hello!!!!!!!!! SORRY there haven't been more entries. but thank you thank you thank you to ALL who are leaving comments. You have NO IDEA how much they make my day!!!
So today is my first "not so great day." It's my first day off, and it's POURING rain and windy and cold. So, I bought myself a box of "hob nobs" ate them, then took a nap.
This work here is NOT for the faint of heart. I FOOLISHLY thought I'd be walking to the beach EVERY DAY. HA!, I say....Ha!!! Who's got the TIME????? Anyway, I HAVE played and sung now at the services (twice a day: 9 AM and 9 PM). These services are helping me to keep my sanity. ONE of the reasons, I'm sure, the monks deal with community life. I am in a room with four other women - I have a cozy little "nook" near the window which I've nested in very nicely. So, community life....NOT a day at the beach...this is a very hard to live....the constant interaction with your work team, your roomates and the guests is EXHAUSTING. I'm in this idyllic setting and I haven't gotten much farther than across the street to the Abbey! Yesterday, FINALLY, I had a chance to sit on a rock on a beach...it was good. I highly recommend it.
The shifts I've been working usually start at 9:30 (following the morning service - a GREAT way to start the day) and go through lunch until 2:30. Then again from 5-7. Occassionally, I will work from 7 - 2:30. YESTERDAY I worked a "half day:" 9:30 - 2:30. I REALLY enjoyed it. I will get one full day and one half day off per week...and I will love EVERY minute of them!!
I see by the timer that I need to go! I only have enough cash for this brief entry! Hey, I'd love to hear from you - just send me a goofy post card! Send it to me, The Iona Community, Isle of Iona, Argyll, Scotland, PA766SN.
I promise I will write back! Continue to have a great summer and know that I am REALLY missing all of you LOADS! cheers and love! mary out.
3 comments:
I know I miss you bunches, girlfriend.. Lots of stuff to gab about when you get back.. Give Joanne a hug from me and her buddy - Steff. And get a hug from Joanne from me.
We're all fine. We got through our first Father's Day unscathed. The girls are remarkable. Laura has a new job at Monroe ambulance. She's going to get certified as an EMT. Steffi is her usual unaffected goofy self.
You are missed... But I'm glad you are having such and adventure.. Very cool...
Lori
I decided I needed a little beach today so I sorted some of my tiny Columba's Bay pebbles into a dish for my desk at work;now with just a glance I can be transported back to the surf and stones of Iona!! Even when the sun doesn't shine just touching and looking at the stones reminds me that SOMEWHERE there's plentiful warmth and sunshine!! I hope some of it's coming your way soon! Hang in there......XOXOXO
Thinking of you on this longest day of the year and hoping it's not raining where you are so you can truly enjoy it.
Sorry you don't have any privacy. Somehow I thought you'd have your own cell for hours of daily contemplation...
We just cooked the Zweigles Jim brought back, and had our nightly picnic on the porch. It's been very beautiful here with a bird in our tree that sings just for us every day.
Sorry I don't have a clever nick name! Miss you lots!
Love,
Paula
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