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But I forgot my camera! How stupid was that?

But I hope to take a MiniDV camera next time and maybe even get some footage! But even though she has 5 girls on her team, they all divided up differently and ended up play Three To A Side. So she and 2 other girls from her team played 3 girls (one of which is on her “team”). It was funny. Like I said earlier, she’s a bit undersized and younger compared to the other girls. But she’s got a go get ’em spirit. She hustles a lot. Always running after who ever actually has the soccer ball.

One of the girls she was playing against was actually 5, too. She was mistakenly in this league. So she was dominating. Addie’s two teammates were night and day. One stood there and cried (coach’s daughter). The other girl gave 100% when she was on the field. Was pretty good too. She got up at 6 a.m. to get ready for the game. But when she got tired, she went to get water whenever. So there was a time or two when Addie was playing 1 on 3. But it was all funny.

She enjoyed it. Wants to keep playing. Let’s see if she keeps it up.

There is a lot of mess going on in our region of the country right now. The hurricane left tons of damage and hurting people in its path. People are going w/o food and water and shelter right now. They need attention and need it quickly. We see the horrors of what happened on the news almost 24/7. And people are responding. Trucks of ice and water and food are going everywhere it seems. And people are being rescued and given shelter.

I’m glad our own community and church families have stepped up and contributed to helping out the Katrina situation. I’m glad we as a country are doing something for the victims of the storm. We need to help as much as possible. But the help shouldn’t stop there.

There are still people dying by the thousands each and every day because of food shortages and unclean drinking water around our world. Children are dying by the hundreds each day because they have a disease or sickness that could have been prevented by a simple vaccination that is not available to them. But these folks go mostly unheard from and unseen. And sadly when we see them we, as an American society, usually don’t even blink an eye. Well… Are you going to blink?

Visit MakePovertyHistory.org and see ways you can join in a world wide movement to make a difference.

If I suddenly don’t ever post anymore, I’m probably either dead or in the hospital.

After the Hurricane I think we had about 37 ant beds spring up in our yard. I was putting out fire ant killer on them today. It is the fine white powdered stuff that reeks of rotten eggs. That stuff smells rank but works. Anyhow, as I said, it is a really fine powder. And I happened to try to sprinkle some in the wind and I inhaled some. Made me feel all tingly inside. Or mainly in my throat.

August 28 – Sunday

At church someone asked about the on coming hurricane. Wondering about it getting to us that night. I knew it was too far away for that. But didn’t think anymore. At the lunch table my mom calls me to ask if we’re heading north. I was figuring she was asking about us coming to see them for Labor Day Weekend. I said that maybe we’d come up for the State game on Saturday, but that’s about it. But she meant about the hurricane. I thought she was crazy. There’d be no need for us to leave our home.

That afternoon I began watching the news. It was going to smack New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Potentially larger than Hurricane Camille from 1969. The “Big One” that all other hurricanes are measured against in these parts.

We prayed about it a little at youth that night. And I watched tons of folks leave the gulf coast area. As I left church just before 9pm I got caught up in a little traffic. Seems it was people from Louisiana getting out of dodge. Gas stations were a little busy. After being at home for a bit, I decide to go in search of gas myself to go ahead and fill up the Explorer since it was only 1/4 full. Tried an older station off the beaten path thinking it might be open. Wasn’t. But went to a regular one w/ no trouble. Gassed up and left. People from New Orleans were walking dogs and talking on cell phones at all of them.

I went back home and watched the news until about 2am. It was enthralling, but figured I needed the rest. By the time morning would get here Katrina would have hit New Orleans.

August 27

A regular Saturday if you think going to a meeting at church from 8am til 4:30 is normal. Wasn’t too bad, but I am starting to get a cold. Afterwards after finally coming home I catch a football preview on the local news station. And then there’s something about that storm again. Tropical Storm or something. Maybe even a hurricane. But it’s got a name. Katrina. Seems like we shouldn’t already be up the the K’s in naming these things. But it should hit somewhere along the gulf coast. That has seemed to happen more and more lately too. One actually hit the day I was interviewing for this job last September. But I really wasn’t that concerned about it. Didn’t think much about storms down there.

