Tomorrow can't get here soon enough! I am not sure how I am even going to sleep tonight.
Out of Office Message...check
Way to much that has to be done on vacation packed....check
Chicken Salad Sanwiches...check
Oil Change...check
Dixie's bath...check
Presents Wrapped...check
Playlist made...check
Winter clothes....check
House cleaned....check
Christmas Jammies...check (two pairs :) )
Love...check
Luck...check
Blessings...check
My Cook...check
Spending time with Family this year for the first time since last October...check
Happy Girl...Check
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Day I met Bono In Italy....
Ok, some of you know this and some of you don't. But, when I went to interview for my job at Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland, I met Bono. I was eating in a Chinese Resturant with my soon to be boss, Alesia, her niece and another colleague, Calhoun. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a man who I was sure was Bono. All through dinner I could not help but stare at him. Could this really be true? Could I be in the same place as this mega super star in a little town in Italy? I talked about it with the company at my table. They wanted to me to ask him and I of course was acting shy. But I really wanted to know...
As we got ready to leave, I got up the nerve to ask the man if he was Bono. Calhoun was so embarassed that he was hiding out in the parking lot. I have Alesia my camera to snap a photo, just in case, and walked over to the man. "Excuse me sir, are you Bono?" Bono looked right at me and said, "Are you drunk?" Me, "No sir, I have only had one beer. Can I take a picutre with you?" And that was that. He never responded yes or no, a whole entourage of people came close when we took our picture, it was Bono and I met him in a small Chinese resturant in Italy. I went back and emailed the photo of me with Bono to my Aunt Pat, the resident Bono expert, and she really could not confirm or deny either. I will always remember that day as the day I met Bono.
A year later I went back to the Chinese resturant with some friends. We reminded the owner who we were and that we had been there the night that Bono came in. He told us that Bono had just been there the week before. Confirmation, that was Bono and me in the picture.
Fast Forward three years...yesterday, December 17, 2009. I got this email from my good friend Laura in Lugano....
Rachel,
How are you? I received your Xmas card. THANK YOU! I hope all is well and happy for you in Georgia. Some day, I really want to go there! I got a call from Nathan a week ago...what a surprise! It was fun to hear from him and felt like we had talked just days before. Same ol' Nate.
So, here's a funny story. I was at a dinner party a few weeks ago. U2 was playing and we started talking about them.I proceeded to tell them the story about how my friend was interviewing here and met Bono at the Chinese restaurant past gandria. How you went up to him and Said, are you Bono? He said, ARe you drunk? etc etc.
So a few days later, one of the guys, Robb, emails me and says, guess what? A colleague of mine at work was Just talking about how her friend looks like Bono and that they were in a restaurant one time and people came up to them and asked to take a photo. I told robb, no, that we were in the restaurant a year later and that the owner had said that Bono had been there again the week before. So, I'm sure this was a different case.
Well, I forgot about the whole thing, and YESTERDAY out of the blue, I get the below photo!!
I almost fell out of my chair!
Anyway... I had to share!
:) Hope you have a great Xmas..
Love, Laura
The Email she is referring too...
Hey,
If I don't see you have a great time in Vietnam!!
Happy Holidays!
I hope this is your friend.....probably not, but funny!!!
Robb
I almost fell out of my chair too! I laughed so hard on the phone with my aunt that I was crying! There is my camera in the picutre and you can see my picture on the camera screen! The world is so small...so so small...
Remind me to blog about another "It's a small world afterall" experience soon. But for now, I hope you get a kick out of the picture too!
As we got ready to leave, I got up the nerve to ask the man if he was Bono. Calhoun was so embarassed that he was hiding out in the parking lot. I have Alesia my camera to snap a photo, just in case, and walked over to the man. "Excuse me sir, are you Bono?" Bono looked right at me and said, "Are you drunk?" Me, "No sir, I have only had one beer. Can I take a picutre with you?" And that was that. He never responded yes or no, a whole entourage of people came close when we took our picture, it was Bono and I met him in a small Chinese resturant in Italy. I went back and emailed the photo of me with Bono to my Aunt Pat, the resident Bono expert, and she really could not confirm or deny either. I will always remember that day as the day I met Bono.
A year later I went back to the Chinese resturant with some friends. We reminded the owner who we were and that we had been there the night that Bono came in. He told us that Bono had just been there the week before. Confirmation, that was Bono and me in the picture.
Fast Forward three years...yesterday, December 17, 2009. I got this email from my good friend Laura in Lugano....
Rachel,
How are you? I received your Xmas card. THANK YOU! I hope all is well and happy for you in Georgia. Some day, I really want to go there! I got a call from Nathan a week ago...what a surprise! It was fun to hear from him and felt like we had talked just days before. Same ol' Nate.
So, here's a funny story. I was at a dinner party a few weeks ago. U2 was playing and we started talking about them.I proceeded to tell them the story about how my friend was interviewing here and met Bono at the Chinese restaurant past gandria. How you went up to him and Said, are you Bono? He said, ARe you drunk? etc etc.
So a few days later, one of the guys, Robb, emails me and says, guess what? A colleague of mine at work was Just talking about how her friend looks like Bono and that they were in a restaurant one time and people came up to them and asked to take a photo. I told robb, no, that we were in the restaurant a year later and that the owner had said that Bono had been there again the week before. So, I'm sure this was a different case.
