Wow, So these past two weeks have been crazy! There has been so much going on at the girls house and it's crazy to think that this summer is almost over. We have only one full month left before my little ones all go back to school and the older ones go on to University... aaahhh! Well let me break it down for you and give you a little insight into these past two weeks....
The first week [5th-10th] I got back to work didn't go off as I had planned. Everything was the same when I got back to work except one thing... ME. For some reason unbeknownst to me I just could not get my head on straight. I would forget very simple tasks, forget words, I started hearing differently than what people were really talking about, and I just couldn't get back into the routine of my job. It was seriously the oddest week ever at the girls house and my co-workers had a good laugh watching me try and pull myself together. Thankfully by the next week things were a little fixed in my brain.
The next week [which was last week] was jam-packed [strawberry not grape] and it is crazy to think back on it. Extreme Home Makeover decided that out of so many numbers of family to get a house built, BHGH of Baltimore would get a new house built from scratch for the girls in the program there. They announced it on the 9th and flew the Baltimore girls out to California for their vacation getaway that the families usually do on the show. Well we [BHGH] get a call saying that E.H.M. wants us to go sailing with the girls and then have pizza with them at our house. Now, I knew that since this was for the show there would be some filming going on, but was I surprised!! They pretty much got the whole sailing experience, interviewed three of our girls, and filmed inside our home!! The whole experience was really cool and our girls loved hanging out with the girls house of Baltimore. The show is going to be a two hour special airing in September so you all have to watch it when it comes out!!! I will update y'all on that as soon as I get more details. So that happened Wednesday. On Friday of last week we go to go to an Angels game with the whole clan of BHGH and it was all graciously donated! Our girls had fun and they always like it when they can hang out with the boys.
Oh did I mention that I worked ten days straight?!?! yeah I worked ten, 12- hour days straight. That my friends is a feat in itself.. I definitely know the Lord was upholding me those days. I had this weekend off and I spent it at the park, church, and doing manual labor!! I know, I know the last one doesn't really sound like resting at all, but there is something about doing manual labor... we were created to work, God gave us the task of caring for His creation and it actually helped to relieve some stress for me. It felt good to work and knowing something was getting accomplished because you could see it right away, happening right in front of you. I think also it was a different kind of work than what I am doing normally. I hardly ever get to see if the work of my hands with my girls is changing anything and that change is not something that happens over the course of the day. So it was good to see the work that I was doing was making a change that I could see visually. Overall it was a good weekend.
Now, onto this week. I went shopping for our house today [that is one of my duties] and God blessed our house so much! We go to the food bank and get food for a really low cost. This week the food bank was stocked up with so many good things that I did not have to buy half the things I needed on our list at the regular grocery store... God blessed us beyond measure. He always provides our needs, gives generously, and His gifts are GOOD!! I also went to a Dodger game with one of our girls today because the other girls in our house went on another day. It was so good getting to spend quality time with my girl and just laugh, dance, and talk. I truly love my girls and I am so blessed in getting to be a part of their lives.
So my dear friends and family that in a nutshell is the past two weeks of my life. I wish I could have written sooner about it and with more detail, but these weeks have been super packed. I hope that soon things will slow down a bit so I can share some stories with you guys. Well that is it for now. Thank you all for reading this and I am so glad that I get to share a part of my life with those who follow this.
May you be blessed this week,
Aisha [a-dawg] : ]
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