Nov 4th- By ourselves, Last day at Moon’s, and bus stop
Wed reading first. I did it a while ago but I like read it really indepth and really enjoyed it. Didn’t talk about it in class (cuz i never talk in class) but I really enjoyed the history part about urban gardens not being a new hip thing, urban gardens have gotten us out of alot of real situations (he listed 6, from war to famines) and I am a strong believer that nothing is new under the sun and we need to simplify again.
Now Friday.
Friday ended up being really good even without you here which was awesome! Especially because I was scared. (when the lady that came with us forgot her name :( sends us the pics then they will be added!)
We finally truly did something and it was really cool! We made the swing all by ourselves (well obv with the help of John and numerous others, but still....). It was really cool! Like it was sooo cool to have a tangible project.
I am happy that it was our last day there because I could finally feel it today that Moon was done with us. which is real we all have our moments. and I am done too there is a season and this season has passed. I kinda wished that he didn’t even invite our class if he didn’t “need us” but I have to respect where he was at the time when he asked us and people change, and are allowed to. Like even today he didn’t even hide it he was talking to some random white dude all day that was telling him how he can hang up cable wires and fabric to do his element thing. Like im ok he wasn’t breathing down our throats but liek can you wait till we leave before you move on? (howver really appreciative of their hospitalitiy, having somewhere warm to sit, having delicious snacks from them all the time, etc that cannot be ignored).
I am happy that even though it was confusing and we didn’t “do” much that I had my cute little 4 person group and got to do it together and I really enjoyed Sol and Joanne and even talking to Kirra a lil (she was the main leader so obv couldn’t talk to her as much when she was doing stuff...) . Also while waiting for the drill to charge got to talk to Sol and Joanne a lil about Korean names instuff, got to hear hers and attempt to say Brad and Chris’ (which is really cool since I go to a predominately Asian church but NEVER talk that much about cultural stuff, and I want to, why be in diverse environments if we just gonna ignore all of our differences). and got to listen to Joanne share a little bit about her life. (SOOOOO blessed by her!). and Dorothy (Moon’s roommate was really nice to us today (especially since I don’t usually interact with her) and she gave us donuts.
It also taught me how fast you can get stuff done when you stick to a plan. Like it was sooo easy to hang up the swings. I need to transfer that in my own life and not procrastinate and just do it because it makes life wayy less complex. Hopefully I can start on this paper after I finish this blog...
Then I went to the bus stop team (I wanted to go where Joanne went and tried to follow her but then I had to drop off nails to the bus stop team so then I had to go, and my whole team went to the bus stop except her so I should have went). However, it was really cool to see it.
It was sad too because their bus stop was AMAZING! since they had so much creative freedom and could actually do stuff, since their was no one breathing down their necks to do stuff that they didn’t even know what they wanted to do. (we literally couldn’t even do different heights on the swings because him and dorothy both said something, wtf do you want us to do then? nothing, well you got your wish then.) From the floor with urbanite and the log chairs to the cool designs that they painted on the benches,etc. I didn’t like everyting that they did creatively though, I thought the back had too much designs and i wish that they kept some of the wood unpainted (im sure once its done it will even out though since they were all really creative and I trust their taste completely after seeing all of the amazingness today).
also having music was AMAZING! seriously i really enjoyed having the stereo. and listening to pop music! they had good tastes. Also got to talk to Chris a little bit and that was cool and the lady. She was sweet pissed I forgot her name. Oh well.
It was also sad and made me jealous because we had the exact opposite situation and had like nothing to show for all the time we were there for really :/. oh well, memories and bonding and learning about ppl will have to suffice.
However really happy that I stuck out this class. I really like it now. Hope court went well. Praying for yall!