A busy work week.

Talk about a busy week. I ended up working every day of the week which was a little crazy but I'm surviving it thus far. It'll be nice to have my regular schedule this coming week. There's really not too much to talk about pertaining to work or rather there's so much to talk about I don't even know where to begin. Let's just say there's never a dull moment while I'm working. You just never know what the residents are going to say or act.

One highlight of the week is definitely the annual auction for the student El Salvador trip. As I mentioned last week, I had offered to cook a Malaysian dinner. I honestly did not know how much people were planning to bid on. The bid started at $250 and ended up at $900! Yup, people for some reason or another were willing to pay that much for a Malaysian dinner. I was approached by one of the auction organizer and asked if I would be willing to double the dinner and I said why not. So, two families ended up with Malaysian dinners worth $800 each. Talk about raising some serious dough for the students. I'm definitely excited because I know both the people who won the dinner and we'll have a blast for sure.

After the dinner, I was supposed to meet up with Joel at a concert at Drake. For some reason or another, I thought the concert was at 8PM. It was 7:30PM! So, I missed a good 25 minutes of the concert which kind of bummed me out, BUT it was truly an amazing concert. Talk about one of the most talented string quartet around. Now I know why the group won a Grammy last year. I will most certainly pay to go see the Turtle Island String Quartet play again. Individually, they are accomplished musicians in their own right, but to see them play together was outstanding. Joel and I agreed that it was the best concert of the season so far.

Today (Sunday), I sang with the 2nd Sunday Group and Dan preached as the deacon. We did a fine job singing but I was most impressed with Dan's homily. Dan has always been an engaging individual and it showed in his homily. There was a good mix of humor and theology in his homily. I'm so very happy and proud of Dan after knowing him and seeing him mature all these years. His ordination next year will be a blast for sure. In addition to John and I, Sr. Carola may be joining us. Regardless of who goes to his ordination, we'll all have good time celebrating his ordination.

I guess that's pretty much all the news from me. We'll see what next week holds for me.