A Patriot Act

With the economy in the wreck that it's in, I did what any dedicated patriot would do - I went shopping. I got new shoes! Woohoo! I thought of making Kalea proud the whole time I picked them out. One pair are slip-ons with big red flowers and the other pair are shiny black wedges. Go me. They are so fabulous.

Speaking of fabulous: my favorite TBS fire team-mate ("fire teammate"? That sounds and looks wrong, but you get the idea) David gets super snaps for making me smile today. I texted him about how stressed and worried I am about rifle and pistol re-qual, since we were both in the same...sinking...boat at TBS only now he's basically an expert shot (GO DAVID!!..and God!), and he responded,

Every day when I wake up, before I put on my make up, I say a little prayer for
you...

David is truly fabulous. I only hope I can emulate his excellent ways.

Anyway, since we're on the topic of my marksmanship woes, I figured it'd be good to add that today as I was leaving church, I spotted the religious store and stopped in (because I can't resist Catholic shopping). The shopkeeper didn't even realize she had this, but I found a medal of St Gabriel Possenti!!!! Maybe now my rounds will find paper too!

So needless to say I got the medal of St Gabriel Possenti and one of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (for obvious reasons...and also because I conveniently consecrated my commission to her). I would've gotten a St Jude medal since he's the patron saint of hopeless cases, but I already have a blessed keychain of him which I'll have in my pocket for qual day.

I'm gonna attempt to attach the two medals to my scapular now. I know if I attached medals of all the saints I ask for prayers in my Marine Corps career, my scapular will look like a necklace of puka shells.

Off the top of my head: Jude, Joan of Arc, Sebastian, Isidore, Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas Aquinas, Michael, Therese the Little Flower....I know I'm missing some obvious big ones...I also adore St Augustine but I've never found a medal of him...