future goodness

I'm so excited. The future holds such good things. Now if only the future would come now... :) I've been planning on going home for Christmas--home being Africa--and it looks like I might have a travel buddy or two! :) One of the profs at school here--who worked with my dad--has a daughter interested in coming out to Chad to work with students in Moundou--where my parents will be living. It's for a senior project, but she's planning on coming out the same time as me. And that'd be so incredibly awesome!!! :D I can tell she's a cool chick already...and I really don't know her that well. Plus, she might be able to have another friend come along...and that'd be even sweeter.

Other goodness, and maybe I mentioned this in an earlier blog, but I might have the chance to mentor a young girl this fall. She's in seventh grade and is becoming something of a handful for her parents. Her mom made the suggestion to me to be a mentor, and I really, really like the idea. I miss working with youth, and the girl's got a lot of potential. It could be lots of fun!

Other future goodness--WAY in the future--for some reason, we talk about sex a lot in the bookstore. I know it's the bookstore for a Christian university, but having two married women running things, well, I guess it's only a natural progression from barcoding to birth control. It makes me laugh, and although it can be a little embarrassing sometimes, I know that I'll appreciate the pseudo-mothership (HA!) of them being around. It's hilarious. And poor Alex...he doesn't hear most of the conversations that go on in the bookstore--because the three of us gals go back in one of the corners to talk about it--but it bugs him. Good thing he has a great attitude!