oktober!

Well, now i couldn't post until after my Dad's surgery because i didn't want to jinx anything, and it looks like it worked!! Everything went great, they got most, if not all, of the cancer removed, his vocal folds are fine, and he still is crackin jokes! It was hard not to be able to be there, but Annie was my replacement at the hospital for the day, and was nothing less than amazing. Think about Annie in a room full of people who are bored and dying for distractions.... I think she was in her prime with her wittiness and making this audience laugh....

Thanks so much for everyone who has given their prayers and support! It has meant sooooo much!

Okay, so to re-cap on the Boston trip.... It was CRAZY! The Boston house had a community meeting about us coming to stay with them, and as a group, they decided to be the BEST hosts ever! And let me tell you, they did NOT fail. They were so prepared with T-passes for us to fill (it's their light-rail) with bagels g'lore, they made eggs for us the next morning, and gave us such a great tour of their apparently historical city... (who knew?!?!) We went to the original Cheers pub, drank blueberry beer, went to Harpoon Oktoberfest, and then to a bar later on to do a bit of dancing... oh and their house was amazing!

They were hosts who shared everything they had, and being a JV, that is NOT the easiest thing to do...

I fell in love with the city.

The morning after oktoberfest, we had an interesting morning of picking up the lost pieces, getting some burger king (yeaaaa, fast food :0) and reminiscing on the night. It was the safe night of drinking and fun that had been much needed after 6 weeks in Newark...

Also, one of the JV jobs there is at a Cristo Rey school, which is what my high school De La Salle is, and honestly, if i can make it thru this year, i could see myself in Boston, taking the lost little high schoolers to the BIG SCARY work places, just like the LaSallian vollunteers did for me... If one of my teachers read this... i think they might actually laugh so hard it will hurt, because of the young, loud mouthed, stubborn girls, who will drive me crazy JUST as i did to them.... :)

Right now my friends Maria and Christo are here visiting! They have been sooooo great! They got to visit my work, and sleep in our little newark house! Tonight i'm meeting them in Brooklyn!

Community living is still an interesting concept...Some situations have become quite comical, and some continue to be stressful for us. Without a doubt, there are continuing tiffs between some at all times, and having 6 people live under the same expectations and ideals has become nearly impossible. We are all SO different. We look at EVERY situation SO different. Understanding the different sides is where the money is at. Then you are able to determine what situations mean to different people. Something will always mean one thing to one person, and something else to another. Once I can do that, i swear, i can run the world!

That paragraph sounds too typical, so i'm going to give you some context.... In our house we only take pb and j's, top ramen, or leftovers for lunch, which is a little too obviously SIMPLE LIVING, however, as house we have started to eat too many pb an j's!!! We have become inconsiderate, and gluttonous with the peanut butter!!!! haha! And although it is a very comical statement, it is a very real concern with the household... And as you can imagine, there multiple sides to this dilemma....