a typical day

date 04.10.05

the boys get up at 5:00 to get ready for school. jose, chico and i get up anywhere between 8 and 9. the first thing i do is have coffee. the washing machine is almost always already going and goes continually until we go to bed. i cook various meals for various people at various times throughout the day. i never know when someone will come home and want food. if i'm not cooking, i'm doing dishes or laundry. once the laundry is done you hang it on the line outside and take it in when it rains, and this happens off and on several times throughout the day. if there is room you hang the clothes on the lines in one of the bedrooms. with the heat and the humidity it's like living in a sauna. when the boys get home from school i wash their uniforms and before they go to bed each one irons their own uniform and polishes their own shoes.

in august i was able to spend a couple of hours each day reading but the music in the house this week has been full volume i'm sure making it very difficult to concentrate on reading.

church is every tuesday, thursday, saturday and sunday. it's not at all like nh so i will definitely miss nh. everyone prays out loud at the same time.

i talk to god all throughout the day, he is my constant companion, but i come into my room each day to pray and the family understands my need to worship in private.

jose and danny say i am like their 2nd mom. they are all so very sweet to me. who would've thought that after all these years on my own i would actually enjoy all this cooking and cleaning, etc.