I Wish I Had Brought …
- · The über-powerful insect repellent for fabrics that JT gave me [she said as a stealth mosquito buzzed in the vicinity]
- · The dryer sheets Jan gave me to deter mosquitos [I was out of dryer sheets at home and left them for Brittany Stevens who’s staying at my house while I’m away. Listen! When you're standing in your warm house with Netflix on in the background and your dog making you snicker and clean water coming from your tap and a car in the garage and a roof that doesn't leak, it's hard to imagine that you'll really need insect repellent and dryer sheets!]
- · Multi-vitamins [because on Day 1, I’ve eaten a roll; peanut butter; another roll; some lentil [?] soup; rice; an Odwalla bar from home {19 left}.]
- · Toilet paper [because there ain’t any; I can buy when I get to a store]
- · My slippers [I think I just killed that mosquito, although I don’t have evidence.]
- · More chocolate [a few Hershey kisses … what was I thinking …]
- · Antibiotics [only a slim chance of me escaping sickness in my estimation given the runny noses, lack of sanitation, my newly realized propensity to rub my eyes, which burn and tear most of the day …]
- · Dr. Suess books
- · A scented candle
- · Listerine
- · Clorox Wipes
I Hope I Don’t Run Out of …
- · Anti-bacterial gel
I’m Grateful for …
- · Friends’ text messages
- · Teachers
- · Running water [drinking fountains and flush toilets included]
- · Internet
- · Paved roads
- · Showers
- · Anti-smog requirements on vehicles
- · Copy machines, printers
- · Anti-bacterial gel
- · Fruits and vegetables
- · My iPhone
- · Power converters
- · The solar light the Trujillos (Tehachapi Rotary) gave me
- · Dressers and shelves
- · My lavender-filled lamb, just like Solay Tyson’s, which I brought with me and had just gotten at Ceago Vineyard in Lakeport
- · Being quick-on-my-feet with kids
- · Eyob’s passion to give kids a chance ... and their only pair of shoes. Yikes.
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