what a day

Most of my day was taken up with doctor stuff. Thanks be to God, that's out of the way! In between appointments, however, I found a Barnes and Noble. My intention was to pick up a CD for one of my sister friends in Italy (either the latest "Libera" album, entitled "Free" or the new Karl Jenkins "Requiem"... or is it a Dies Irae?), but this was a small B&N and had no music department. So I just looked around, not at all expecting to use the generous gift certificate I had been given by my superiors as a kind of "thank you" for the presentations I had given the sisters. Well, I walked out with three books and nothing left on the gift card. So it's my vacation reading! (Along with the latest Harry Potter book, which is supposed to be waiting for me in Chicago...) The three books are: Guns, Germs and Steel, by I don't remember whom; A History of God (or something like that) by Karen Armstrong; The Tipping Point by I don't remember. I started this last one and am enjoying it immensely. The implications for evangelization are enormous. When I have read and processed the book a bit, I will write something on that.
Tomorrow is my catch-up day. Hope the weather will be as pleasant as today's--about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. I won't have to camp out on the novices' living room floor tonight.