A new week

I am very hopeful that this week will be a better one than last week.  I really don't like this feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach associated with going to work that I had last week and that I have again this morning!  I'm hoping we will be able to get back to doing the work that got us all the jobs we have in the first place.  And I hope that there hasn't been anything cataclysmic since I left there last week!

Yesterday's mass readings were really inspiring.  The first reading spoke to me deeply:

But do you gird your loins;

stand up and tell them
all that I command you.
Be not crushed on their account,
as though I would leave you crushed before them;
for it is I this day
who have made you a fortified city,
a pillar of iron, a wall of brass,
against the whole land:
against Judah’s kings and princes,
against its priests and people.
They will fight against you but not prevail over you,
for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.

I'm going to take that as a promise that all will go well today and this week.

We had a really nice weekend.  On Friday, I came straight home after my intern day instead of running errands.  Rebecca and I spent the afternoon baking chocolate chip cookies.  Rebecca is so much help cooking and baking, and she was very excited about the cookies.  Lots of why and what kind questions though.  "Why you put that in?"  "What kind of choc-nate chips?"  "What kind of Crisco?" "Why you keep stirring and stirring?" 

Friday evening, Ramy and I had agreed to work at the Knights of Columbus' Clergy Night.  Our volunteering to help in any capacity needed landed us a job doing dishes!  We dried dishes (others on our team were scraping, washing, rinsing, and moving them from place to place) from 7:00 until well after 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, we slept in and then had a leisurely morning at home.  On Sunday, we went to 7:30 a.m. mass, and then we got a quick breakfast at Corner Bakery.  We had lunch at my favorite, Louise's Trattoria and investigated whether their Pasadena restaurant would be a good location for my celebratory graduation dinner/lunch.  EEEEEEEE!!!!!  Afterwards, we went to Santa Anita mall so I could make some exchanges.  Then we just did random household stuff in the evening and got ready for the week.  It was a relaxing weekend, but it certainly passed too quickly.