my plan for today was pretty fluid. i just knew i needed to return Soul Surfer, and i wanted coffee. : )
i woke up an hour earlier than i'd wanted because of a leg cramp. an intense leg cramp which started in the dream i was having & continued into my waking! :( thank the Lord it stretched out fairly quickly, but made it so i was UP. (it's still sore right now, many hours later!) i toasted a bagel thin, added cream cheese, and had a yogurt (potassium!) for breakfast. read People. this week's has the September 11th tribute/feature. hard to believe it has been 10 years. an entire decade has passed! and yet, i read that the memorial for flight 93, in PA, has been struggling for funding? what's that about? i know the WTC towers were the larger target & whatnot, but COME ON, ppl! whomever is in charge of memorial funds should be giving a good portion to the PA one. in my opinion, of course.
anywhoo. mom called to see if i wanted to play cards. i wasn't sure. i mean, it's just so NICE to have peace & quiet... but i hadn't seen grammy in awhile to play cards, and i felt like i should go. i did want to finish burn notice first, tho. i'd missed my michael weston fix! : ) i may have watched another episode of neal as well. i can't remember if that was today or yesterday. LOL
i headed to grammy's & stopped for coffee on the way. : ) YUM...! the game was intense and fun and grammy accidentally hit her life alert buzzer in her excitement over a hand she had. *laugh* her life alert thing started buzzing & then said "help has been called." we all looked at each other like, "what?" heh. i noticed where her hands were at & said, "oh, she accidentally hit it!" so when the dude came on the line, grammy apologized & he said he was happy she was okay. : )
i proceeded to win by 2000 points. : ) wooohoo!
mom & i left to head to her house for some big brother fun. instead of going straight to mom's, i stopped at kwik shop for a fountain soda. when i pulled in, i saw a group of kids sitting in front, looking fairly dirty & whatnot. i say kids, but they were probably early 20's (man, i'm old!). i went in for my soda & a cheese stick. talked w/ the cashier - he's a former army ranger, so we chatted a bit. when i left, i said hi to the group outside. one guy asked for a favor & i said, "i'm sorry, i can't, but be safe!" and they said that's okay & thanked me for being nice about it. i was like, "are ppl NOT nice about it??" and we talked for a second. then i left.
as i was driving, i just felt prompted to pray for them, for their safety & that someone would be able to help them - they had a dog w/ them & had said they just wanted to get her some food. so i just had the thought that i was sorry i didn't have enough cash on me to help them out, but then - and i truly think the Lord gave me the thought - i thought that i could write a check & get some dog food.
so i turned around & went back. as i approached the kwik shop, i got a tingle of anxiety. how was it going to look, my going back? would they be grateful or would i seem a crazy old broad, coming back? would there still be a parking space? i didn't let the anxiety get to me (again, thank You, Lord) and there was ONE spot left in the lot. i parked & went back over to the group & said, "i'm back! i don't have any cash, but i can go in & buy some dog food, if you'd like?"
they were all very nice & a few of them went in w/ me to pick out the dog food. i told them they should get something for themselves, as well, so they got hot dogs for everyone, and some tea and coffee. i tried to get them to pick some fruit & chips & whatever else, but they didn't want to buy too much. as we chatted, i learned that they were riding the rails. they'd just disembarked & were trying to get some food for the puppy before jumping on the train to minnesota or north dakota.
i felt so blessed to have been able to bless their evening a little bit. and i'll have to tell leyton i met some ppl who ride on trains all the time. heh. i missed 15 minutes of big brother, but it wouldn't have mattered if i'd missed the whole thing. helping these kids out, in the little way i could, was worth anything! and i thought of brandee, and her experience with the rail kids. (you have to scroll down because for some reason i cannot link to the separate post!) this blog post of hers inspired me, along with the fact that my grandpa used to ride the rails. i think he would take my cousins sometimes. they have stories. i'll have to ask! : )
i pray that the group of 6 are okay tonight as they ride those rails to minnesota or north dakota. i pray that their gluten-allergic puppy will take to the food we bought okay, and that everyone gets a good night's sleep with full tummies. i pray that they will bless others on their journey as they blessed me, and that the Lord will make Himself a presence in their lives.
i pray that you will be blessed to bless someone today. : )
oh, and i did make it to mom's for BB. was a lovely put-together episode. and nice to hang out w/ mom! we might go see a movie tomorrow. i came home & ate grilled chicken for dinner & watched The Protector. now i'm going to watch AGT before bed.
TTFN! : )
