Cofee and Conversation

I emailed my Grandma last night and asked her to give me a call this morning so we could just run around together. Being in college and so active on campus for so long I haven't had much down time to just follow grandma around.

So, what does my grandma do on a semi-typical day?

Phone call at 8:20 am. "Hi Greg, I'll be there to pick you up at 9." I giggled and groaned because I wanted more sleep, but my ride was coming, so it was time to get moving. Well, after a 20 minute snooze. No rush right?

Gma has had problems with her left eye, so we went to get a cat-scan on her nasal passage for the Dr. to evaluate, and hopefully find a way to eliminate the pressure builing up behind her eye. After that we went to the track on Tinker AFB. She said she walks the track 2 or 3 times a week. Just one lap around, but she was tired after that one lap. Its just enough to keep her joints and muscles working properly. While walking, she told me that today was Gpa's 74th birthday!! So I suggested we surprise him for lunch. We went to Target to get a card for him, and had about 2 hrs to burn before noon. So I asked gma if she wanted to grab coffee at Starbucks. We went there and had coffee and went over my peace corps packet together. We talked about a lot of stuff while sitting there. We made our way to see gpa, but he already had lunch, so we stood and chatted, gave him the card, and headed out for lunch at Pearls. Then, back home for a nap. I was pretty tired.

That was the first time Gma and I have spent time sipping coffee together and just chatting. It was really nice. I often have coffee and conversation with friends or to get to know a new aquaintence, but not often with my family members. I think I'll do this as much as possible from now on. It's a very simple, slow, and great way to spend your time. Try it.

I have three more USA trips planned outside of Oklahoma before Mozambique. Saturday I'm taking the train to Dallas and will spend the weekend with JP. Monday I fly out to CO for a week to see Travis, and then September 10th I'll be in San Diego with Janelle and Donna until the 13th. I'll have my plane ticket booked for staging for peace corps around the 1st week of September. I think I'll probably fly out on the 27th, because orientation is on the 28th. I'm not possitive, but that makes the most sense to me.

I'll have a going away party with friends, and then probably one last BBQ with the family right before I go. My cousin Toya is supposed to be planning something for me with her side of the family, and I also will meet up with www.aswedolife.com once more after returning from San Diego.

There is a ton of stuff that I need to make sure I have for Africa. I bought a hiking bag, and a pair of Tevas, but I still need to pick up some good hiking shoes, and a pair of athletic shoes. Other than that, I'll need to buy a few new pair of jeans, jean shorts, button up shirts, t shirts, socks, undies, and other clothing that will be durable and able to last for a good ammount of time. My clothes have to be practical and able to withstand the elements. Things will all fall into place soon as the countdown to Mozambique gets smaller.