A BIG FOLLOW UP

right off the bat i have to say sorry, i since my last post (almost a month ago) i have had a lot going on. not all good but not all bad. even with everything happening i have not forgotten about you guys :)

lets start from the top shall we. for the past little while i have been under a lot of stress; school, working, finding new job, working new job, looking for another new job before current one ends, teen age angst and just about anything else under the sun. and with that i have been finding it hard to keep my head on with out it blowing up and making a big brainy mess.

the thing i think that has set me back the most was about a week ago, my mom said she was leaving my father.  i dont want to go into too much detail because thats not part of the story. but it set me back enough where i have not been as happy as i could be. a few after i heard the news i was going to the bank to put another check in the mail (we will get back to how much money i have saved soon) and i couldnt find it. i was really starting to freak out a little, this was a rather large check and i need the money. so as i was digging through my bag looking for my check i pull my hand out full of papers that could be a check, this small golden(but not real gold) coin falls out and hits the floor. it was this coin here

10 kopiyok

this coin is 0.10 gryvna ( the Ukrainian version of the Canadian or US Dime) but here its worth less than 1.2 cents. but even though it is worth so little in the eyes of everyone in north America this coin made me stop, smile, breath, and cleared my head long enough for me to realize my check was in my coat pocket and not even in my bag.

Why does this coin mean so much you ask? well i was talking to a very smart and very wise friend of mine in Ukraine and i told her how from my trip thats the only money i had left. She laughed and said "in Ukraine you can buy a plane ticket with that coin, or even enough food for a year". of course she was joking, you cant even get onto the subway with that coin alone. but what she said stuck with me so much that its now my motivation. i keep that coin on my necklace with my cross close to my heart. that way every time i hear them clicking against each other it reminds me on how close i really am to Ukraine.

now, about the money. currently i have over 2000 Canadian dollars (or over 2100 American dollars with the current exchange rate, GO CANADA) and some time with in the next two weeks ill be past my half way mark of 2500 dollars :D

Thanks so much for your support, love and prayers. it means so much to me.