twister bed sheets

All I want for Christmas is a set of Twister Bed Sheets and all I can seem to find is the duvet cover, sold in England ..


I am upset.


If you find twister bed sheets anywhere, purchase them and I will repay you

Three Vignettes About my Mom

Cancer

When I called, she told me
She was saving the oysters
At low tide, throwing them back
Into the Sea, banking on
Good Karma.

Each oyster, silver and grey,
A sheen of ocean sweat lacing
Its shell. She throws them all back,
Not leaving a single one,
If someone is dying, she says, it’s not going to be them.

I want to tell her about the things
I’m doing and accomplishing,
But hearing the roar of each wave and
The laughter of my sisters’, I realized,
Nothing matters but the oysters.

And just in case:
Copyright, Laura Masters October 2008

Peace Corps

I don't know what I'm going to do when I graduate, the Peace Corps sounds like a good idea. I like helping people, especially little kids, I love helping little kids, they're just such special little humans who believe in things adults don't and can't. I thought about CityCorps for a while, doing something with kids in the states but Jake really wants to go to the Peace Corps and I really don't want to be apart from him for two years. Since where is not really all that important to me, why not the Peace Corps?

Here's why not:

-They don't accept people with life-threatening allergies
(yet, they accept HIV positive applicants)
-They can't promise you and your SO will be in the same place unless you're legally married
(that's a huge leap to take within the next 2 years)


Other than that, whatever, it would be great. Maybe they won't be as strict about the life-threatening allergy thing, I don't know, I guess I'll figure it out?

So I got upset for a little while with the impending two years of Jake and I being apart, then decided to research a bit. I found VSOCanada.org, this program out of Canada that accepts US applicants, is basically the same as PeaceCorps, has less restrictions on health (I can go) and can place couples together most of the time. Only draw back is that you have to fund raise for them, which I don't know, might not be that difficult? Now I just have to convince Jake that this is a viable option. Or maybe even if he gets into a place in the PeaceCorps and I get to the same place via this program. At least we could be in the same country, right?

I just want to help people, preferrably without being thousands of miles from the one person I care most about. Maybe that would be a plus though? Two years apart....wow, we would have to relearn each other and completely start over pretty much. Who knows if we would even be into each other anymore. Too much thinking to do right now.