great, and was completely unmotivated and sick of school. I stayed home and did a little homework catching up and blogging and mostly I cleaned a lot.
Tuesday March 20 was my mom's class's singing performance. Josue came over and we were going to go. But decided it was too much. So he stayed with me until I went to my dad's house for the night. I don't like that my dad is gone, traveling for work a lot.
Wednesday March 21 we got out of Health Careers early to deliver thank you notes from our class to all of the different units we shadowed during clinicals. I loved it. The idea of it. And that they were handwritten. And seeing some of the hospital employees again. And that Hannah and I had enough time to stop for drinks and McDonald's before heading back to school.
Also Wednesday I had rotary. I must have been feeling professional, and good about myself being all dressed up, well whatever the reason, I was very productive with letters of recommendations for the many scholarships I'm working on. I got all of them covered-which included asking three different teachers and two community members.
After school Wednesday I had to taxi around Maria to the doctor and Michael to the Ford car place. I was trying to help my mom out so we could make it to exercise class. When we couldn't I was so frustrated that I decided to walk Maggie on the trail. The full route-about 3 miles.
Then the night ended with Josue coming over and eating dinner with the family and watching Modern Family with us.
Thursday March 22 I also got a lot done. During my study hall I may have made a trip to DollarTree where I bought the tissue paper I needed to finish my present for my sunshine lady-I finally got to reveal myself to her! and I bought items to donate to the family crisis shelter for NHS. After school I went home and napped. Then went on a long walk with Maggie and Laci and Laci's dog Shaylee. We had a lot of good talks on the walk.
Friday March 23 after my daily nap, I babysat for Maddie. I hadn't babysat her (or her brother who was out with their parents) for a long time and was happy to spend the evening with her. Then I went to my dad's house for the night.
here's where it gets good
Saturday March 24 my dad and I woke up early for The Lord's Pantry. But this time, on our way out of town, we picked up Josue! I brought an extra pillow and an extra blanket and both of us slept on the car ride there. (Josue and I. Not my dad and I).
When we got there I was sent to help out in the kitchen, and separated from Josue. I was a little worried about him, and feeling bad leaving him. But I quickly made friends with the three other girls there were helping bag the flour for churros. They were so nice and so funny. Eventually I was back with Josue who had been helping my dad. I love working beside him. Not only to be by his side, but to watch him work hard at the tasks we were given, and take initiative.
After my dad's talk (which I was really happy when afterwards Josue told me that he liked it-and it really did make him think about his life and how blessed he is) we lined up to help hold bags. Then something happened. So exciting! The girls that made the kids packs didn't want to hand them out-so I jumped at the opportunity. Josue and I got to stand back in the corner with Tayler and hand them out. I have been longing to get this job every time I come to volunteer. The kids are so cute, but they're even cuter when they are so happy and excited to get their kids pack which is filled with snacks just for them. My favorite part of it was when Josue would talk in Spanish to the kids and tell them that to get their bag they had to smile.
After cleaning up, and eating yummy food from the kitchen, we headed home. Josue and I both fell asleep again the whole ride.
I napped again when I got to my dad's house, then mowed the lawn at the Newman Center. I loved seeing all of the beautiful flowers that were blooming.
Later, when I went back to my mom's house Josue came over and watched the movie To Save A Life with me. Though it is an emotional movie, I really like it. I also liked that we talked about all of the issues that the movie brings up-bullying, suicide, drugs, drinking, pregnant teens, college, God, faith.
After Josue went home, Sarah came over! We decided we needed a girls night stat- and there she was. We laid out on the big couch and talked a while before falling asleep.
Sunday March 25 I packed my bags. So did the rest of my family. After dropping Maria off at her friend's house, my mom, Dan, and I were on the road to Saint Louis. I was so excited when we could finally see the arch in the distance!
After checking into the hotel, we went to mass. At SLU's gorgeous church. The most beautiful church I have ever been in. In all honesty, I almost cried. But that was also mostly due to the communion song they played which I believe was played at my grandparents' funerals. I just miss them. Both of them. I hope they were looking down on me that day-just so they too could see the beautiful church.
We went back to the hotel for a while. Then to dinner. Then for a carriage ride. Because, "Everybody has to be a princess once in their life."
Monday morning came fast. Well actually slow. None of the three of us slept much at all in the hotel-between the loud air conditioner that wasn't even cold enough and waking up due to dreams of frogs on you head. We woke up an hour early to get ready and to eat our breakfast in bed that we ordered in preparation for a long day ahead of us.
We checked in at SLU then heard a welcome presentation. It was really good I thought. Much better than Xavier's. For many reasons.
Then we went to the medical part of campus to hear about SLU's physical therapy program and see their classes for it. This was also much better than Xavier where I was assigned to a history class. Once we got back, I was seperated from my mom and Dan. It was scary waiting in line for lunch all by myself. Until the girl in front of me (Jennifer) turned around and started talking to me and a few other girls around us-Maggie and Natalie. They were all so sweet and so nice and very genuine. I don't know how many of us, besides Maggie who only applied to SLU, will end up there next year-but I would love to become better friends with all of them.
Then we went to another building where we sat and asked questions to the student panel. Not just we as in the girls I ate lunch with, but all of the students attending the preview day. I loved hearing the experiences and viewpoints from the different students that answered the questions. I just love SLU and what it is all about. After that there was also a presentation given about the lifestyle and also housing at SLU.
Afterwards, we met back up with our parents for other break-out information sessions. They were helpful. But kind of repetitive of stuff we'd heard earlier in the day. Plus it was getting to be a very long day.
We took a quick stop at the bookstore, then headed home. Once we finally made it home, Josue came over. We bought him a SLU shirt before we left to thank him for taking care of Maggie for us. He put her in her kennel Sunday night and even took her outside before school Monday. We were so grateful that he did that. And I think Maggie was too. She loves him and loves that he is always willing to play soccer with her.
Tuesday March 27 was hard. Hard going back to school. After it ended, Josue needed a ride home so he ended up just coming with me. We went with my mom to the vet and brought Maggie along for the ride. Then we both fell asleep on the couch and he went home after eating dinner with us.
Wednesday March 28 I got to sleep in a little because we didn't have health careers today. Though I didn't get to as long as I would've liked, it worked out. Because I ended up with a breakfast date to steak n shake with Marlee.
Then fourth period I got to leave with JD and go to our last week at rotary. I will miss being a part of their meetings.
The rest of the night I have spent trying to get stuff done. I napped. Then ran some errands and worked on a project and a scholarship and some english homework and watched Jeopardy with the fam and am finally caught up again on my blog! Yay! Yay for this being my 100 post. Though I wish I wrote more about my blog itself and how much I love it and all that it does for myself, I am so happy I got to write about The Lord's Pantry (with Josue-bonus!) and about my trip to SLU.
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