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October 26, 2008

So, last weekend I was asked to do some volunteer work for an organization here in Mooresville called WAM (women auxiliary of motor sports).� Sounded like a great opportunity to do some networking so I agreed to volunteer.� Really had no idea what I would be doing.� I knew that I had been recommended for the work because I have experience driving a 15 passenger van but had not idea what I would be doing.� It turns out that I was needed to pick up all the performers for the benefit concert they were having.� Basically I picked them up at the airport and took them to the hotel, then would shuffle them back and forth from the hotel to the venue.� The headline band for the show was Rick Springfield.� His tour manager requested that once they were picked up at the airport that they have a person specifically assigned to take Rick and the band around.� I was asked to handle that!!!!� I was to take them where ever they wanted to go.� After the group was done with their sound check they wanted to go to dinner.� Rick had seen a billboard for a Japanese restaurant on the way to the venue and asked if I could take them there.� Turns out the restaurant was right across the street from the hotel.� So off to the restaurant we go…me and the band.� Up to this point I really had not had much conversation with them but once we got to restaurant we started chatting it up and where having a great time.� Apparently the boys like playing practical jokes and I turned out to be there next victim.� In a nutshell they told the waitstaff that we were out to dinner to celebrate the pregnancy of myself their bass guitar player Goerge.� So at the end of dinner they brought out a cake with a candle in and they sang a song for us.� It was quite a production and it got the attention of a lot of the people in the restaurant. The guys thoughts this was so funny, I guess I did!� Other performers that I met that weekend were, John Waite, Eddie Money and Lou Gramm.� It really was a fun gig and I’m happy I was asked to help.

At last things are looking up for us the money we thought we'd never see again has been paid back it has taken months but it has arrived in time to keep us above water .this was wages my partener was due when his boss went bust thank god it came when it did thats a lot of my mind at long last .i now even dare to think about christmas . see if you hold onto the little ray of hope long enough something good will happen .about time too cos i couldn't take much more crap this year .ah well alls well that ends well i guess .

im all out of love.. i need someone to lean on.. i need someone.. :'(

Today is going okay so far...Im setting in my economics class bored to death missing my man. I still have about 34 minutes to kill until class change, and I really wish this day would hurry and end, altho, it sucks because its friday and I wont get to see him for the next two days...I dont usually write journals on here, I have had this for a while but never done anything with it. lol I dont think many poeple will be reading anything on here anyways. but its something to do, I have parents who dont know how to make there own journals to read, so they read mine, so I guess internet journals are really a last resort. Something to do though.Im E-mailing my cuz, and was writing the boyfriend, but time is still going by just as slow. I just cant wait till this class ends. I am really have withdraws from the boyfriend and miss him bad..

�I never thought� I would feel this way about someone like this. This guy has me thinking about him constatly thinking about him, I know he actually likes me back, hes my best friend, and hes my life. I know that he feels the same, and knowing that keeps me smiling thorughout the day. I have never been happyer then I am now. I want to be with this boy forever. I know girls in highschool say that all the time, and when it comes down to it, they can get over the guy in a week- This is diffrent...I have had puppy love before, But this is full blown love. Its diffrent in ever way. I can see myself with him in the futur, and he says the same. I think its going to work out that way. Hes going to be my highschool sweetheart and Im going to be his. Im glad Ive found the person I think that I want to be with at a young age. 16 year olds usually are spaced between who they like, but I know, and I want to keep this one forever. I love him so much and hes the first person that I know actually loves me back. At lest I wont be older and scared that I will never find love, cause I have found it now. I want him more then anything. I would give up everything just to make him smile. His happyness is the reason for my joy

Angel 'Williams'�Loves Michael Williams Forever

Today's quote is: "Answer your critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument".

Interesting indeed. I've thought this and used it at every opportunity. In recent times I'm practicing still.

OK, so I had my beautiful baby boy, Zakariah on August 30!� I knew being a new mom would be very challenging, but I wasn't prepared for this!!!� The past almost two months have been insane to say the least!� But, I'm actually started to feel a bit more comfortable with it all now!� I'm back to teaching a few dance classes a week at my studio, and I've tried to resume my�daily workouts (whenever Zak will let me!)� Sometimes I get my cardio by jumping around the living room to Pussycat Dolls while making faces at my baby to keep him happy, or�if he falls asleep I can take him down in his stroller to the gym in our condo.� I gained a whopping total of 60 pounds during this pregnancy - too many cupcakes and ice cream for sure!� But, how I'm looking at it now is -�it will just make for a more�dramatic body makeover!� I took a before picture in a bikini last week - eek!�(at which point I was 40 pounds over my normal weight), so over the next few months I hope to make huge progress with my body transformation back into it's fit self (and hopefully even better than before my pregnancy�- as I plan to compete in a fitness competition in the late spring or early summer!)� I'll keep you all posted on my journey!

乡愁

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少年时常读到名作家们写的有关乡愁的文章, 但总是不大明白, 旅居国外的名人们一般都能生活得不错, 为何要愁?

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十几年游学闯荡的岁月里, 我总是举头望明月, 低头看文章, 不觉有半点乡愁.� 但偏偏在到了四十有五时, 在我内心渐渐产生了一种莫名奇妙的乡愁. 那时我在新加坡工作. 在家里跟朋友喝茶聊天时, 我会不由自主地流露出一种漂泊感.

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大概在不惑和知天命这个年纪, 乡愁的嫩芽就会在你的思绪里自然地冒出来. 思乡不仅仅是想家, 是内心里对生你养你那片土地的无法抑制的眷恋.

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有一种力量驱使我下定决心一定要带儿子游遍中国的名山大川, 跟孩子一起了解中国历史, 领悟中国文化.

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回国两年, 双脚站在这片坚实的土地上, 眼前映着故乡的山水, 耳边响着不同腔调的中文, 8大菜系换着吃, 连做梦都感到踏实.

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朋友, 如果你在海外漂泊多年, 不管你成就了多么伟大的事业, 无论你的生活过得多么富足, 你都是走在回家的路上.