Friday morning started bright and early for me. I woke up at 6:38 after going to bed at 2. I thought Jiffy Lube opened at 6 or 6:30, so I wanted to be one of the first ones there. I got there at 6:55, and I waited until 7 because they still weren't open. When it was finally 7:03, I went to the door and realized they didn't open until 7:30. So, I hit up Albertson's to get some of the items needed for the trip. I still got back to Jiffy Lube before they opened, and I even had time to get a yummy Pumpkin Latte from 7Eleven. Yum. Anywho, after that, I went on the rest of my errands and to do list:
- Walmart - to see if they had chicken feed, movies, and a few random other things.
- Petsmart - since WalMart didn't have chicken feed
- Feed Store - they of course did have the chicken feed and scratch. (I feel like I know something about chickens now - of course after they made me feel stupid.)
- Gap @ AZ Mills - to exchange clothes I got from the one in Prescott.
- Best Buy to see if they could fix my camera (shutter button fell off - again). With a price of $180, I pleasantly declined their service.
- Circuit City - they don't fix anything you didn't purchase from them.
- Kits Camera - $240, told me to go to Kelly Camera.
- Pure Fitness - paid till the end of the year and ended my automatic withdrawl since I will be cancelling my membership in January.
- Dollar Store - had to get some clothespins for Maria since I got the chicken feed for Nana.
- Fry's to get the refrigerated foods that I couldn't get at Albertsons earlier.
- Checker to get an air filter because Mazda has to have everything so specific to them.
Finally, after all of that, I went home to eat lunch and then went to my mom's class to meet her kids. She's been wanting me to go for 2 years, but I always have so much stuff to do on my days off that it doesn't always work out... Clearly, I didn't have anything to do on this day, so I had time. I spent a good 2 hours in there with her kiddos: Zaeden (her favorite), Nik, Tyler, Gregorie, Lucus, Evan, Davis, and Trent. They are such a cute group of lovable boys and it made me really miss my old kids and working in the schools. It was also great to see my mom interact with all of them and getting to know her kiddos.
Yet, I wanted to talk about something that I saw during all of my errands from store to store. I had the pleasure of watching thousands of people participate in the Breast Cancer Walk. After the 2nd straight mile of watching people walk, I started to cry. I was just so overwhelmed with people's care and concern for the cause, for their loved ones, for the things they did to make it a positive experience, and because of the vast amount of people. I started to pray for them and for the people that they are walking for and for their healing and comfort.
It was weird though. I have never been one to cry. I used to only cry a few times a year (3 or 4 tops)... and now, I cry all the time. I don't know what happened to me to make me more sensitive, but I am glad that I am. I am sure that it is due to the kids at CdE and seeing how they emotionally deal with things. After telling who knows how many boys that it's okay to cry and that it's good for them, I may have just learned that as well. Yet, more than that, I think it's just God. He has helped me learn how to be more sensitive and to see the depth in more things when I didn't see it before. I am able to see the depth of love that people have for others... and even animals. I am able to see the passion that people have and their heart behind it. God has opened my eyes to so many things, and I know they are still closed too much. I can't wait until they're open completely.
Oh, and then after my mom's school, I had one last stop - Walgreens to get a picture of the new girl from the trip before. :)
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