Hello fellow readers! I was chatting with some of my girlfriends on Saturday and they were telling me that I HAD to read Dear John before I saw the movie coming up in February. So, I obliged and have already finished the book! The author is Nicholas Sparks and I have decided I like the way he writes. He truly paints a picture for the reader, I could see each of the scenes in vivid images because of his writing. I really did like the book (love, special education, autism, troops, 9/11... what's not to like?). In the book (no spoilers I promise) Savannah, the heroine, is a special education major and is in North Carolina to work for Habitat for Humanity for the summer. When I read that I stopped and thought about the mission work I used to do with my church and my heart ached for that again. So I decided to be proactive! I am tired of being a person that says she wants to do something, gets really excited about it but then fails to do so. So right then at 1:30 in the morning I looked up the Dallas Habitat for Humanity and signed up! When I have a free weekend (I know.. that is saying a lot!) I will email the volunteer coordinator and then she tells me where to go! I am REALLY excited about this! ALSO, while I was on the website I saw that they have a global village, these are trips to everywhere in the world that has Habitat for Humanity communities. I was going to sign up for Poland but it turns out the dates won't work for me, so I have applied for Oregon and Alaska! I just told myself, Jennifer when the heck are you going to have another opportunity like this? You have the money and the time and no commitments, get the heck out of town and go help people! And hopefully if they pick me that is exactly what I will do! :-)
Here are some sites in case you want to go on a Habitat for Humanity Global Village trip:
http://www.habitat.org/gv/
Also, we think we have found our Mediterranean Cruise!
http://www.hollandamerica.com/find-cruise-vacation/CruiseDetails.action?startDate=&durationCode=&noOfFlexibleMonths=1&portCode=&shipCodeSearch=&flexibleMonths=false&pageNumber=0&endDate=&voyageCode=I033&destCode=E&dateCode=
I am crazy excited about it! We are going to do a few extra days in Rome before the cruise as well!
Another thing going on in my life is that starting in February I am going to be back on the job search. It's looking pretty tough out there, most school districts aren't even having career fairs, so prayers would be greatly appreciated! I know that I am qualified, I just hope that I get a job where I want to be.
OH! About my job right now, in case you haven't seen on facebook I got a grade 2 concussion at work the Thursday we came back from the break. I don't think I can go into details on here so if you want to know call me :-) but I am finally going to be able to go back to work this Friday. I am very happy about that because as I am sure you know, I'm not very good at laying around and resting.
I have decided that I am going to read more! I LOVE reading and because of work I haven't been reading since this summer and I decided enough is enough, I need to enjoy my life and not be consumed by my job. I went to Barnes & Noble today and bought several books. I am VERY excited about my selections and I will write reviews about them when I am done with each. :-)
I don't have a full update on Mom, we meet with the doctor tomorrow to get the results from the scan. This is the first scan since we found out about the cancer coming back. I'll let you know the results. :-)
I know there are a lot of smilies and "excited" statements in here, I have just decided that life is what you make of it and I am not going to dwell on the crappy things that have happened in the past 8 months. I am going to make my life what I want it, a life that helps others and focuses on learning about the world.
Love you all and I hope you are doing well! :-)
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