Had a super productive day today, felt good! Cleaned the entire basement, including the bathroom; got all caught up with church liturgical and pastoral council-related tasks; got all caught up on email and other correspondence; and after eight months, finally nuked Henrietta's gaming PC's ancient Windows 10 installation for Windows 11.

Tomorrow will be a day to catch up on reading and video games!

Our family was asked to potentially host a fourteen year-old foreign exchange girl from Spain, for ten months. We are currently discerning: we're definitely feeling that tug in our hearts, and we even have a practical way to re-arrange the sleeping so that she would get her own bedroom. She loves playing piano so I'd give her my MIDI keyboard for her room; she loves pets-- we have five cats, and myriad chickens; she loves to read-- so do all of us. And she is a super devout Catholic-- so she could get involved with us in our church, and would literally never miss a single Sunday obligation.

I think I'm going to ask for the application, and we'll see where God leads us.

I also wanted to share the following model-- the four characteristics of sin: It is subtle; It distorts our judgement; It will escalate to something bigger; It cascades through generations. The four characteristics of virtue: It is subtle; It affirms our judgement; It wil escalate to something bigger; It cascades through generations.

Tonight before I go to bed, I am going to do some in-depth examination of conscience in preparation for confession on Sunday. I think I'll look at the virtues, and perhaps the beatitudes.