Well another week has come and gone with no internet access from Donna. She has been under the weather some, so she wasn't feeling up to heading to an internet cafe to check email. My mom and I called her today to check on her and she seems to be doing well, or better than she was, but she was taking a weekend to have some R&R.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Pictures
So Donna added a lot of photos on Facebook, but I wanted to upload the better ones of her in other PCT's albums here for all to see and a place to keep it!
Please Enjoy!
Please Enjoy!
*Donna News*
Welcome to the fifth edition of Donna News!!
We finally have some Donna stories to share with you. Now, some of these are in Donna's own words and some are stories she shared this morning on our video chat. I was "pleasantly" woken by Randy Newman's "You've Got A Friend In Me" letting me know that someone had started a gchat conversation with me. It was DONNA! She had her Mac book with her so I could actually start a VIDEO chat and SEE HER!!! WHOOP!!
We finally have some Donna stories to share with you. Now, some of these are in Donna's own words and some are stories she shared this morning on our video chat. I was "pleasantly" woken by Randy Newman's "You've Got A Friend In Me" letting me know that someone had started a gchat conversation with me. It was DONNA! She had her Mac book with her so I could actually start a VIDEO chat and SEE HER!!! WHOOP!!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Mail Update!!
Hello all!!
Just wanted to let you know that Donna has received more mail!!! She got my infamous letter that didn't want to leave Texas and she has received another letter from her Aunt Rhonda. She told me she has more mail, but hasn't had a chance to sort through it all yet. Hopefully once she does, I can let everyone know whose mail she has received and see whose mail is still in transit!!
Have a great day!
Just wanted to let you know that Donna has received more mail!!! She got my infamous letter that didn't want to leave Texas and she has received another letter from her Aunt Rhonda. She told me she has more mail, but hasn't had a chance to sort through it all yet. Hopefully once she does, I can let everyone know whose mail she has received and see whose mail is still in transit!!
Have a great day!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
*Donna News-Mini Update*
Welcome to a Donna News Mini Update special.
Hello all, long time no blog! We haven't received any emails from Donna since the last time I posted. We have been in contact with her via chats, phone calls and texts. She is doing fabulous still, its just crunch time in learning the language and she is very overwhelmed. But we all know Donna and have no doubts that she is going to pull through this with flying colors.
Hello all, long time no blog! We haven't received any emails from Donna since the last time I posted. We have been in contact with her via chats, phone calls and texts. She is doing fabulous still, its just crunch time in learning the language and she is very overwhelmed. But we all know Donna and have no doubts that she is going to pull through this with flying colors.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
*Donna News*
Welcome to the fourth edition on Donna News!
I did a mini post earlier this week where I made a countdown to a rough estimate of when Donna will be on Texas soil. If any of you watch the news, its also the day the world is supposed to end. Lets hope we get to see her first! :-P
I did a mini post earlier this week where I made a countdown to a rough estimate of when Donna will be on Texas soil. If any of you watch the news, its also the day the world is supposed to end. Lets hope we get to see her first! :-P
Monday, October 11, 2010
Donna Countdown
I created this Donna Countdown to keep track of how soon she will be home. The date is 12/21/2012 for now, but if we get any updated information I will change it.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
*Donna News*
Welcome to the third edition of Donna News!
Aren't you all just the luckiest, two updates in less than a week!! Well I hear my gchat ringtone go off this morning at like 4am. I considered going back to sleep and ignoring it. Well I decided to go ahead and look, as you guessed it was DONNA! I stumbled through my apartment trying to locate my computer, which was very difficult in my half REM sleep state. :-P She had a half day today and was able to get on at 2pm her time. She managed to locate an internet cafe that had a section for women so she could surf safely and this cafe was closer to her host family than the other. So a win-win in my book!
Aren't you all just the luckiest, two updates in less than a week!! Well I hear my gchat ringtone go off this morning at like 4am. I considered going back to sleep and ignoring it. Well I decided to go ahead and look, as you guessed it was DONNA! I stumbled through my apartment trying to locate my computer, which was very difficult in my half REM sleep state. :-P She had a half day today and was able to get on at 2pm her time. She managed to locate an internet cafe that had a section for women so she could surf safely and this cafe was closer to her host family than the other. So a win-win in my book!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
*Donna News*
Welcome to the latest edition of Donna News!
Here it is, some more exciting news from Donna. Mom and I were able to talk with Donna on Sunday night, October 3, at around midnight our time. It was a very brief conversation, only about 15-30 minutes long. She is in process of figuring out the culture and had limited time to be online. We found out that if a woman is on the internet for too long, the men and other women assume that she is looking at...um...certain sites, shall we say, so it is very frowned upon to be online too long if you are of the fairer sex. Our chat was way to brief and definitely tear filled. I'm not going to lie, though I was beyond ecstatic to talk to her, it made me realize how much I depended on constant contact with her before she left. I mean I was texting that girl constantly day in and day out. But I digress, you guys want to know how she is doing, and not my sob "I miss my sister" story.
Here it is, some more exciting news from Donna. Mom and I were able to talk with Donna on Sunday night, October 3, at around midnight our time. It was a very brief conversation, only about 15-30 minutes long. She is in process of figuring out the culture and had limited time to be online. We found out that if a woman is on the internet for too long, the men and other women assume that she is looking at...um...certain sites, shall we say, so it is very frowned upon to be online too long if you are of the fairer sex. Our chat was way to brief and definitely tear filled. I'm not going to lie, though I was beyond ecstatic to talk to her, it made me realize how much I depended on constant contact with her before she left. I mean I was texting that girl constantly day in and day out. But I digress, you guys want to know how she is doing, and not my sob "I miss my sister" story.
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