Later that day I hear the news that New Orleans is telling people to leave and go north because it could get kinda bad for them. The storm isn’t supposed to hit until Sunday some time late afternoon of even night. But I wonder about all the engagement plans for my friends. Did he go against the flow and try to have the big dinner and then rush out before the storm came?

I ended up texting the girls sister. I asked if they were in New Orleans or not? She said they went to Memphis instead to get away from the oncoming mess. Everything went great. They’re engaged. They are happy. God has lots in store for them.

August 26

A friend comes over for some help in altering a picture. He’s wanting to take the head of him and his girlfriend from one picture and put on the head of another picture w/ old people in it. he was going to propose to her the next night. He had it all planned out. It was a pretty nice setup. He was going to take her out to eat at a seafood restaurant in New Orleans, have the waitress bring gifts at different times, and then have on of the street mimes come bring her an engagement ring. After the “Yes! I’ll marry you!” deal they were to finish supper and then take a horse and carriage ride around the historic streets of downtown New Orleans taking in the night life and atmosphere.

Saw on the news that night that there was some storm way out in the ocean. Seems there always is around this time of year.

This is the time of year I begin to get wrongly optimistic. I have spent the summer thinking Mississippi State is still at least a year away from making any noise. ANY noise. Our OL is very young behind the starters. And some of our starters may even be very young. Our WR corps is unproven and even a bit slow and banged up. Our defense might be better than we’ve had this century though. But I’ve said all summer that we’ll be much better than last year, but might not win any more games than we did last year.

But for some reason, I’m starting to get optimistic. Now understand that optimism is hoping to win 5 games. Some extrememly optimistic folks think more than that even. But I’m thinking if our starting 5 on OL can stay healthy and get a few breathers each game, then Norwood will get his yards. And the WR’s need to stretch the defense a few times a game to keep everyone honest. And the TE needs to catch a lot of balls. Do that and we win!

I began seeing the little banners or stickers in the top corners of some websites about a month ago. But didn’t really do any research about it. But then all the Great 8 and Live 8 stuff started up. I began to see a little about the armbands. Thought about getting one, but never made any effort.

While I was down in Costa Rica I took my latest issue of Relevant Magazine. There was a short blurb about Make Poverty History and it got me to thinking again. I might want to get an armband. After getting back home I looked around the website (both Make Poverty History and ONE) and saw that yes indeed it is a great cause to stand behind. The numbers of people who are dying because of lack of nutrition and money and vaccinations and medical treatment is pretty astounding. So I ordered a writst band.

Then last night as Bev was coming to bed she asked me why I wanted to get one those wristbands, “was it just to look cool?” I was taken aback. What did she ask? Was I just trying to be cool or something? I started to ask her why she would ask something like that. But she said she just wondered why I wanted to wear an armband. Was I going to do anything personally to help the cause?

And even though I went to bed sort of agitated about it, I did think back to my feeling stuffed because I’d just eaten 3 poptarts while watching a movie. And began to try and think of what else I could do to help out instead of just saying, “that’s a good cause” and hoping something happens because of it.

I’m not saying I’m about to become a political activist or anything of that sort. But I do want to be more aware of what’s going on in the world around me. And any responsibilities I have as a Christian.

“To those who much is given, much is expected…” Jesus

Is it supposed to be this difficult?

I need to pay for something work related w/ a paypal account. So I log into my account, add the card and try to pay for the service. But I’ve already got some funds there and PayPal wants to use them first and then use the CC for the difference. No way around it I can see.

So I create a new account and attempt to add the card there. But it says the same card can’t be on two accounts. So I go back and delete the card from the first account. Then try to add it to the 2nd one. But now it says I gotta email PayPal about card problems.

And all this is logging in and logging out over and over and over.

So I can’t get what I’m after and I need to do it like yesterday!

Now I again use hot water and air conditioning…what am I coming too?