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birdspiritlandToday wasn't honestly all that interesting. I went to work, did work, and came home a bit early, since the library closed early today.
Yesterday, however, was significantly more interesting.
I went over to PCC Sylvania to hang out with Katrina yesterday. She sits behind a booth and sells her mom's crocheted scarves, hats, and whatnot, and tends to get rather bored. We had a lot of fun chatting, hanging out, and that sort of thing. I heard the story of some of the big, burly guys from where her boyfriend works on Swan Island adopting a litter of kittens that were abandoned there. I still giggle at the mental image. I also felt rather overwhelmed when I went into the Sylvania cafeteria. It's changed a lot since the last time that I was there. I was actually able to have 100% pineapple juice with my food. Let me tell you, it felt as though I had died and gone to Tahiti, or something of the sort. ;) I love watching the people at Sylvania. On the one hand, you have the girl with the leather jacket and shaved head that walked by me; on the other, the beautiful Muslim woman who was veiled head to toe. The only parts of her that were revealed were her hands and her eyes. I love diversity when people-watching.
We left campus a bit early, and went to Katrina's workplace, Mary's Woods. It's in Lake Oswego, right next to Marylhurst University, and it's *huge*. In addition to the retirement village, there's also the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and the Christie School. Katrina's been wanting to show me the main building for some time now, and since I wasn't really doing anything else for the rest of the afternoon, I decided to go with her. The building is beautiful. There's art everywhere, and it's actually good art. As in, not typical nursing home art. I think that my favorite part of the place is the chapel. It was probably built in the 1920s, but still has that old world feeling to the altar area. The tabernacle had its own mantel flanked by candles, and the statues of Mary and Joseph were probably pretty old as well. The stained glass windows don't actually depict religious scenes; instead, they show an artful arrangement of grapes intertwined with wheat. I also got to meet Sister Roswitha, one of the nuns who lives there. She was pretty nifty, I've got to say. I also got to see the dining room that Katrina works in, the kitchen, and the back stairs.
When it was time for me to leave, I went out the door and promptly became hopelessly lost. Like I said, it's a big place. Luckily for me, a nice woman not only gave me directions for where I should be headed, but actually gave me a ride up to the street so that I could catch the bus. I think that the 35 only comes every half hour or so, but I managed to time it just right.
All in all, it was a good day.
Yesterday, however, was significantly more interesting.
I went over to PCC Sylvania to hang out with Katrina yesterday. She sits behind a booth and sells her mom's crocheted scarves, hats, and whatnot, and tends to get rather bored. We had a lot of fun chatting, hanging out, and that sort of thing. I heard the story of some of the big, burly guys from where her boyfriend works on Swan Island adopting a litter of kittens that were abandoned there. I still giggle at the mental image. I also felt rather overwhelmed when I went into the Sylvania cafeteria. It's changed a lot since the last time that I was there. I was actually able to have 100% pineapple juice with my food. Let me tell you, it felt as though I had died and gone to Tahiti, or something of the sort. ;) I love watching the people at Sylvania. On the one hand, you have the girl with the leather jacket and shaved head that walked by me; on the other, the beautiful Muslim woman who was veiled head to toe. The only parts of her that were revealed were her hands and her eyes. I love diversity when people-watching.
We left campus a bit early, and went to Katrina's workplace, Mary's Woods. It's in Lake Oswego, right next to Marylhurst University, and it's *huge*. In addition to the retirement village, there's also the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and the Christie School. Katrina's been wanting to show me the main building for some time now, and since I wasn't really doing anything else for the rest of the afternoon, I decided to go with her. The building is beautiful. There's art everywhere, and it's actually good art. As in, not typical nursing home art. I think that my favorite part of the place is the chapel. It was probably built in the 1920s, but still has that old world feeling to the altar area. The tabernacle had its own mantel flanked by candles, and the statues of Mary and Joseph were probably pretty old as well. The stained glass windows don't actually depict religious scenes; instead, they show an artful arrangement of grapes intertwined with wheat. I also got to meet Sister Roswitha, one of the nuns who lives there. She was pretty nifty, I've got to say. I also got to see the dining room that Katrina works in, the kitchen, and the back stairs.
When it was time for me to leave, I went out the door and promptly became hopelessly lost. Like I said, it's a big place. Luckily for me, a nice woman not only gave me directions for where I should be headed, but actually gave me a ride up to the street so that I could catch the bus. I think that the 35 only comes every half hour or so, but I managed to time it just right.
All in all, it was a good day.
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