I am falling behind everywhere in life, and it wasn't until I went to post last night that I realized just how far behind I am here! My apologies to my loyal readers. Here is the rest of my spring break story:
*A lot of my adventures in STL had to do with food or coffee or tea. Ana and I visited our old haunt, Kayak's Coffee, which is much more pleasant at 9am than 6:30am. I caught up with my former boss at another coffee shop and studied with Em at a third. And by "studied," I mean we both did enough reading to justify talking about life, school, boys, and feminism for most of the time. We visited a cute retro diner with homemade catsup and old-fashioned soda and a gelateria (poor choice to give up sweets for Lent!)
*Ana and I spent a good deal of time looking for a bridesmaid dress: she is in Meemaw's wedding this fall. We finally found one through Pintrest of all places!
*Em and I went for lots of walks, including to the zoo and a park near her and Byrd's new house. They live in an intentional community in a house that resembles our old volunteer house. Apparently, there was a time when that's how they built nun houses.
*Em and Byrd live next door to an adult day-care with a chapel that holds Adoration weekly -- which happened to coincide with the time I was at their house. So Em and I stopped in to say hi to Jesus. Only when I walked in and saw the monstrance with the San Damiano crucifix in the background did I realize how much I missed having Adoration available literally all the time, as well as meditating on that cross.
*I drove by the school where Ana and I volunteered, although I did not stop in. I was going to, but I chickened out about contacting anyone there. During the drive, I discovered the power of classical conditioning: as soon as I saw the building two blocks down from our school, I got this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that was exactly the same as how I felt getting out of Ana's car each day during my VSC year.
*I got used to living with Ana way too fast. It made it hard to leave. Ana and I dreamed up a small business plan. If it goes into action, I'll leave the world of theology and come to Saint Louis to make it real with Ana. I know it's a castle in the air, but it was fun to dream up. And I love that city and even more those girls!
*I hate leaving people and places that I love.
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