Sure am glad to have 2 days off in a row. I spent most of the day at Mission of Hope, working the phones. I always enjoy myself there... I never really know what's going to be happening each day. Today I talked to one of the local news anchors three times... the guy was panicking because one of our guys was supposed to be on his show in 30 minutes and hadn't gotten to the studio yet. It worked out ok... I turned on the TV and saw that he made it. It was sorta funny as it was all unfolding, though. I really love how the ministry just keeps growing. We expect to help about 14,000 kids this year. Sweet!
Don and I don't have big plans for Thanksgiving. We both have to work on Friday so we can't leave town to celebrate with our families, and since we don't have anyone here to get together with, we figured we'd hang out in our pajamas, eat frozen lasagna, and decorate the house for Christmas. Last year I didn't have the motivation to dig out all of my Christmas stuff, and all we had up was a Christmas tree with straggly lights and nothing else. I promised Don that we'd do better this year, so we'll see how it goes.
Am I the only grown woman in the country who still loves Kool-Aid? Most days, I'd rather have that than anything else. I am such a dork!!
Don got the book "A Treasure's Trove" some time ago, and neither one of us got anywhere with deciphering the clues to find the tokens leading to the jewels. I checked the status of the tokens tonight on the website and saw that they'd all been found. 2 of them were only 2-3 hours from here. Arrrrghhhh.... I should've tried harder!
Sometimes I still can't believe that I put up with the nursing home as long as I did. How did I manage that for so long? Life is actually fun again, and I can't believe I ever let myself buy into the belief that the money I was making was so much more important than our happiness. I saw a segment on a news show today about a couple who gave up their careers to work as houseparents at a ranch for troubled kids. The husband and wife both said that even though they sacrificed their financial dreams, they were overwhelmingly happy and excited about the path their lives are taking, and they wouldn't have it any other way. I could easily see me and Don doing something like that. Maybe we should. ??? I don't know. We're young! The doors have been thrown wide open for us... now it's just a matter of me trusting God to lead us through.
