Another One!!

Okay, I know I have posted already today, but here I am again!! I'm heading out to my parents house in the morning and I don't know if I will be able to post while I am there, so I wanted to get one last post in. If I can post while I'm there, I definitely will!!

Today turned out to be a really great day! I dropped my car off to get it inspected around 9 a.m. and the guy told me it wouldn't be ready until after 1. I had to walk home (or wait for 4 hours!), which I thoroughly enjoyed!! Its about a 15-20 minute walk, but it was such a nice morning I didn't care how long it took! Plus, I pass my fruit stand on the way, so I got some oranges (hopefully they will help with my cold..which is sadly getting worse) and then headed home. As you read earlier, I got a ton done in the morning and went to pick up my car around 2.

That is where the real fun began!! I needed to take 6 kids uniform shopping, and since school starts on Monday, it had to be done today. My original plan (before I waited until the last minute) was to take the kids in sets of 2 (they are actually 3 sets of siblings, so it would have been easy to do) so I wouldn't be stressed out. Instead, I took all 6 kids, representing 4 different schools, to shop for uniforms 4 days before school starts. Not one of my brightest ideas...

Everyone got uniforms though!! Actually, other than being very squished in the car (I really need a mini van), we all had fun!! The kids laughed and were very cooperative and everyone helped everyone else find what they needed. Bonita turned out to be the problem as she was VERY picky about what she liked...and what she did like was not in her size. We decided to have a little competition to see who could find pants that Bonita liked the fastest and Pedro and Miguel won (we were in teams). It took a little while to find everyone things that fit (of course all of the kids are odd sizes), but we did it!!!

After I dropped the kids off I headed home to do some laundry. I think I have now washed everything I own. As much as I was dreading the Laundromat, it wasn't too bad (other than the money it cost!). I washed everything I needed to in about 2 hours. Pretty Sweet!!

So, now my house is clean, I am organized and I am heading home!! I had hoped to be in NC already, but I'm glad I finished things up here before I left. It will make coming back so much nicer. I am really looking forward to going home though...especially now that I am sick. My mommy can take care of me!!

Here is my schedule for the next week or so:

Friday, Sept. 7- drive (with Gizmo) to South Boston, VA; pick up my mom and head to Washington, NC
Friday night-Tuesday Sept. 11- Hang out in Washington
Tuesday Sept. 11- drive to South Boston, VA; drop mom off and head back to Philly
Wednesday, Sept. 12- Fly to Knoxville, TN for AIM training
Thursday, Sept. 13- drive (actually ride with my friend Sara) to Asheville, NC for AIM Staff Conference
Friday, Sept. 15- fly back to Philly

Whew that's a lot of traveling!!! The good thing is, all of the destinations will be providing me with rest, relaxation, family, friends and fun! Yay!! I am really hoping to post some pictures of my parents' new place, the town is so beautiful!! I really really want to go for a run around the lake, so pray that I feel better soon!!

Here is another crazy thing that happened that I could definitely use prayer for. I was talking to a friend tonight who lives in the area and I was telling her about my part time job with AIM. She didn't realize that I was having to work in addition to working at the church and was really upset about that. Suddenly, she came up with 3 different ways that she thinks her church might be able to support me! She got really excited about it and is going to make some phone calls tomorrow. I don't want to get my hopes up, but it all sounds so exciting. So, PRAY!!! We'll see what God does!

Okay, I need to get to bed, but hopefully I will be posting again soon. I actually have a really funny post that I want to share from my personal journal whenever I have time to type it out. So, stay tuned for that one!