Things I learned last week

1) Church Community Appreciation Days = free lunch/dinner (depending what time you arrive...we found that arriving around 3 p.m. you can basically count the meal as both lunch and dinner) and free fun for kids. Had we not been homeless, Kaiya would not have had the opportunity to have her first pony ride.



2) Earth's Best Organic Teething Biscuits = peace and quiet while out to eat. We ate out for every meal and these things rock.

3) The public library does not become boring to a 2 year old. Ever. No matter how much time you spend there.

4) On a serious note -- I never ever want to be homeless. I found myself in a mood several times during our "ordeal" last week and really had trouble snapping out of it. Nothing seemed to be going right. I'm not sure the point exactly that it clicked for me, but I remember thinking that my family was together, all healthy and alive, and that is all that matters. I can't imagine having to worry about where the next meal for my children was coming from, having no way to protect them from the elements, etc. That is reality for many people in our country as well as overseas.

5) One of the areas that I need to grow in is how I deal with my expectations. When I get in my mind that something is going to go a certain way: For example... I am going to move all my stuff into the house on Thursday. And then for some reason, I don't get to move my stuff in, I get in a cranky mood. I don't have quite as much trouble dealing with people who don't live up to my expectations, for some reason it is just circumstances that tend to dictate my mood. I'm going to try and make a conscious effort to work on this. It is not something that I want to pass on to my children. Circumstances do not have control over feelings. I choose how I feel.

Better close for now. Tomorrow is church shopping day #1.