St. Thomas Planning

I can't believe I leave for St. Thomas in 2 days. With the rush of exams and packing my apartment and the trip and for the summer, time has flown by and our trip is quickly approaching! 

So basically Mom and I are planning to do some site-seeing, Coral World, a submarine ride, a ride on an underwater scooter, and snorkeling in St. John and touring the National Park. Magan's beach is supposed to be the prettiest spot on the island so I think we are going one day. Mom and I have an ocean front room on the first floor, I can't wait to wake up and just open my door to the beach. Mom is really excited about going, but also that we are spending Mother's Day in St. Thomas. And there is an arts and crafts festival going on that day in another city, hopefully we'll be able to go there.

Well that's about all I can tell you now, maybe I'll be able to blog while I'm down there. If not, then when we get back I'll tell you all about it, and if you're lucky there will be pictures :)

What do women really want??

Do women want the good guy or the bad guy? Or even better is there some happy medium! I know I like a little mystery of the bad guy. Not the really bad ones though. But I also want the loving and caring nature of a good guy.  

Women need to be told how much they are loved, and not just once but many many times. Over and over again. We need to feel appreciated as well. Is it that hard for a guy to tell a girl how they feel or write her a simple love note; one she's not expecting. Women are fragile creatures, be nice and keep us safe and tell and show us how much we are loved. We don't need elaborate gifts, just a small reminder of how much we mean to you.

Sensitivity

I'm not quite sure if we are born with how sensitive we are going to be or if we gain this by experiences?  Lately I have realized just how sensitive I have become in the last year to year and a half. Is it because of a certain event, or is it something that I was born with? The people I love the most are the ones that I seem to be the most sensitive about too. Do I really need to get so upset at the little things? I know there are certain things that I should be sensitive about, but not the stuff the am. I'm putting this on my list of things to work on, I'm starting my summer resolutions, no more stress from school, and no more hyper-sensitivity.

Selfish??

I sat  through a presentation tonight by some Marines and ex-Marines and it got me thinking about of a lot of things. Partly because they directly brought up my Dad's old unit which just got deployed. But I can't decide which I would rather have, I know it doesn't really matter at all, but part of me is glad my dad isn't around to be gone for 16 months, because I think, no I know I would give up another 16 months to have him around for the rest of my life, but part of me it glad I don't have to worry about while he's over there.  And there isn't any guarantee that if he was still around that he would still be able to do all the dad things. So am I being selfish that I want him back to give him up again, or that I'm glad he's not here so I don't have to worry about losing him again.

Europe 09

After coming home this last time, I realized why I love going to Europe so much, it's not the flying or the just saying I've been to Europe "x" number of times.  Its the feel of their cities. The small town feel with the big city feel at the same time.  The ability to walk everywhere, not own a car, and take public transportation is a great feeling when we are so upset about American drivers and traffic.  Public transportation is so different over there too; it's convenient and goes everywhere you need it to go and there isn't the taboo there of public transportation like there is here.

We didn't get to go to the Alps like we wanted but we did get to see a lot of the area around Weil and Basel and even walked from Huningen to St. Louis in France. I saw the point where the Germany, Switzerland and France all meet. And walked across the Rhein into France. We got to see some of the most amazing cathedrals while we were in France and one in Basel. We didn't get a chance to go to some of the others we wanted to see. Thats ok, that'll be the next trip :)

One of the best days there was the day I got to go the Rhein International Academy.  They have such an amazing staff and group of kids.  I would love to be able to work in an environment like that one day where they are all so close and they were able to be open and really learn about the kids and their families.  These are some really great people that have moved their whole life to be able to praise God and teach these wonderful kids whom some are not accepted into other schools in Europe. I can see why Amy-Jo loves it so much over there.