Joys of 3/29!

Just the little things that make me love life!

1. Knowing I WILL NOT see snow for TWO years as my nearest and dearest are dealing with snow right now.

2. SLEEPING IN!!!

3. A Very Relaxed Day!

4. BIRTHDAY CAKE without Frosting and it was MARVELOUS!

5. Being able to see a GREAT play and talking with someone that was familiar with Detroit

6. Buying pizza from the little girls that I made cookie with!!

7. Postsecret SUNDAY!

8. A Fanastic Phone Conversation!

LOVE AND MISS ALL OF YOU!!

M

Joys of 3/28

If you look closely at the picture you can see a rope hanging from the Coconut Tree that is the Rope Swing! The rope was not really long enough and the water level is too low to jump into the water so you just held on and swung back. Because we were on the West Coast they do not have black sand beaches so the sand is more what we are accustom to in the States.

Every since I have started my daily Joys I feel lazy about blogging. I have not even wrote in my "old sckool" journal in about a week. It has been busy but AMAZING! I will answer questions tomorrow. Keep them coming if you have more!

1. Spending the WHOLE day at the Beach and NOT Burning!!
2. Realizing even more today how truly amazing of a group that I am with in Dominica. We will make BIG changes and build unbreakable bonds!
3. Being able to spend non-training time with the other PCT!
4. Knowing my TEAL couch will be used by the WM staff while I am done for two years! :o)
5. Talking to my BESTEST today!!!
6. Going to bed EARLY!!
7. Making Fresh MOVIE Style Popcorn on the stove top!! No more MICROWAVE popcorn for this girl!
8. Rope SWING!

Much Love!

Joys of 3/27

Sometimes I do not know what to blog about so I do my Joys of the Day!! But I am opening it for questions. If you have any questions about my journey, the island, my life, etc. Leave me a comment or e-mail them to me (garavami14@gmail.com) and I would gladly answer them via blog and it would give me something to say!It seems the post office took the PINK SLIP but this is the slip they give you to pick up your PACKAGE


The little things...

1. PINK SLIP!! I got my FIRST package today!! (Thank You Mom and Dad)!! The stickers came in handing when the other PCT and myself were starting to melt down after a LONG day of training
2. Being GREETED by running children, smiling faces, and hugs when I stopped by the school this morning
3. Going to the BEACH tomorrow
4. Going to the Market TONIGHT! Unique experience to go to the Market at 10:00PM and the Merchants will stay there ALL night and the WHOLE day on Saturday!
5. A Piece of Dark Chocolate Bar! :o)
6. A Picture of my Nephew that was in my Birthday Card!
7. Cake and Icing Yesterday! (What a TREAT)
8. Getting Losted in Town (No Surprise I Know) and Saying "Hello AGAIN" as I pass by the firefighters twice and a family twice within 10 mins! With the help of my host sister I found my way!

ENJOY LIFE
M

Joys of 3/26

Sometimes the best advice can be found on a bathroom wall!

1. Randomly running into one of the other PCT in Town TWICE

2. A solid Dance Aerobics Class

3. Dominating in Dominos for an Hour while I was "working"

4. Finding a box of TRIX Cereal

5. Finding out about an AMAZING program I will start next year with my primary school kids dealing with Character Development

Love and Miss all of YOU!

M

The Little Things of 3/25...

Here are the little things of yesterday that got me laughing and smiling through my day

1. Finally getting a hold of Beth after many failed phone calls- Thank God for Spyke

2. Dancing with the Traditional Eastern Caribbean Island Dancers at a GREAT Dinner

3. Sitting by the Bay (Have not done that in a while)

4. The Sight of a BEAUTIFUL Sunset over the Caribbean Sea

5. Milo and A ButterFlap (It is a Roll that is folded over with butter in the middle) before bed

6. Being able to sleep an hour later then normal but going to bed one hour later :o)

LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!

Joy!

I was thinking about JOY this weekend! What an amazing emotion to have! It is so simply but then some people rarely experience that true and pure joy young children have. I was thinking about- what gives Michelle JOY! If some one where to ask me that say a month or two ago and I can say the answers would be totally different. My answer would be around seeing/touching/hug my nearest and dearest, going to Grand Rapids to see my bestest from GVSU, the random events and people that I may see walking around RO but not anymore. Those are not options anymore for me but there are these new random, wonderful, pure, simple, and basic events that happen in my life everyday that offer me JOY and puts my heart at ease if I allow myself to truly take the moment in.

Here are some things that just make my soul happy:

- When I a Drink Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice- I know it is freshly squeezed not because that is what the carton says but because I squeezed it myself and I personally know the farmer that picked the oranges the other day!

- This Kid Below. I met him at a Birthday Party. He is Three and Picked a flower for me. It was pure thoughtfulness.

- A Pink Slip- While if you are not a PCV/T (Peace Corp Volunteer/Trainee) this means nothing to you but for us it means we have a PACKAGE!! To see the faces of the PCV/T simply let up when the Pink Slip is in their mailbox

- Sitting eating dinner outside in March watching the Sun fall into the Caribbean Sea

- E-Mails from my nearest and dearest even when I did not write them

- Hugs and excitement when I walk into my school attachment

- My Nephew- When I call him on Skype and He Smiles and Giggles At Me

- Falling Asleep under a blanket of stars outside

- Laughing until I cried while watching my Host Mother run from a wave while she was also laughing!

- My Family because they are the MOST SUPPORTIVE individuals!

Everyday Views...

Here are some pictures of the Island I call home. I just want to paint all of you the best picture I can with pictures...