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i had my first chick-fil-a...i don't go for the chick, i go for the fries:)
i did some unpacking before the trip and i found this little guy in my closet...well, what was left of him. i thought he was alive at first and he gave me a fright...realized he had been there for a while just seconds later...i laughed:)
lets just recap on last night with a few photos:)
two buses and a 1/2 full of boarding students and four of us:)
they quiz you before you can eat...we passed!
just before the rain.
that's me. he was ginormous. joe and joni, aren't you so proud of me?
getting suited up...for the rain:)
today i read and read and shopped:) if you know me, you should at least know that i read well and i shop well...if nothing else, know these two things:)
this morning, i saw marlena's rescue up close. she is so amazing. she found some caterpillars and rescued them and googled how to help them and they are doing so well! they are in their cocoon stage(how crazy!) which means they will be beautiful butterflies in no time:) she loves animals so much and i appreciate that about her a whole lot. she found a lost pup the other day and walked about until she found his home. the butterfly rescue, there were actually two. the first was when she saved a butterfly from the crazy rain storm(sarah, if you read this, lena and her love for animals reminds me so much of you!)
lena and i stopped by the church to drop off her pup and these guys were there just chillin:)
there is an animal rescue located just next door to the church. the amazing thing---they rescue animals like zebras and water buffalo and all sorts of other fun ones. one time marlena and i sat on the grass and had our lunch while animals just walked by. amazing.
we stopped by winter garden for a quick bite to eat before shopping and this place is amazing! the new coffeehouse is located in downtown just a couple doors down from an old movie theater where they play old films:) a couple doors down on the other side is a french pastry shop...recently relocated from france and the pastries are so yummy an the owner is super sweet.
can you say...yum?
this is the shop! most wonderful location, most amazing building. it is so big inside! it is going to be such a neat place for such a cool city. it has potential to create a really super coffee culture here where that seems to be lacking a bit:)
and their cause is so beautiful and i am so excited to be a part of something so new and good.
after shopping i had pool duty and that was fun. i got to chat with some of the students and seriously, they just blow my mind. it started to pour so i got out early and decided to tidy up some more in my little apartment. it is really coming together so nicely. i just love it so far.
i received a really neat tv stand and those two boxes, they are my two very tall new book cases, black forest is the color...they are really brown:) i love my arts and my cherry blossom clock is so lovely.
i hung my little owl by the door. i think he will like it there:)
i love the kitchen. i am going to love cooking in there. the lake view is breathtaking:) big red has his own corner in there. i brought him with me.
the trees here are like nothing else. they have these long strands of moss hanging from the branches and it is just so beautiful and i have them just outside my door next to the old horse barns. it is like a fairy tale here:)
and last but certainly not least...
i drove number 7 today! oh my goodness he is so big and scary but mr. c, my teacher, told me i was a natural:) we took the minibus for a ride around town, it is not a city but a town, and i was a bit nervous at first but was okie dokie by the end. next up, get my big bus license...eheheheh:)
that's all i got.
busy day of church and reading and talking coffee and hanging out with the kiddos tomorrow:)