What Goes Around

I have had a hard time with jealousy lately. I mean, serious hard time. Yesterday I was even brought to tears by my jealousy. I tried to think of God and how he is a jealous God, but I couldn't quite bring my situation to a spiritual lesson. You see, the thing I am jealous about is my son. Or maybe I should say, I am jealous for him. So maybe I could look at God's son and see how God was jealous of us not giving Jesus the respect that he deserved. Or even how (like the song says) God is jealous for me. Yeah, I like that. God is jealous for me the way I am jealous for my child. And I want everyone else to love my son like I do. Micah is awesome! You should have seen his sweet face on the rides at Disneyland this week. He enjoyed it so much. I love it. He would get off Magic Mountain and say, "That was awesome!" It was all so much fun for him. His second favorite ride was Toad's Wild Ride. It is really a simple, no-nonsense ride, but he loved it. I ...

So here I sit, drinking my Dr. Pepper, freezing in Southern California. My fingers are numb. I have a sweatshirt on. Oh, how I wish I had gloves. Last night we were at Tony and Linda's (aka dad and mom) small group Bible study. I had brought a bunch of shawls from India to sell here in America and have found that small groups like this is a great place to sell them. So I told the group that they were just $5.00 each and the money is being used to pay for our Disneyland trip next week. I have sold them before and people really seem to like them. One of the ladies said that she was taking her grandson to Disneyland next week. She said that a lady that she works for gives her free tickets. As we continued with the Bible study she asked me, "How many tickets do you need?" I told her it was just us three. So she said, "I can get you tickets." So she made a phone call and sure enough, she got us tickets. So next Tuesday we are going to Disneyland. I am so ...

I was reminded of another of my many pet peeves while we were on the flight from LAX to Charlotte. I HATE it and it totally STRESSES me out when the plane is going through turbulence and they give the announcement to get in your seat, and then people get up to use the bathroom. Are they morons? Don't they know that we could drop a thousand feet and they will hit their head on the ceiling and die? And it always seems to be the old, feeble people who wobble to the bathroom, only then to be told by the flight attendant that they need to go back to their seat. On this flight several people got up soon after the turbulence announcement and walked back to the toilet. We were in the last seat so we could hear the flight attendants telling them to go sit back down. People just kept getting up and coming. Finally they quit telling people to sit down and let them use it. It was still pretty bumpy but there was no stopping the people from coming. As each one came past us I couldn...

Last night I went to Allison's (sis in-law) batchlorette party. It was at a mexican restaurant/bar. It was a very crowded place so we weren't able to get a big table all together. Allison and her girl friends were at one table and the old folks (me and others) were at our own table (feeling awkward). Allison showed up at the place drunk already, from a bit too many drinks in the limo. I thought it would be embarrassing to be around your mother in-law to-be and your grandmother in-law to-be, but she didn't seem too worried about it. Allison wasn't a bad drunk really. She was a little loud, but not obnoxious. I felt old. I had a new dress on, but I ended up looking like an old lady instead of a young thing. I had some nice shoes on too. But my purse, which looked fine at home, turned into an old lady purse. It was also cold out, so I had a shawl. I'm glad I had it but it just added to the old lady look. I don't drink for two reasons. First, I am che...

A few years ago we took a type of personality test that explains how you act under stress. Yesterday I was reminded of that test. I didn't realize so much that I am stressing out about moving and leaving for the States, but then I did something totally out of my normal character. Steve, Micah and I were walking to get a rickshaw in our neighborhood, when a big vehicle, like an SUV, came down the street. The streets here are not made for big cars and it is just a recent phenomenom to have them. Well he came roaring down the street and honking at the car going too slow in front of him. That made me irritated so I turned and glared. We continued on. Then we got to the front of our neighborhood and I hear the thing coming again. It roars around a corner and a taxi is turning so they come face to face with each other. From my perspective it seems the taxi had the right away, but the big guy wouldn't budge, so the taxi had to back up. But behind the taxi were more cars so it...

At a wedding last year, I was mingling (something I am very awkward at) with the ladies and met a new lady who lived in Nizamuddin East (the neighborhood next to ours). We were talking about what we do and I mentioned "You know the gym in Nizamuddin West? That is my gym." Sometimes things you say are misunderstood and sometimes Indians say rude things. I'm not sure if she thought I was saying that the gym is "mine" as in "I go to it." Or if she understood that I was saying that I am the owner of the gym. Anyway, she said, "Oh yes, I know the gym. I went there once but it wasn't very good." I went ahead and told her that I own the gym, even though it was awkward. She didn't seem surprised or embarrassed. So I assume she was trying to be rude. I mean, even if it is true, you don't say some things.

So to continue on with "house-help tales of today", let me tell you what she told me. Bimla was on the phone off and on all day today. I try not to listen, but she talks really loud. So after she got off the phone I asked if everything was okay. So she told me that her older son (13 years old) didn't pick-up the younger (3 and 5) kids from school so they were just wondering around outside. Their house was locked so the kids couldn't go inside. So they just were outside somewhere. So she was calling people to try to locate her kids. Bimla lives in a village type setting. All the neighbors know each other. SO most likely her kids are fine. But then she told me that just yesterday a young child in her area went missing. She said a person took the child. So that is why she was nervous today about her kids. If that was me I would find the quickest way home and look for my kids. She just kept working.