Hey,
Its late, but its alright because Im off from work tomorrow. Everything is all good with me and my family. As a matter of fact we all got together this weekend at my house for chatting, laughing, and eating as we always do. I love my family so much its really crazy. We have out debates and we have our moments but we always make sure we make up before we leave each other presense. When one of my sisters come ova, my other sister could be riding by and see her truck in the drive way, and then she\’ll get out come and and ask * why yall didnt call me ova*? LOL Then after time passes, my brother would pop up. My momma is so happy when all her kids are in her presense. She enjoys us and we enjoy her. My brother-n-laws come ova just as much as my sisters. We have fun.
When we sit up and talk we all realize that we have something in common. When we were growing up we always had to kiss and make up right after an argument. WE HATED THAT! Why couldnt we argu be mad and make up when we wanted too? We had to hug and kiss each other right after the argument. So now that we are older, people ask me how do I like to taalk it out and make friends so quickly. I never knew really why until we were talking about it together. My sisters friends ask them the same things. Thats how we were raised. I can\’t hold a grudge long at all, I have to make peace when Im at odds with someone. We don\’t have to be bestfriends, but we can surely part ways in a adult fashion. We had a good talk. WE even talked about how haunted our old house was. It was so spooky that I wouldnt drive or walk down that street to this day for nothing in the world. Neva!!! Its a funny story too because me and my sister who is under me, remebers all the scary stuff about that house, and my sister and brother we are younger *35-36* now, didnt see any thing creepy about the house. I even still have dreams and creepy night mares about it. Ughhhhh, lemme change the subject. lol
Let me tell yall what happened to me today. I was on my way to work, and me Im always pushing it. I can have to be at a movie @ 1 and I will leave out the house at 12:45. I dunno I do that. But let it be a concert, Church, or something Im the first one there.
When it comes to work, Im always workng off my grace period minutes, which is 14 mintues. Anyway……… Im pulling out the house this morning, round bout 11:ish had to be there @ 11:30. I start driving down the street and my car cuts down, just like that………… just like that. So I get this strange look on my face, my heart starts pumping faster, and Im like okay, let me try this again. I cranked it up and start driving. Keep in mind Im still on my block. Then it stops again…….so Im like WTH is wrong with my car? I reverse it all the way back to my house…..all the way. no cars where coming or anything. So I pulled up in my drive way and sat there for a moment. Thinking should I try this again? Should I try to drive this to work? Will it stop on me, will it start smoking or something? Even though the voice inside of me was saying, nope dont do it, I decided to pull out and drive to work. Shoooooe I got to that next block, it cut off and when I FINALLY got it to turn back on, I turned around in soneone\’s drive way and tried to gun it home. lol That thing wouldnt go for nothing in the world. I had to call my momma to push me home. I almost forgot my cellphone at home. I called my mechanic and while I was @ work he come right ova and drove my car in my drive way, it was really hard sterring, so I left it on the streets. Come to find out, I need a fuel filter. So thats a good thing.
I wish that I had a truck. When my gurls meet on Sundays I have to take home at least 4-7 gurls and sometimes I have to make 2 trips. I dont mind picking them up at all, I just need somethng bigger. When we have our movie days and bowling party, I want to be able to pick up all my gurls who mom don\’t have a car and take them.
We had so much fun yesterday * Sunday*. Every meet I have to come up with something very interesting to do as a group. They really like to team up and do the group things. Im happy that they do because I know that when they get out there in the work force, there are going to me times when you have to work together as a group. You have to be able to follow, lead, and sometimes just fall in place. Im teaching them this and they are really catching on. We played this game called The Prom Dress, and what I did was break the teams off into 3 and they had to make a Prom Dress out of 3 rolls of toliet paper, having only 10 mintues to complete the project. Before we started they were told to decide who would be the dress model, who would design, and who would be the over seeing in their groups. They all decided and when it was time to do their dresses, they did the thang!!!! I made a mistake tho. I had one group of gurls go to the basement so that the others would peek at their dresses, not thinking that once the model walk up the stairs that she would ruin her dress!!! I felt so bad. I felt they were cheated. Even tho I let them have a few extra mintues to fix the dress, it still should have been thought out throughly. But I learned something from that, and our next group project *which is coming soon* will all be done on the same floor.
Each week we focus on a different topic and we do role playing, and this one I really love. I made it up too. What I did was bought some long wooden sticks and made 2 big squares on the floor out of them. One gurl stands in one while the other stand in the other. I gave one of the gurls a question to ask the other, and if she agrees with the question, she will LEAVE HER OWN SQAURE and stand in the square of the person who read the question off. For example: Here are one of the questions: One gurl turns to the other and ask: Lets call some people and play on the phone? On this question the one gurl walked into her square . The gurls cracked up, so I went to each and everyone of them and asked them would you do this? They all said yesssss, because its fun!!! It was funny, because I was the Queen of playing on the phone. So then after a few questions I got down to some serious questions. I chose 2 more gurls to take the square. The question was: \”You tell your friend that you forgot to give your aunt her $27.00 back in change when she went to the store …. the question is should she spend it? A few of the gurls said yea….. I\’ll spend it. When I asked them why would they spend their own aunt\’s money, they said because she MAY have other money, and she wont miss it. So I said well, let me ask you this………. suppose your bestfriend * nell- who was there* sent you to the store and came back and told you, that she spent your money because she needed it, would you be mad? She was like no. I told her that the reason why she wouldnt be mad at nell is because she dont want her auntie to be mad at her if she did it to her. lol It was a game to really challenge their thinking about things in life. They really need that. Kids do things a lot of times without thinking about the consequences. And thats an area that Im going to be hitting hard ………..along with attidudes.
Every time we need that get Quizzes, because it tells me a lot about the person and how they think. I did this one called Character Traits Inventory, and it ask many different questions. For example: —- I have positive attitudes. — I\’d like to have better attitudes. They would check off which one best describe them. Im finding that many of them admit and want to:
- work on their attitudes
- be more kinder and more caring
- want to learn how to accept responsibility
- more tolerant and fair
- want to beco
me more calm and peaceful - be more respectful and courteous
- more cautious and safety conscious
- want to be a better citizen and more involved in the community
- need to conserve and save better
- need to be a better follower
- more self discipline.
I was really blown away when I read some of the entries these young gurls want to improve in. Im going to really have to step my game up with them. They really enjoy the group and I think they love to learn about themselves. A lot of the questions I ask they would have never thought to think about it really does challenge their thinking.
We are trying to raise money to go to Cedarpointe Amusment Park in Ohio for August 15. 2009. I want to take my gurls to Disney World Florida for a week!!! Ive been 2 times and I really want them to experience the world as travelers. When kids sit on the porch, sit in the house, and swing at the park is so not where its at. Ive been to a lot of places and I think that kids should get to know other cities, things, and places. They are lovely young ladies and Im really excited to be working with them. I want them to visit The King Home, the wax museum with interesting african American figures. There is so much I want them to do ,and yes its going to take hard hard work. Im willing to do it. These gurls deserve it.
Well, Im closing for now, its 3:53 and I have a few things to do before I turn in. I have so much to share with you all, I just have to put it in the right words so that it could come out right. I have a way with words……….and Im working on that. lolll
Be Blessed!
Inside the mind of cree 
