Date: 2007-04-04
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For journal still pre-hike not hiking:I have been so busy getting my stuff together, that all I got done on here was my gear list. Yesterday I worked out my 2 week notice at work. I work with the best family at sears and I am going to miss everyone so much. ¢Thank you Sheila for the cake I almost cried.¢ Sheila is like the mother in the department I worked in at sears, and everyone else with all the different personalities make up a tight nit family that care about each other. Now that might sound sweet and everything but considering I work in sales which normally is a cut throat type job, sweet and family isn't the normal.Today was hard for me saying goodbye to my daughters. That was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever done - well almost (next to brandy's atv accident). Recap of my last day in Grayson, KY.Got up and got ready by 7:45 and took Breianna to school. Then I had breakfast with Martha. (One of my 4 best friends) After that I went to sears and got a new mp3 player because my cell phone memory sucks even though it plays songs, guess I should have checked the size of the memory and card before. Once that was done I met David (another best friend) in the parking lot to give him his Easter card and say goodbye. I then went to get Breianna at school, she had to go until 9:50 because that is her biology class and she can't miss; that's her hardest class. Then Breianna and I went to the Commercial Bank of Grayson¢s Easter dinner to spend time with Brandy (she works there). I should add they put together a wonderful meal. (Thank you).Then I went to see my grandmother. She is 86 years old. This is the woman that I want to be like. Everything about her is special; she is a wonderful example in her christian walk, a wonderful mother and grandmother, a great cook, very smart and kind lady. So when she almost cried that was hard. I then met Lisa for lunch (another of my 4 best friends). She told me to call and come home any time I wanted to, and not to think I had to do it, no one would say I failed. As sweet as that is, I think I will have to stay on until Maine, but I do hope she comes to visit me. I am going to add Shawnie the last of my very best friends was out of town. We did our visit earlier in the week. She is a great neighbor. (Shawnie, Lisa and I live on the same road) During our visit she told me, "three people live up this road, Lisa who is content with where she is and not going anywhere, I dream of places but never go, but you dream and go." That pretty much explained me so I hope she didn't mind me sharing.Next I visited with my mom and dad. They are so worried about me. I wish they wouldn't worry, I will be fine. Also, I should mention I am glad my mom didn't pack my pack because it would be very heavy with all the stuff she was asking if I was taking. To even make things harder my dad looked like a lost pup all the while. My mom called me the other day to tell me at their breakfast prayer dad asked god to look over me on my trip and started to cry. This is a man I only seen worried to that point when brandy almost lost her life. I have much respect for my parents and I want to tell them that I love them very much.Well all that pasted in a blink the last 2 weeks was hectic and emotional beyond belief. ¢Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.¢