1 - i'm not a very good flyer anymore. on my flight too kc, i had a serious case of motion sickness. on my way back, all i could do was think about getting off of the plane. it's weird. i never use to be bothered by planes, but the last few times i've flown, it's been torturous. hopefully, this - like my positive feelings toward having bangs - will pass.
2 - the world would be a much better place if we all knew which of the following categories our friends/family/coworkers/adversaries/etc. fell into: phone person or not a phone person. i, as many of you could testify, am definitely a phone person. i LOVE talking to people on the phone and tend to panic if my cell is not within reach at all times during the day. apparently, there are people in the world who do not like to whittle away their days by chatting on the phone and apparently i am friends/related to quite a few of those people. so all those times i thought you people were irritated with me or bored with what i was saying, you really just wanted to get off the phone before it molded to your ear. hmm.
3 - i only seem to like young children if i am related to them or if they belong to my oldest and dearest friends. for example, i spent all weekend with my cousin's kiddos whom i heart with the biggest heart possible. within 10 minutes of them dropping me off at the airport, i was surrounded by strangers' kids roughly about the same age and i quickly became THAT lady at the airport who glares at the mom who should totally be doing a better job of shushing her child when she cries because her ears hurt or the woman who totally rolls her eyes in judgment at the mother who let her two children sit by themselves on the plane while she and her hubby snuggled in another row totally ignoring the kid who was banging his toy cars together incessantly while i was trying to read a mary higgins clark book. HOW DARE HE BE - gasp - A CHILD. :) i'm NOT that lady normally, which is why i am amused at how limited my patience with these random children was.
4 - God leads you in the right direction. ever since i quit my job in kc two years ago, i've been bothered by the continuous question of "did i do the right thing?" not that i am not happy at the place where i've ended up, but i guess you always have those moments of self-doubt . . . especially when you have to leave students as amazing as those i left behind in kc and especially when your choice moves you away from family you completely cherished being near. so. questions beget answers, even if those answers are two years in coming. yesterday i spoke with a friend connected to my situation in kc and in hearing her experiences over the last year, i finally saw clearly that God did guide me in making the best decision.
5 - hanging out at joy's kitchen table is still one of my favorite things to do. ice cold dr peppers and yummy guacamole. what could be better?
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