A Day in the Life Of...

I woke up this morning to a very light fall of snow... the flakes were visible but only as gentle as a drizzle of rain and it was not cold enough to stick to the ground. After breakfast the flakes gained a bit in size and begun sticking to the grass and pavement. By 9:30am, there was an icing sugar dusting over the cars and the pavement that had not been driven on in the last day. It was as dainty as a tea cake but unfortunately did not last long. As the temperature climbed a little bit, by 10:30, the dusting had disappeared but the cloud had not dispelled.

My morning went as it usually does, filled with checking emails and making sure I was still on top of things for the Bermuda Weekend that I was helping coordinate. I started up my laptop as well to work on a Help Ministries project as well. That one has demanded more of my limited creativity as I endeavour to create a booklet depicting the various projects that our organisation is involved in. This reaches from simple medical help to donations of books to the ports our ship visits.

In the afternoon I met with my boss to discuss my job and where we saw it going. The procedures are having to change as our organisation goes down to one ship instead of the original ( and always have been) two. He’s confident that I will stay, although it is of course his own opinion and it does not depend on him whether I get to or not. I would love to stay. I feel this is where I’m called for this stage of my life. I don’t say that this is where I’ll always be, but I seriously feel that right now, and for the next 2 years, this is where I am being led. We then looked for flights home and I discovered the absurdity of flight prices- a return ticket half way across the world is only a few hundred dollars difference in price than a one way to the same destinations. Really!

This evening I decided to explore more of the sleepy down I now call home... I discovered another supermarket in which I also found cute little daisies in pots for about 2 Euro. I fought to leave them there on the shelf as they are my favourite flowers and seemed to just call out to me to purchase them... I’d have to leave them with someone to take care of when I left in April... and I don’t know the resident Best friend would be willing to do that for me ... we’ll see how the will power holds up over the next few days. But they were SO cute! A little pot and everything!