OCIA Returns

This post was from Thursday evening. I forgot to post it. Ooops!

After having my pupils dilated this morning, my vision was like looking through a drop of water, very distorted and ultrabright and blurry. So, when we had OCIA (Catholic lessons for adults) tonight, I had a few problems copying from the whiteboard. 

We learned a few things though. Even Dennis claims to have learned some things about his faith. For instance, we learned that there is a difference between Sisters and Nuns. Nuns are primarily cloistered (kept separately and in private in convents that are not open to the public, and they have a vow of total poverty. Sisters can inherit some property that is kept in the Church's accounts and Sisters can mingle with the public, doing God's work in schools, hospitals and other areas, while nuns are kept isolated and silent. Nuns may only see family members every few years in some instances, and even then, only through a veil.

We were discussing Mary, the Mother of Jesus and how she was born without Original Sin and died but was "assumed" body and soul into Heaven, still a virgin. 

We discussed a little comparison between Catholicism and Protestantism and how the Protestants came to be separated from the Catholic faith. It was all very interesting.

The weather all day was chilly and rainy. The chill went right through my bones. I couldn't get warm enough. I wore a hoodie to class tonight and my legs were still chilly. But I'm glad I went, even though I was tempted to stay home and warm.

Tomorrow, we'll be taking a road trip to Salina to pick up some insulin at my endocrinologist's office. Dennis has a little shopping to do too. Hopefully, the weather will be a little better.

Maizie has been a little pill today. She grabbed one of Dennis' handkerchiefs and tore a big hole in it. Then she grabbed a small box of Immodium out of my pill box and chewed that up. I need to find a spot to hide my pills during the day

I need to sort my books and magazines tomorrow and find a home for the ones I don't plan to keep. I have a lot of catalogs and magazines and instructional books in totes and boxes.

I'd like to open a little library box in our front yard, but not sure if there are rules about that kind of thing, so I'll wait until I know for sure if I'll get into trouble.

Anyone know how to stay out of trouble with books?