The temperature changes slightly and I’m already sniffling. When taking a shower, I could feel the cold air around me–so I would try to get in the warm water as much as possible. But I remember how it was sooo cold back then getting out of the shower when the heater was off. It was miserable. I think I have been spoiled with the warm weather. The cold air makes me remember many things. Its funny how this is my favorite season and how it can make me recall certain things. Like, for instance, I remember a night when I went to volunteer for a halloween event for kids. It was night, and I was sitting inside a sheet enclosed area. The sheet hung on a string that wrapped around three trees. Kids would come to our stand and throw over the makeshift fishpole, and I would clip candies on it. Then I would pull at the end, pretending its a fish pulling at it. It was cute. Some of them were too little and couldn’t throw it over the sheet, so the parents had to come over and help them. The whole place was in a woody area and lit by candles. Everywhere were kids in halloween costumes. I remember sitting there in the cold, breathing hot air onto my hands to keep it warm. Sometimes I would peek outside to see what kind of kids were out there- and what kind of costumes they had on. It was fun. I would chat with my sisters that were outside, and other times I just sat there and ate candy when there weren’t any kids. Many good memories in Autumn.
I was at my first phone conference. It was nerve racking but I got over it. Everything is coming together, and I am happy. I hope and pray everything will turn out okay. I think I need to take charge of it, and order people around…although I don’t like it…especially telling people who are older than me what to do. I don’t really feel comfortable doing it, but I guess I will have to. So during one of the conferences, this lady said something poignant that I would like to repeat. She also quoted this from someone else. And that is “we work among angels”. She is referring to the fact that people in the same business as us “non-profit, for the people, make a difference, causes” people are caring people…and working with similar people with similar thoughts we would tend to think that other people would do things for purely altruistic reasons. But that isn’t true, most people need another incentive that they can possibly profit from. In other words, they need to know what is in it for me? I realized this working at the church. I was kind of pushed aback when i was asked if the staff would be paid to help with the end of the year celebration. They weren’t willing to give up their saturday for the kids. I was shocked, but now I’ve come to realize not everyone has the same mentality. I have been called an angel before, but I know I am anything but.
