It's finally over, I spent my second year teaching in a new school, and now I'm off to another school next year. That means packing up all of my stuff and hauling it over. I could have the district move it, but I'd rather they don't mess with my stuff.
After I was finished with my work day, Eric and I did a little shopping. I read on Facebook that Georgeanna Layton is collecting donations for the relief effort in Joplin, and Eric heard on the radio that donations to the Red Cross are more helpful because they can get items at a lower price, or it can go toward things like the cost of shelter. So we decided to support from both angles - mostly because I really felt a need to give things and I didn't think money alone would feel like I had helped enough.
Our $20 bought a case of Ramen, cookies, cups, salt, trash bags, soup, veggies, beans, toilet paper, mac and cheese, bananas, and gum. I know that $2 could have been better spent - but with everything the people in Joplin are living through right now, I thought cookies and gum were trivial niceties that could be appreciated.
This whole tub is full of fleece blankets that Grammy had boxed up - and we also added an old TV/radio that will only be useful as a radio, a box of corn flakes, and a box of grits. It's really not a lot, but I'm glad we are able to help in some form.
And as a surprising dose of karma - as I was sorting through the fleece blankets, I found our family stockings! They have been missing for 2 years, and it turns out that Grammy had them boxed up in storage!
