Well, today, Sunday, January 02, 2011, felt like a weekday as we got up early and the Sisters started the whole routine of getting the old folks up and dressed for 7:00 a.m. Mass. Poor people, they get up and run, run to get dressed and they are rushed into chapel. After Mass they run, run to eat breakfast and quick get them out to the porches to sit all day! The staff changes all the bedding daily: blankets, sheets, everything! They keep running but the old people sit. They get fed again at 2:00 p.m. and at 5:00 they get a snack and get put to bed by 6:00 p.m. There is no rehabilitation, no TV, no radio, no nothing. The folks who are ambulatory will walk around and around the long corridors.
This morning one lady decided she did not want to live anymore. She started shutting down slowly: no eating, no opening her eyes. Sister Ana Maria recognized the signs. After our lunch Sister left to go get her ready. My heart goes out to them.
The other four Sisters left to go visit someone and the director asked Sister Ana Maria to stay in charge of the home. Wow! Just like that. There was no discussion. The young, junior Sister who knows how to turn the computer on so that I can have wireless access left without turning it on for me. I tell you, there is no religious community on earth that is perfect! Sister won’t tell me where to turn it on because she said it was very dangerous due to the fire in the computer room they had not long ago.
I did laundry (on Sunday!!) and sat and embroidered my dish towels. I prayed this morning for a good while. I have the sample letter ready for the vicar here in Guanajuato. I need to email it to Sister Charlene for her approval…if only I had internet.
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