Today was a good day...as far as getting more sleep. We didn't have a priest in the convent chapel and since school has not started we were allowed to sleep in until 7:00 a.m.
Got up and had time for a non-rushed shower, etc. Prayed my Lauds privately and the bell rang for breakfast. In the dining room we have our own designated place. I wrote the names of the Sisters that sit near me so that I can call them by name: Martha, Vicki, Aurora, Patti, me and the Superior General who is still out on vacation in the USA--her name is Madre Alicia. The tables are long, so then there is: Elena, Martha Fabiola, Lupita, Bernarda, Mayra, Irma. They are so nice.
For breakfast we had: fruit (always plenty of fruit available), hot oatmeal, scrambled eggs, beans, tortillas, and cafe de la olla (delicious coffee with cinnamon and hot milk). We just had lunch after our "Visit to the Blessed Sacrament" which lasts 15 min. We gather at 1:45 and pray some beautiful prayers...many directed to the Sacred Heart of Jesus because He is their patron...and then we have a brief examination of conscience and then the bell rings for lunch. For lunch: a round slice of pineapple first. Then a piece of fish (wrapped and baked in foil), beans, a potato salad and a piece of birthday cake for dessert--it was Sister Lupita's birthday.
Ordinarily we will be getting up at 5:00 a.m. Lauds and Mass at 6:00, breakfast at 6:30, leave for school at 6:45. School is 15 min away and it starts at 7:00 a.m. We will return at 3:30. We will eat lunch then. At 6:30 is Vespers (evening prayers). At 7:00 is dinner and after dinner I will try to teach E.S.L. (English as a Second Language) to those Sisters who wish to learn English. I have a list of "volunteers" already. By 10:00 pm go to sleep.
Every Thursday at 6:30 to 7:30 we will have a Holy Hour. We eat dinner and after dinner we will pray "Complines". Saturdays and Sundays we will have pretty much the same schedule except we will rise at 7:00 a.m. and pray at 8:15 a.m.
I have not gotten ill with the food because I am faithfully drinking Airborne daily. Monica Sandoval recommended I do that instead of avoiding food or being so very careful. So far so good.
I love the Sisters. They are so very nice. There is a Sister with the beginning of Alzheimers and she just follows me and asks me if I am OK and if I have any needs. She walks all over town--FAST!
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