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.
HI everyone! I'm very sorry I haven't blogged in so long. After NFLD I went back to work the VERY NEXT DAY! And then my cousins were here, then Emma and I were the housekeepers for a week when my parents left for a Conference...anyway, the trip to NFLD was very nice. It was so peaceful. But I was ready to leave the little town we were staying in.
I've decided, as many of you know, to go back to Senegal with my parents for one year. This seems like the best step for me. If you want to know why, please call me or whatever, I'm not really comfortable putting personal stuff on the Internet.
Anyway, today I'm sick again. I think I must have a bad imune system. Camp is over this Friday! I'm gonna miss those kids.
Sorry this is short, but I can't really think of anything alse to write. Oh except, that it was great to see people at the Missions Picnic. OH, and I updated the stuff on the side, like my favourites and stuff. More later!
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