HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HEALTH
27 07 2009Through some round of miscommunication, I found myself at the 4-H alumni dinner this weekend. 4-H is celebrating 100 years of service this year and my county extension office thought it would be nice to get the old faces together. And it would have been interesting if anyone I had known from my 4-H years had bothered to attend.
The dinner was the biggest dread of the weekend. I was not even interested in the idea of going. But it turned out to be not so bad (other then the food…I’ll get to that later). I think the main reason I dreaded seeing people from the past was because by the time I ended my 4-H career, I was so burned out and jaded that I didn’t care to get involved with it ever again. But I had a pleasant enough time and it made my mom happy.
OK…so about the food. A few weeks ago I told Chris about a dream I had where I attended a dinner and there was nothing for me to eat. I found myself eating a chicken leg. It was so vivid, I could even feel the grease on my fingers and the entire time I was consuming the leg, I was wracked with guilt. Well, turned out the alumni dinner consisted of salad (iceberg lettuce and tomatoes), corn on the cob, and fried chicken. I did not eat the chicken. Mom and I later laughed about this and I told her of the dream and the one I had about Hooper peeing in the house (which he did when we got back from the camping trip). Mom said “You know, we get that from Grandma Tucker”. What? The ability to dream of the most useless things to come? If it’s an ESP thing, why can’t I dream us up winning lotto ticket?
I’ll just end with this. I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world. Not a bad pledge really if you think about it. Totally amazed that I even remember it.
You are so beautiful!!
Awe…Thank you Tomorrow! That’s such a sweet thing to say.
ok, so now if I say the same thing you ask me how much I’ve been drinking right??
My thought upon reading your post was that you really rock Cindy. I’m proud of you. And I’m happy I know you! I’m happier still to see how much you’ve grown the last few years!
Oh, and the rule is from now on…….you do not get to be gone if I’m at work! You are welcome to be gone my days, too!!
Oh Robin. What are we going to do at the end of this year?!? I wonder if we could market ourselves as a team.
I never did the 4H thing…but if you are a product of it? I’m all in!!! I love you! you are fabulous! and lookie here….almost Fridayyyyyyy!!
I cannot believe you remember the pledge!
Camper of the year!
Did you know that my bf and I remember each other from 4-H camp?
Fun fact.