Well, I forgot about the whole thing, and YESTERDAY out of the blue, I get the below photo!!
I almost fell out of my chair!
Anyway... I had to share!
:) Hope you have a great Xmas..
Love, Laura
The Email she is referring too...
Hey,
If I don't see you have a great time in Vietnam!!
Happy Holidays!
I hope this is your friend.....probably not, but funny!!!
Robb
I almost fell out of my chair too! I laughed so hard on the phone with my aunt that I was crying! There is my camera in the picutre and you can see my picture on the camera screen! The world is so small...so so small...
Remind me to blog about another "It's a small world afterall" experience soon. But for now, I hope you get a kick out of the picture too!
Friday, December 11, 2009
angels...
I have been a little overwhelmed and a bit disappointed with the holiday posts of some of my friends. People seem so worried about what gifts they need to buy, the shopping they need to do, the items they need to be comfortable on trips and all of those other commercial things that Christmas brings. Not to get on a soap box but I am wondering if they have taken the time to look around them to realize that everything they need is right in front of their eyes.
This has been bothering me for the last few weeks. It hit especially hard when I stood in front of the Angel Tree in the lobby at the Y last week. There were angel cutouts representing 450 children that were part of our yearly angel tree program. 450 children. Double the number we had last year. I felt overwhelmed as I stood there and chose three angels. There were some children that were only asking for t-shirts and socks. T-shirts and socks. Let me say that again...T-shirts and socks. I can not remember a year as a child that I wished for Santa to bring me T-shirts and socks. Struck a chord. I took three angels, chose gifts for them and brought them back to work to be distributed at the party.
I just got home from the Angel Tree Party at the Y. Imagine the gym, filled with children and parents celebrating the holiday season. There were not there wishing for fancy trips, North Face jackets, Ugg boots or jewlery. They were there to see Santa, and recieve their gift from the Angels that looked out for them. 450 Children that would have gone with out. 450 children. I was assigned to the check-in table where the children game to get their gifts. With each passed out present, each saucer sized eye and excited squeel upon seeing their gift, my heart got heavier. There is so much need out there and I have everything I need. There is not one thing that I could honestly say I am suffering for not having. All these kids asked for was a transformer, a baby doll and t-shirts and socks. Wow. If that does not ground you, bring you back to reality, I am not sure what does.
My heart is heavy for those who are cold tonight, those who are hungry and don't have a safe place to lay their head, those that will never go on fancy trips, wear Ugg boots or North Face jackets, those who only wished for T-shirt and Socks this Christmas. This holiday has gotten out of control. Since when does the birth of Jesus Christ require store decorations to be put up in October? Expensive Christmas presents? Fancy holiday parties? Am I missing something here?
I am blessed to have been given a special gift. I go to work every day to make a differnence in the life of someone else. In the end, the one who recieves the biggest reward is me. Tonight grounded me. Shook me. Made stop and Thank God for all of the blessings I have in my life. I urge you to take a look at what you have around you. Hug your husband's neck just a little harder. Call your Papa and tell him just how much he means to you. Drive home for Christmas, no matter the distance, to spend time with the people you love. Take the opportunity to make a difference in someone's life. And please, stop putting up a Facebook status about how stressed you are about the holidays and how much shopping you need to do.
This has been bothering me for the last few weeks. It hit especially hard when I stood in front of the Angel Tree in the lobby at the Y last week. There were angel cutouts representing 450 children that were part of our yearly angel tree program. 450 children. Double the number we had last year. I felt overwhelmed as I stood there and chose three angels. There were some children that were only asking for t-shirts and socks. T-shirts and socks. Let me say that again...T-shirts and socks. I can not remember a year as a child that I wished for Santa to bring me T-shirts and socks. Struck a chord. I took three angels, chose gifts for them and brought them back to work to be distributed at the party.
I just got home from the Angel Tree Party at the Y. Imagine the gym, filled with children and parents celebrating the holiday season. There were not there wishing for fancy trips, North Face jackets, Ugg boots or jewlery. They were there to see Santa, and recieve their gift from the Angels that looked out for them. 450 Children that would have gone with out. 450 children. I was assigned to the check-in table where the children game to get their gifts. With each passed out present, each saucer sized eye and excited squeel upon seeing their gift, my heart got heavier. There is so much need out there and I have everything I need. There is not one thing that I could honestly say I am suffering for not having. All these kids asked for was a transformer, a baby doll and t-shirts and socks. Wow. If that does not ground you, bring you back to reality, I am not sure what does.
My heart is heavy for those who are cold tonight, those who are hungry and don't have a safe place to lay their head, those that will never go on fancy trips, wear Ugg boots or North Face jackets, those who only wished for T-shirt and Socks this Christmas. This holiday has gotten out of control. Since when does the birth of Jesus Christ require store decorations to be put up in October? Expensive Christmas presents? Fancy holiday parties? Am I missing something here?
I am blessed to have been given a special gift. I go to work every day to make a differnence in the life of someone else. In the end, the one who recieves the biggest reward is me. Tonight grounded me. Shook me. Made stop and Thank God for all of the blessings I have in my life. I urge you to take a look at what you have around you. Hug your husband's neck just a little harder. Call your Papa and tell him just how much he means to you. Drive home for Christmas, no matter the distance, to spend time with the people you love. Take the opportunity to make a difference in someone's life. And please, stop putting up a Facebook status about how stressed you are about the holidays and how much shopping you need to do.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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