Ah! Sunday is Finally Here!

I am so glad today is Sunday... nothing like sleeping in after a LONG week!

Yesterday, I was informed by my Mother, that my great Uncle had passed away... I have never met him... but was going to meet him in April... Of course it saddens me, because from what my parents and sister had to say... he was a wonderful man. I just worry about his wife... my great Aunt, because he was all she had... and they have been together for so long... how do you function after years and years of being with the one you love... only to wake up one day and know they are not there? Death is hard concept for me to really grasp and understand. I wish there was a way to take the pain of death away... I don't really even understand death... I don't understand why people get taken from you- I know that "everything has a reason" or that "God has a plan"- and I don't doubt God, but I do question Him sometimes... and I don't even know if that's right to question God... but I do... I want to know His reasons... it's also been said that "God doesn't give you more than you can handle"- sometimes, I feel like I'm a balancing act... but, I put my faith and trust in God, so I know something will come of it... even if it takes awhile for me to see what that is.

Anyways... on to a somewhat happier note...

So I attempted shopping yesterday after work... It was crazy. I think people buy things they don't even need just so that others don't get the chance to purchase it! Every where I went was packed... but I knew that was going to happen... I haven't gotten to do any shopping (besides online) because I've been working... and closing at night... and the last thing I want to do after a hard/long day at work... is to go shopping. My days are mentally and physically draining, I didn't have the energy to deal with the rudeness that comes with Holiday shopping!

Although, I must say... I had 2 individuals who were nice yesterday... a lady held the door opened for me... and didn't shut it on me like this old man did... and then I had a guy hand me a shopping basket (one of those small ones you can carry with your hands) before he grabbed one for himself... So maybe "Holiday Cheer" does exist within SOME.

Can I just say that I hate shopping in Hawaii? My choices are: Walmart, Walmart, our local Military Exchanges, Costco, did I say Walmart? Umm... certain shops in the malls (but seriously... there's more stores that I don't shop in at these malls... and PLUS, they are all geared for skinny girls... or tiny Japanese girls! and well... I don't fit those descriptions!)... and, because the island is so SMALL! They run out of things FAST! And because they have to wait for shipment to come in from the mainland... it takes that much more LOOOONGER!

It just doesn't feel like Christmas... and this will be my FIRST Christmas in 26 years... that I am not with my family! That is really hard for me... nothing like the Holidays to make you homesick, but it makes it worse when you can't go home! Well, I could go home... but its expensive, and I am going home during the end of January... (Dad's finally retiring!).

Well, I don't have a word of the day just yet... maybe I should change it to... "Word of the Week"- ha! But I'm going to attempt to get out of my pajama's... get dressed and ready to face the craziness out there! Wish me luck!