Ok, well, not so sunny. But still amazing as I am spending a week with my family in Jacksonville. I am here with Mishi and my Brana Bear. I only have a few more days with them - and then I won't be seeing them again until next June when I come back to the states for my month off. It is hard to think about not seeing them for so long...especially Brana. Kids change so fast. She is such a fun little sprite. She loves to hug and kiss and hold your hand and she her mantra is, "Doda, play with me!!!" Any of you out there who have met her know how good she is to be around.
[update - she just woke up and came to cuddle next to me and watch morning cartoons while I write to all of you:)]
So, just a few things before i go start my day with them...
When I got my car checked out a few weeks ago they told me I needed a new battery within 2-3 weeks. I figured I could get one in cuse since i ran out of time and was rushed in GSO...you might be able to guess where this is going. I stopped about an hour into my drive to sleep for 20 minutes so I didnt drive off the road and actually make it to Israel. So I pulled off into a Food Lion Parking lot...long story short, my car was completely dead. I don't know why I was so amused at my situation, but I absolutely was. A nice woman helped me get to a car place and the mechanic drove me back out to my car and fixed me up. What I found so amusing was that I managed to break down in the parking lot of a supermarket. It could have been at the rest stop in West Virginia with no one else there and only equipped with toilets that smelled and didn't work...but no...it was at a supermarket in a town where I could get help...maybe I was amused because I was utterly exhausted and I needed to laugh because my heart was heavy after leaving my life at the academy. It has been an exhausting week.
On Thursday my girls left..it was impossibly sad to see all their rooms empty on Thursday night...and then to say goodbye to Nancy and Andy and Ariella...I miss them so much...
On Wednesday was the last night with the students, I staffed the lock in, hung out with the students all night...i took my girls out as a suprise with Andy and Nancy...we went to see their new house and to an all night diner called Herbie's - complete with an old bug attached to the front...i will tell y'all more about it when I can get my computer connected to the internet and post pics.
For now, I am going to go and play with my sweet sweet niece and enjoy the rest of my time with them. I head back to cuse to be with folks there on Friday. Beach tomorrow. I love the water:).
much love to you all
ps - as i went to baggage claim in the jacksonville airport i noticed that they had, not a chapel, but what they called a "meditation space" set aside...I thought that was interesting...chew on that for a while:)
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