Because I Have Needs...

I got this from Cin's Blog:

Because I NEED

An old meme: Google "(Insert your first name) needs" and list the first 10 results:

1.  Julie needs your help!  (Yes, I needed help earlier this afternoon when I was trying to catch up with my 3 year old who thought it was a good idea to race me to the car outside of the mall, in the parking lot...wheww...) 

2.  Julie needs to work on her parenting.  (Oh this hurts!  Ouch--I almost didn't include this one...) 

3.  Julie needs a new pair of shoes.  (You must be confused with my mother on this one.) 

4.  Julie needs a good home and; she needs it ASAP.  (Yes, I'm a stray animal now..) 

5.  Julie needs a team of  committed people praying for her.  (Aw...how sweet.  Prayers are always good.) 

6.  Julie needs to sit down, make a list, and attack it.  (Yes..I make lots of lists to help me organize.  Do they work?  Not really.) 

7.  Julie needs to get a real assignment over at Homeland Security, like working on actual security.  (You got that right!  First thing I would do is make some serious changes with the passport fiasco!)

8.  Julie needs to have the spotlight on her.  (Oh please, turn that light off, I'm actually pretty shy on stage..) 

9.  Julie needs to bite the bullet and set up a new home at a site hosted under the domain that she controls.  (Hmm...that sounds really painful.)

10.  JULIE NEEDS A PH.D.!   (It would be great if I could quit my job at the ghetto!) 

I did some shopping today and bought a wedding gift for my brother-inlaw's wedding.  It's a Labor Day wedding, the day after I arrive home from vacation.  I'm glad I bought it now; it's one thing less I need to do before I leave next Sunday, and my husband won't have to go shopping for it.  He hates shopping. 

Yesterday we went to a nice barbecue at my brother's house.  It was fun.  The kids had fun jumping on my brother's trampoline, and later before we left even Tania and her boyfriend Ruben hopped on with the kids.  I'm surprised no one got bounced on the roof after that... 

I can't believe next week about this time I'll be at the airport on my way to the Azores.  Weird.  It just seems so surreal and weird.  I'm looking forward to the trip, but I don't like thinking that I'm going to have to say goodbye to hubby for three weeks.  It makes me a little sad.  I also wonder who is going to have the real vacation; me or him in a nice and quiet house....while I'm chasing the 3 year old down cobblestone streets.  Hmm... 

Don't want to go into personal details but I woke up with some relief this morning.  All the stress with the passports, medication, training at work, and the death of the family pet brought my monthly visitor early this month.  You do not know how happy I was.  It's the last thing you want to deal with on a plane.  High altitudes are extremely cruel to the system.  Believe me...it's awful.  Thank you, Jesus! 

Finally, the stress of this vacation is lifting slowly away. 

Now, Julie NEEDS a drink!