Thanksgiving

Today I am mostly thankful for my amazing family and the support we give each other each and every day in whatever situation life throws at us. Also for my amazing friends who are a support to me when I'm so far from home.

Big Plans!

Here it is. I'm now exactly 19 days, 18 hours, and 47 minutes away from take-off. That's right, I'm heading home again. Between now and then I have a few things planned (mainly work really):

Kindergarten and 8th Grade Thanksgiving Mass
Post Thanksgiving Retreat (this weekend)
Confirmation Family Mass and Program (week on Sunday)
Youth Group Meeting (2 weeks Sunday)
Altar Server Training (3 session with 10 kids)
Altar Server supervision (at their first Masses)
Advent Church Prep (decoration changes etc)
Reconciliation (3 sessions where I play the guitar for 2 hour straight)
Numerous Sundry activities including a mountain of admin that I need to do.

When I get home, I'm a little busy too:

Children's Nativity Play at school
Shopping Day with my Mam
Weekend reunion with my second team (they waited until I was home for it)
A few potential (but no details will be given) activities
My newest niece is being Baptised
A tour of various places in the UK to visit friends
Bo's'er to see some of my best friends
My friend Raquela is coming to our house for Christmas
My first Boxing Day in FIVE years (this is huge for my family)
Roma for a week (as usual)
3 days rest
Plane back to SF and back to work.

I have no idea why I documented this here. I suppose it's because the second list is helping me get through the first; the end is nigh and the light at the end of that tunnel is getting brighter and brighter! I can't believe it's been almost a year since I set foot on British soil...

...It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Ok people...

If you believe in God, the power of prayer, pixies, fairy dust, Mother Earth, the power of the Cosmos, it whatever you believe in, I would like to ask a favour.

Please give your prayers, good intentions, spells, or, again, whatever you believe in to my Big Sister on Thursday. It's results day for some tests.

Thank you in advance.

You spin my...

...head right round, right round.
Like a record player,
Right round, round, round!

Dear innocent reader! I'm sorry. You will over the next couple of months be reading about my emotional and personal struggle with my new possible opportunities.

I've been completely inside my head for the past 2 days. I may or may not have an amazing opportunity to go home and do what I love most.

This will be a roller coaster for all of us. I thank you for being my passengers!

What a morning

Life never fails to surprise. I have had such an interesting morning.

I can't say anything about this yet but, lets just say opportunity is knocking and I'm going answer and see where the dirty little temptress takes me.

I'm excited, but also trying to keep it together. I may be able take a step forward in my life, but it will mean change. I'll keep you posted.

Life's a book...

I had a thought today as I took a break and lounged on my sofa reading. It's quite a simple one really. Our lives could be portrayed as a book. Some of them fairytales, others horror stories. Most romantic novels (if we had our own way). I started to think about this. How I actually subconsciously imagined my life like this.

I suppose it really hit me with an email from an old friend. A friend who had shared with me some...indiscretions. Neither of us proud of this, but at the time, well, we're only human. It seems to be that seeing my smiling mug may bring up memories of a time my friend wasn't and isn't proud of. The results being I won't be seeing this person over the Christmas break when I'm back home. This made me sad, it made me feel bad, and most of all, it made think. At the time I thought myself blameless to a certain extent and this simply isn't true. It does go to show that, all things affect your life in ways you never see from your current stand point.

Back to the topic. This is the end of a chapter of my life. I always read eagerly to the end of the chapter, and can't put the book down until I'm at the end of one. The problem with this is that I am so engrossed by this point I just want to keep reading on and on!!

So, my chapter with this person ends. I may occasionally flip back some pages to see what went wrong in this part of the story, my mistakes, to apply them to another chapter in my life. So, it's a sorta sad post today. I didn't intend it to be. I think it's basically me saying goodbye. At least for now. That's the best thing about my book. There are characters that weave in and out of my story at times. I wish this character nothing but a life of happiness and success. Maybe we'll meet up again later in the story and things will be different. But, of course, that depends on the plans of the author.

Anyway, Goodbye my friend. And, good luck. Until we meet again...

Autumn/Fall

I love this time of year.

It's cold and the sun is shining. Such a wonderful feeling of being wrapped up with the sun on your face.

The leaves are browning and falling from the branches, you can kick them as you walk with a smile on your face.

This has put me in a happy mood today. I wasn't in a bad mood to begin with, so it's even better than it was.

I hope you're having a great time (even though its the beginning of the week), and I hope you're looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Wrap up warm, watch the world change, and kick the leaves with a smile on your face. Might change your day.

100

Hey, I reached 100 posts and didn't realise!

Post 101 is pointless.

Past, present, and future.

It started when I met you, it's not changed, only
you have. One of these feelings that somehow
messes with my head and makes all things seem
pointless. If one day I am without you forever I don't
think I could cope. Perhaps we can we can grow closer
again when times are different and I'm not standing on the edge waiting for
you. You will always be a part of what I once was and what
I now want. Take care of you, even if you don't, I
care.

Randomness in words? I don't know.