Camp is over! Next week my jobs will be endless photocopying and redecorating the toddler room and nursery. I'll miss the kids, especially Iriss, my little Filipino friend. But I'm exausted from running aroung all day chasing kids, so I think I'm ready for a change. Redecorating the rooms will be fun. IKEA here we come! HeHe.
Soon it will be school again. Yesterday and today we went shopping for shoes. I got black ballet flats. YEAH! Wanted ballet flats for so long. And this year, since we don't get agandas (yes, you heard me, NO agendas from like grade 10 up!) I had to shell out 15 bucks to get a decent one. Next checked out the summer sales and got two shirts and capris for Senegal. Then I got an umbrella (Burberry look-alike :) and this awesome retro black Roots Olympic Canada bag in case I go on the Europe tour. I might go back and get a suitcase to match, since I won't be able to use my parent's suitcases soon. I feel so odd and adult-like...contemplating the pros and cons of pieces of luggage. Lol.
Emma hasn't found shoes yet, so she's out again with Mom. My whole family now has Roots backpacks since they were on sale at Bentley's. Beth's is so cute.
I'm still sick. I've had this cold for almost a week and it's getting kind of annoying. I guess this is punishment for resisting it so long...and going to work while I was sick probably didn't help, but I need the money! Tonight we'll finish watching Hidalgo (the 2nd time for me). I love that movie.
Lots of timeless themes like courage, fighting for what's right...stuff I would want to be in there if they made a movie about
my life.
I wrote Amnesty International about the Talibe in Senegal. For those of you who don't know, I'll give you a quick briefing. Talibe in Arabic means servant. This word is usually used in Muslim circles to mean a servant of Allah. Not in Senegal. The Talibes are boys ages 4-16 who are given by their parents to be slaves to the Muslim leaders called Marabous. If you want to know more, post it in the comment section and I'll send you a copy of the note I sent to Amnesty. I'm going to send them a longer letter by mail as well. Maybe someday I'll work with them on this issue. The conditions these boys have to live in truly are horrific as member of the Talibe team from the Senegal missions trip will tell you.
That's all for today, I have to go clean up my room. Sickness can take its toll on neatness, let me tell you.
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