People, people...

So I'm sure we've all said dumb things every once in a while, but we've heard some hall of famers at the Bookstore. Like the lady who thought we had an original Van Gogh at the bookstore, yeah. And yesterday a man came in very excited about McCain's new VP and he was telling me all about her. Then he said, "She's really good, she's against gay marriage, and she hunts so she's for guns, and she's pro abortion, wait..., is pro for or against?" "For" I replied. "Ohh, then she's against".
Hey, at least McCain has a for sure vote there.

6 a week!!!

Yeap, that's the number of hours I get by myself every week. In 5 years I've never had that much time to myself!! So the question now is what am I going to do. Actually my first 3 hours were spent working at the bookstore, so now I only have 3 hours left for this week.
Some of the things on my to do list include
pedicures
haircuts
lunch with friends
bike rides
shopping
refinish cabinets
more shopping
tennis
so many things, so little time...

Adios!

My brother is gone, it's always hard to say good bye. We had a good time, and it's actually the first time in over 15 years that we spend this much time together. He was 15 when I left Costa Rica, and I usually don't see him much when we're there since he's always working or studying. The good news is that in 2 years when he's done with surgery, he plans on coming here, hopefully.
I was thinking today about the huge difference that technology has made. Today I get to see my parents on the computer, my mom calls me whenever she wants on my cell, it really makes us feel like we're not really that far away. Every time I start feeling sorry for myself about being so far from home I think about the missionaries back years ago that didn't have any way of communicating with their loved ones but letters that took even months to reach them and didn't even see them for years. Then I feel better and actually feel very fortunate to be able to see my family as often as I do. But still, it always hurts to say good bye.

A year of firsts

This has been a big summer for Jake, he learned to ride a bike w/o training wheels, he started really swimming, and he started Kindergarten. There were no tears the first day, he was sooo excited I was happy for him. My brother is keeping me busy, every day we have to go somewhere or do something and that isn't that easy in Springfield! We're running out of things to do so I'll take any suggestions. Sunday we'll have a lake day weather permitting and monday big Cardinals game, fun, fun...