Tuesday, December 23, 2008

what I woke up to this morning

It was difficult crawling out of bed this morning. My body was listless, flem seemed to be slowly creeping into my breathing canals, and overall, I just didn't feel my greatest. I am hoping that these signs are not actually signs of an upcoming virus/flu/cold/illness, but since I am no fortune teller, I cannot say for sure. However after dragging my useless body from the cave of my bed hovel, dressed myself, skyped with Kyle, I walked downstairs to the office for our daily morning meeting. However, this morning, the view out the window was drastically different than the mornings before! Everything was covered in white. When I lived in Lubbock breifly for two years, it snowed a couple of times, but if this stays for Christmas, it will be my very first White Christmas! Yay! Only 2 days till Christmas. Moral around here is low since we have to work Christmas day, and it is difficult to feel the Christmas spirit. Korea does celebrate Christmas, but it isn't an important holiday and considering that the children are here at an all week camp over the Christmas holidays tells you a little bit about how unimportant it really is. Hopefully this snowfall and the Christmas caroles we are singing on Thrusday will help to lift everyone's spirits.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow!! The snow looks beautiful!! Im sorry they are not really all about the Christmas spirit! But hopefully you and the others you work with can get together and create it? I dunno...it's hard for me this year period. I am not feeling it as hard as I may try. When only half of me is around (and I know you know exactly what I am talking about) nothing is as fun!

I hope you aren't getting sick!! That would be awful! I hope the same for myself! Here on Saturday it was 75, 70 on Sunday, and on Monday it didn't get about 38 degrees! Weather like that always kicks my butt!; Tue Dec 23, 06:32:00 AM PST
Aunt Julie said...: Feel better...you don't want Santa to catch the flu from you!; Tue Dec 23, 01:20:00 PM PST
Rosie said...: Snow, snow, snow!!! Wow, I'm SO jealous. It looks BEAUTIFUL there!

I hope you have an amazing Christmas even with everything being strange and different.; Tue Dec 23, 01:57:00 PM PST
Belle (from Life of a...) said...: Oh drat...I'm so sorry that you have to work on Christmas Day. Come to think of it, I'd rather work than go to my mother-in-law's house but oh well...; Tue Dec 23, 02:10:00 PM PST
Sue Wilkey said...: You are so lucky to have a White Christmas!!! I'm still dreaming.......rats.; Tue Dec 23, 03:14:00 PM PST
Tabitha Blue said...: The snow looks beautiful!!!!! Hope you feel better!! have a very Merry White Christmas!!!!!

:)
~Tabitha~

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

what I woke up to this morning

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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."- MLK

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