Randomness

So, today I am sick, it is no fun to be sick. I got up this morning and opened the center from 5-9 am. Then, I came home put on sweats and fell asleep on my couch until my alarm clock went off. Why, because I needed to go to a meeting. Needless to say I am sick and somehow managed to put in a 6 hour day.

I will get to where I am going with this at some point. After my afternoon meeting there was nothing on TV. So, I was looking on itunes for something to watch. This past Friday, I went out to dinner with Naoko who is a super sweet Japanese lady. I know her because she was one of Allison's students and we like her so much she became a good friend.

I promise, I will tie it all together. Naoko was asking about my blog while we were at the Gyoza house (yay!). She was interested in my story about the clothes drive and asked if I had seen the movie Kite Runner. My answer, no I had not seen the movie, but yes I had picked up the book, got distracted and never finished.

Back to today, I rented Kite Runner on itunes. What a powerful story. Now that I sent so many clothes to AFG, I have a strange connection with the place. I will probably never go there and to tell you the truth I do not even know if I have even met an Afghan person. Random.

For some reason I am compelled to help out...my latest AFG donation. For my birthday my family asked what I would like. Really, I don't need anything, so I told them money. Funny thing is I didn't want the money for me, I wanted it to buy vitamin. Yes, again for the AFG children and expected mothers. I purchased 60 bottles of children's vitamins and 10 bottles of prenatals. I am not sure why but there was a limit of 10 bottles of prenatals per customer? I guess it is like Meth heads and iodine, humanitarians and vitamins...don't know. I just may have sent up a few red flags.

Below I added a video from over the summer of the kindergarten group from work. When the kiddos sing this song it always gives me chills. What a great future they have ahead. My hope is that even a few bottles of vitamins, will give the AFG children hope. In turn making the future better for us all. After all, no matter how good, bad or indifferent a country is the children will grow-up to be the future leaders of the world.




~J

"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope"

-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

No Coffee

On Monday I decided that I was going to quit drinking coffee cold turkey. Not only coffee, but I am not going to substitute it was anything. NO, soda or tea.

So, why? I was drinking about a pot of coffee a day. Yes, like the 12 cup pot of coffee. I figured that cannot be good for me. Wow, rocket scientist thinking. ha. 2 days into it and I can tell you it is rough, at about 2pm my head is screaming. "Give Me Coffee!!" in the tune of a massive head ache.

Am I going to give up coffee forever? No, just for a bit, when I feel like I can only drink a cup or two a day I will drink my beloved coffee. Yes, I am a caffeine addict. :)

Thankful

I am such a lucky person, I have the best friends and the best family anyone could ever ask for.

Work has been a challenge. I have been working a lot and there does not seem to be much light at the end of the big long tunnel. Even with all that I have to say I am very, very, thankful for all my wonderful friends and family.

Today, I went to my mailbox and there was a Christmas card from Aimee (lives on Kwaj), a birthday card and beautiful necklace from Aunt Weezy and Uncle Joel (they live at home in OR) and a just because card from CaSandra (Lives in WY). Each card was very different from the others, but all I could think was, I am so thankful. That was just one day too, all the cards I get from everyone make me so thankful... and although I am thankful, I am not good at returning the favor of sending cards. oops!

Here are some pictures from lately: Scott's going away at Barbacoa

Scott, Mark, Chris, Patrica, 1Sgt (Rick), Gia (sp?), Lewis (don't know his 1st name) and me. Well on our way to drinking to much wine on a school night.

Weekend at Disney for Jeanette and Dave's sons Deion's 16th birthday.
Me, May, Alex, Maraina, Tony, Jeanette and Dave.

I was the chaperone in a room with 5, 16-18 year old girls... wow I walked away with some information, it was so much fun!

Tulips at Disney

Jeanette and I

That's all from here for now....

J

"It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart"
-unknown