What a great day! I woke up to the wonderful smell of Colombian arepas, fresh fruit, eggs, and coffee. The kids and Pablo brought me everything in bed and the left me to relax and eat alone. Eating alone may not sound so great, but for anyone else who is around kids all the time (my own three at home and my students at work), quiet time alone is sometimes the best gift ever. Luckily for me though, this was not my only gift. Pablo always does a great job giving me gifts, but he is not always so great at surprising me. Today I was definitely surprised. Yesterday Malekai told me I was getting a bird house. Pablo tried to cover it up, but the other kids ruined it with comments such as "at least she doesn't know what the other thing is." So anyway, much to my surprise I did not get a birdhouse (I wonder what I'm getting next week for my birthday?). I got a really awesome gift I was not expecting.
I got two large rustic rocking chairs to put outside. I enjoyed drinking a cup of coffee on my deck, listening to music and soaking up warm rays of Spring sun, reading to Zahara and watching the kids play in the back yard from my new chairs!
Pablo also gave me a little sign that says "Life is a Journey -only you hold the map." I know that this is not entirely true, because "we" hold the map. We are in this together. If Pablo wants to go somewhere else he knows that I would do it in a heartbeat. He once promised me that we would live on an island someday...a promise I have not forgotten. But, who doesn't want to live on an island. Is that realistic? Why not? Well, for now my "why not" is my job. I have to have a job. But my maybe my book will be a best seller and I can work as a writer. A girl can dream.
I got two large rustic rocking chairs to put outside. I enjoyed drinking a cup of coffee on my deck, listening to music and soaking up warm rays of Spring sun, reading to Zahara and watching the kids play in the back yard from my new chairs!
Pablo also gave me a little sign that says "Life is a Journey -only you hold the map." I know that this is not entirely true, because "we" hold the map. We are in this together. If Pablo wants to go somewhere else he knows that I would do it in a heartbeat. He once promised me that we would live on an island someday...a promise I have not forgotten. But, who doesn't want to live on an island. Is that realistic? Why not? Well, for now my "why not" is my job. I have to have a job. But my maybe my book will be a best seller and I can work as a writer. A girl can dream.