Friday morning thoughts
Our team is supposed to be going on a field trip today and I feel just awful. My head is achy, my nose is stuffy and my body just feels weak. Just the idea of walking around the city is far too much for me to bear. Well, perhaps I'm being a little overdramatic. But I do feel quite weary. So perhaps I can figure out a way to go on part of the trip and stay home for the other part. Hmm.
I went to Barnes and Nobles a few days ago and bought a small black journal. This new journal is making me more happy than I ever imagined it would. I am using this journal to not only record my prayers but my favorite quotes and my general observations on life. Its leather and has a little strap on it that you pull over the front to close it and it is tiny enough to fit in one hand. Carrying it around is sort of making me feel like an undercover spy. Ha. I actually find it amazing how amused I am by my own thoughts. There in my head all the time and I barely notice them but when I write them down they seem much more interesting. Then once there written I never cease to take pleasure in reading them over and over again. Its strange, huh?
Lately I've had this strong desire to go to the Library of Congress. I have heard that that library contains every book ever published in America. I think that is just amazing. Plus I think they give lectures there. Even though I was glad to leave college and move on with life, sometimes I still get a craving to hear a good lecture.
Especially on history or politics or philosophy or world religions. Perhaps I will start educating myself while I'm here. I really want to increase my vocabulary, learn more about the history of our nation and research the lives of influential African American leaders, past and present.
This morning one of the young girls here told me one the communitys fishes is named Gilbert and the other one is named Charity. I think those are pretty good names for fishes. In fact I would consider naming my children after those fishes. Whenever I hear the name Gilbert I think of one of my favorite movies, Anne of Green Gables. Anne and Gilbert made the most adorable couple ever. Of course it took them forever to get together, which was quite annoying. But when she finally realized her feelings for him it was more than worth the wait. Ahh..I love that story. I know Erin does too, and Renelle as well. In fact if I remember correctly Erin even went on vacation in Prince Edward Island where it was filmed. Oh how I wish I could go there. I get so much joy from just looking at the leaves in our backyard or the sun through our living room window. I can't imagine how ecstatic I would be if I ever got to go somewhere really spectacular like Ireland or Greece. I think my heart would explode inside my chest. Ahh..and I haven't even mentioned Israel. I don't even want to think of what will happen when God brings me to Israel. It will just be too much for me to handle. God will have to literally expand my heart to hold all of the love and joy I will be feeling. Seeing one old Jewish man near the Supreme Court on my birthday brought me to tears. Imagine a whole city full of them. Oy vei!
I went to Barnes and Nobles a few days ago and bought a small black journal. This new journal is making me more happy than I ever imagined it would. I am using this journal to not only record my prayers but my favorite quotes and my general observations on life. Its leather and has a little strap on it that you pull over the front to close it and it is tiny enough to fit in one hand. Carrying it around is sort of making me feel like an undercover spy. Ha. I actually find it amazing how amused I am by my own thoughts. There in my head all the time and I barely notice them but when I write them down they seem much more interesting. Then once there written I never cease to take pleasure in reading them over and over again. Its strange, huh?
Lately I've had this strong desire to go to the Library of Congress. I have heard that that library contains every book ever published in America. I think that is just amazing. Plus I think they give lectures there. Even though I was glad to leave college and move on with life, sometimes I still get a craving to hear a good lecture.
Especially on history or politics or philosophy or world religions. Perhaps I will start educating myself while I'm here. I really want to increase my vocabulary, learn more about the history of our nation and research the lives of influential African American leaders, past and present.
This morning one of the young girls here told me one the communitys fishes is named Gilbert and the other one is named Charity. I think those are pretty good names for fishes. In fact I would consider naming my children after those fishes. Whenever I hear the name Gilbert I think of one of my favorite movies, Anne of Green Gables. Anne and Gilbert made the most adorable couple ever. Of course it took them forever to get together, which was quite annoying. But when she finally realized her feelings for him it was more than worth the wait. Ahh..I love that story. I know Erin does too, and Renelle as well. In fact if I remember correctly Erin even went on vacation in Prince Edward Island where it was filmed. Oh how I wish I could go there. I get so much joy from just looking at the leaves in our backyard or the sun through our living room window. I can't imagine how ecstatic I would be if I ever got to go somewhere really spectacular like Ireland or Greece. I think my heart would explode inside my chest. Ahh..and I haven't even mentioned Israel. I don't even want to think of what will happen when God brings me to Israel. It will just be too much for me to handle. God will have to literally expand my heart to hold all of the love and joy I will be feeling. Seeing one old Jewish man near the Supreme Court on my birthday brought me to tears. Imagine a whole city full of them. Oy vei!