15 hours away from the monastery: a breather!

Monastic life is not at all that boring afterall for yesterday was a day to reckon with, because it was the day when i had to go to town to attend to lots of things.... attend to my dental appointment with Dr Roxanne Collins at El Rito Medical Dental Clinic; do errands for the community brothers,shopping for my medical and dental supplies good for three months, and leisure time with two of my monk-brothers: Dom Anton and Dom Marcus.



Our first station was at El Rito district and we arrived at 9:30Am. So, my itinerary began with my very charming dentist Dr Roxxi, an American Irish dentist ( she wants me to call her by that nickname - and she is still single) who does dental prophylaxis and dental check-up every three months.



the next station we went to was our community's Monk's Corner gifshoppe in Sta Fe. It is an-hour drive from El Rito. We got in the store exactly 12:20Pm from El Rito. Dom Anton had to pick up his incense materials and i had to do errands for our giftshop at the monastery.



Since it was lunchtime already, we decided to take our lunch in Panty Restaurant located at Cerillos Road just nearby the Monk's Corner giftshoppe. We enjoyed our beef steak (nyahahahahahahaahahah-- i get to eat red meat once in every three months- that is, once I go to town for my next regular dental check-up, LOL).



After that sumptuos dinner at Pantry's, we dropped by Whole Foods Market for some personal stuffs we had to pick up. I got my Natural-based Vitamins and organic medicines for my slight pains brought about by tendenitis, (but i am not worried about it since it's just so mild i can still move my elbows comfortably). Anton and Marcus got their vitamins, too.



At this particular time, i really and practically lost track of my timepiece for i became so engrossed with my favorite next stop: Best Buy -where i got my new toy: a brand-new Sony Cybershot DSC W-55!



After Best Buy, we headed back to Espanyola City, a forty-five minute drive from Sta Fe and we went to Wal-Mart for the community brother's errands.Dom Marcus and me while doin our back-to-back shopping for the community brothers.



Dom Anton was telling Carlo to make a good one shot; oh by the way, Carlo is Bro Thomas Aquinas, ObSB (Oblate of St Benedict) our very own Filipino oblate who lives nearby Wal-Mart. When he learned that we were in town, ( Marcus called him while we were heading back to Espanyola) he immediately headed to Wal-Mart to meet and join us in our shopping.



the two monks took charge of the goods we bought at the payment counter, while Carlo intently observed them.



The time was 7:00Pm when we finally finished with our Wal-mart thing and loaded the stuff we bought in the car. Since our arrival to the monastery would be around 8:00PM, and by then, there would be no more food left for us, we agreed to take our supper at Carlo's place since it's just a few meters away from Wal-mart. Me and Marcus had to go back to Wal-mart to buy chicken and sodas for our supper. WE proceeded afterwards to carlo's house.



Shortly after supper, the three decided to make a last hurrah before going back to the monastery, and that is: a sing-along at carlo's videoke set! I did not sing! I went to the CR instead, while the three did their best performance of the night nyahahahaha!





The day ended when we left Carlo's place at 8:20Pm, headed to the canyons and arrived back to the Monastery at 9:30Pm. It was such a very short day! ...and it was indeed the best one for me because the best thing that happened to me on this day was my: