The week that was.

After the festivities of CNY, things have calmed down a little which is nice for a change. Our agency was closed on Monday since it was President's Day, and I did not do too much. I hung around the apartment and caught up on some dvds.

Tuesday, I brought some food into the office to share with staff as a CNY celebration. Oh, here's a funny story. So, I picked the food up from the restaurant and on my way back, I knew I had to get some gas. Can you believe my car ran out of gas twenty feet from the gas station?! See, it really doesn't pay to be cheap and to wait until the very last minute to get gas. In all my years of driving, I've never run out of gas before. There's always a first time for everything. So, instead of walking to get gas, I called AAA and told the customer service person where my car was located. She kind of chuckled knowing exactly where the car was because even she commented that the gas station was twenty feet from where my car had stopped. The irony of it all, when AAA called to get the service to me, this was the gas station that brought me the gas, yeah twenty feet from where my car was parked. Heck, I could even see the truck driving towards my car from the gas station. How could one not laugh about the whole situation! When word got out to the staff as to what happened, I brought loads of laughter to them.

Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and I went to Mass at 5PM. Our parish has organized a soup supper and I signed up for it. The students were dishing the soup. There was a pretty good turnout which is always nice. After dinner, I walked over to Drake for the final home game of the Men's Basketball. It was a very exciting and close game. In the end, we won and for the first time in twenty years, we have a winning season. That's a huge accomplishment and something all of us are extremely proud of.

On Friday, the diocese had the Rite of Election down at the cathedral and as the RCIA Coordinator for our parish, I was present with my cathecumens and candidates. It was nice to see so many people welcomed as elect and come Easter will officially be welcomed to the Catholic Church. Overall, it was a nice celebration. There was no Mass, but just the Liturgy of the Word and the Rite of Election itself. John and I went out for dinner after the celebration. Oh, I received the DM Symphony schedule for the 2007/2008 year and it's going to be a good season. We've both decided to sign up for it. With my student discounts, the tickets cost close to nothing.

That's kind of how the week has been. The weather is supposed to be nasty today which is why I'm kind of cooped up in my apartment. Right now, it's raining, but sleet is predicted and soon some snow. So, what that means is that the rain and sleet will soon freeze making it a layer of ice. On top of the layer of ice will be snow. Ice and snow is never a good combination. So, we'll just have to keep track of the weather in the coming hours. I'm actually headed to Ann's place for dinner, but depending on the weather, I may just have to cancel. I don't mind driving in the snow because it can be really fun, but with ice underneath the snow, things are going to be a little dangerous.