My Weekend

I've had the last two days off. My weekend consists of Sunday and Monday, then I get another day off on Wednesday, but I don't really consider that part of my weekend. Anyway...

Sunday was a great day. Raven and I went and got more cards for the Cards Plus Team requests. Yesterday I sent out four birthday cards, one card of encouragement, a get well card, three post cards and two letters that also contained some of the Sunday comics. I have two care packages that are ready to go out. I'll take them on Wednesday.

I have had such a great time being with the Soldiers' Angels. I was in the store the other day purchasing some stuff for the SA warehouse. They are in need of supplies for the backpacks they send to the wounded. While I was in line the gentleman behind me said, "sending care packages?" And of course I said yes. He started telling me about his time overseas and how much he and his platoon always enjoyed getting care packages sent from home. He said that they swarmed like vultures and that no matter what was inside, everything was always divvied up fairly. He said that it didn't matter what was in the box, anything and everything was always appreciated. It made me feel really good to know that what I was doing is making a difference to someone. By the time the clerk had finished ringing up my items, the gentleman and I exchanged names and he said to come by his work. He had a lot of friends who would love to donate stuff and things to Soldiers' Angels. It is great what a little friendly conversation can do!

I have such a strong feeling for the Soldiers' Angels that I decided that I am going to apply to be a Community Network Coordinator. I would love to be able to hold fundraisers and other events for the SA. Who knows where this all will lead in the future! I am so very proud to be a Soldier Angel!

Ok, so after buying the cards, Raven and I went to the Festival of Diana. A small, quaint, but extremely fun afternoon of face painting, carnival-like games and other fun. I was a little hesitant on going. Small spaces give me the creeps when there are lots of people in the room, but it turned out that the day was so nice, that I was able to spend some time outside while Raven had fun with the games. She had a rainbow painted on her face, so I did, too. I got to see some friends that I hadn't seen in quite a long while, and meet some new people. It was a grand time.

Yesterday, Monday, I got to drop Raven off at daycare. They were having a V-day party and I didn't want her to miss it. That gave me the day to spend doing other things. I was going to go to a movie, but I had made an eye appointment because I needed new glasses badly. I'd had that pair for at least three years, probably longer.

To make a really long story short, I ended up getting my eyes dilated, which stings pretty badly at first then makes your eyes look like a bug's.. lol. Glad I didn't get pulled over on the way home. I wouldn't want to try to explain that! Anyway, the doctor said that he found some abnormality in some of the nerves in my eyes. That might explain some of the headaches I've been getting lately. The headaches haven't been bad enough to make me nauseous or anything like that, but I told him the headaches were the reason I had come to the doctor in the first place. I think that the nerves are abnormal as of late because I've had to squint at the computer screen for such a long time.. LOL.

He wanted to send me to a specialist, but I don't have insurance, and that would probably be really expensive. Perhaps in the future I'll be able to do so. Either way, the glasses I got were worth all the stingy eye drops.

I got a pair of black frames with purple gradient tint on the lenses. They look really cool but you can't tell they are gradient just by looking at them. It's neat. I used to have a pair very similar to this that had a rose tint on the lenses. I guess I enjoy looking at life through rose-colored glasses. ;)

Yesterday I also purchased a new digital camera while I was waiting for my glasses to be made. (Go Lenscrafters!) It has all sorts of nifty settings and whatnot. It's 14 megapixels which is way better than my old camera that was 2.1 mp i think.. LOL.. I can't wait to see what this camera can do! It also takes video, so I'll be looking forward to using that feature as well. My mother had given me her old digital camera, but it is on its last leg, and even though it is small, it isn't small enough for me to carry everywhere. This will work perfectly for my trip to SoCal in April.

Well, I think I've gnawed on your eyes long enough. Thanks for reading. Have a wonderfilled day!


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