Can you think of a better way to wake up in the morning than an unexpected phone call? It was a mixed blessing. For some reason my cell phone I mean alarm clock did not go off this morning and by the grace of God, someone called me at an ungodly hour. A fantastic, purposeful phone call at that! I am often amazed at how easy it is to start off your day in a positive way and at the same time amazed at how one small action from someone else can make or break your day.

I heard the most moving reflection the other day. You know how we curse traffic lights, and forgetting things and have to go back for them, a traffic accident that makes us wait, or heavy congestion on the roads in the morning. Imagine all those people who were late to work on the morning of September 11. The fact that they ran into all those inconveniences, saved their lives. How fascinating is that? All the things that we dread and do not look forward to ultimately have their purpose. Wow.

Things are busy as usual. I am going to book my trip to New York today. My sister is coming in from England to visit her friend and I have decided that because I have never been that it would be the perfect opportunity to go. I am very excited and have decided that I will curb my shopping at this end so that I can go crazy on that end.

And by some strange occurrence I had decided to through myself into the world of education again. I will be taking my Special Education Course (Part One) through Western University. Am I crazy? I have heard what a nightmare online course can be and still am signed up for one. When will I learn?

On a sad note, the high anticipated canoe trip has been cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. And I am so sad. But it hopefully will go in the spring. I think it might be a blessing in disguise as the weather at night is quite fresh, although it does warm up during the day. And on another positive note I will get to make the party to celebrate Lorina’s bday and Jenn finishing off another exam. I was afraid that the trip would run late and that I would miss out on the festivities.

On the note of weather, we are expecting high winds and heavy rain as the hurricane Isabel approaches. I was saying to a friend the other day that I do not know what to do. It is so funny, but I have never dealt with a hurricane or MAJOR storm before. I figure I will just go to my Mum’s house. She has a basement that we can always hide in. My house has an above ground basement. Got some advice to tape the windows, and I guess that I will have to bring in my lawn furniture so that it does not get whipped away to Kansas. (Ha ha!!)