4.) A country you would like to visit.
How about a country I AM going to visit.
I’m going to Greece!
How did this sneak up on me. P&G is a major sponsor of the Special Olympics and they’re sending me to Athens, where the summer games will be held this year, to be a blog correspondent of some type. I didn’t really pay attention to the job description to be honest, I just heard the word Greece and was all, “COUNT ME IN!”
Pat just shakes his head when opportunities like this rise up out of blogging. He’s the one with dreams to travel the world, not me. I like my house and my family and my bed. I like routine. I miss my kids. I’m ridden with mother’s guilt. But I’m sure not going to turn down a trip should it present itself. Especially should it present itself in Greece and with an event as amazing as The Special Olympics.
pat: I can’t BELIEVE you’re going to Greece!! Have you ever even considered going somewhere like that!?!
me: Pashaw! Um YES! Of course I have…Athens is going to be gorgeous and I’m going to make a bee line for those pyramids I hear so much about!!
pat: (laughing hysterically) Please tell me you’re joking right now…Kat? The pyramids are in Egypt.
me: Seriously?? Damn. Really? No pyramids? No camels? No dessert or magic carpets?? Where’s Greece again?
pat: Greece is in the Mediterranean.
me: Is that an island?
pat: No.
me: Well what DO THEY HAVE?
pat: I don’t even know how you’re going to communicate there, considering English isn’t the first language.
me: That’s ridiculous. Everyone needs to know how to speak English. What on earth do they speak?
pat: They speak Greek Kat.
me: Well that’s about to change.
In short. I don’t know what is going on in the continent of Greek, but I DO know that I’m going. And that it has something to do with the Special Olympics. And that I don’t want to die while I’m there. Please Lord Baby Infant Jesus don’t let me die.
Amen.
1.) List 10 things you wish you could say to strangers who share unsolicited advice about your parenting skills.
2.) Write a poem inspired by a picture you took last week. Share both!
3.) Create a bucket list of 50 things you want to do this summer (with or without the kids!)
4.) A country you would like to visit.
5.) What is something you could stand to learn from your significant other?
6.) Getting kids dressed? Cooking dinner? Bed time? Create a video that describes the most difficult part of the day for you.