Cheese Pizza

Today I went to the mall to return some items and I was in the food court eating. I decided to get some Rocky Rococo Pizza, which if you don't have them, it's a fast food pizza place that sells square slices of deep dish pizza with delicious, but greasy bread sticks. Anyway I got sausage pizza and was enjoying my meal when I saw a mother and her 5 or 6 year old daughter at the table in front of me. She asked her daughter what she wanted to eat and she said cheese pizza. It made me think about when I was that age and I realized that I loved the simplicity of cheese pizza. It's bread, sauce, and cheese. I don't know why it tastes delicious, but it does.

I remember that I would eat sausage pizza when I was a kid. Never pepperoni. Don't ask me why, I just didn't like it. Now I do. I just remember getting so excited when I could convince my parents to buy me a tombstone extra cheese pizza. I did not like the three cheese kind, it had to be the extra cheese kind. I think it was special because the pizza was only for me. When you grow up with sisters, it's hard to have food that is only for you.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to the simplicity of cheese pizza. My world was so small then. All I cared about was trying to get my sisters to play with me, and reading and watching my favorite TV shows. I think we tend to get so wrapped up in the world and the politics of what is going on that we forget the little joys in life. I know that the world is at a very pinnacle point, but what if we all took a step back, had a slice of extra cheese pizza and just laughed and enjoyed our differences. Wouldn't it be great if the world's problems could be solved by a cheese pizza? It's like resolving a conflict when you are a kid. You stole my toy, so I got mad and took your best friend status away from you. The next day you come back with the toy and a cheese pizza and everything is solved. Your best friend status has been reinstated. I think we need to pay more attention to children and the impact that they make. They are a whole lot smarter and more intuitive than we give them credit for. So from me to you, enjoy a slice of cheese pizza!




The book this time is:
The Very Hungry Catepillar (Eric Carle)
It's a kids book about eating! How appropriate!

Boston here I come!

I'm moving to Boston for a year!
I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am! I'm volunteering with Jesuit Volunteer Corps and I will be working at Sojourner House as the permenant housing cordinator. It's a homeless shelter that built affordable housing units and now I work with the tenants that are living there. I will be doing PR work and using my degree which makes the experience even better! I leave Aug. 14th, but I'm flying to Baltimore for orientation.

The funny thing is that it took me forerver, and I mean forever to do my application. It was hard to think about myself so much. I'm not used to looking into my mind and figuring out why I believe what I believe. It was hard to express my thoughts into the essays, which is weird because I've never really had a problem writing before. It's easy for me to spurt out papers with good arguments. I could write 12 page papers in 3 hours, but it was hard to write why I wanted to volunteer and live off $85 a month. I had even convinced myself that I didn't want to do it anymore because I wasn't ready. I knew in my heart that I was ready, but it's hard to have this passion, which means giving up a career for a year and making money, because you feel like you are drawn to social justice. One very long and emotional phone conversation with my sister Elana changed all that. She helped me understand that I wouldn't be missing out on a career and this will start off my career. I couldn't ignore the passion just because it was hard to write the essays. So I finished them, had my interviews and then like magic I was going to Boston! Thank goodness, I know it was the right decision.



The book this time is:
My point.....and I Do Have One (Ellen Degeneres)
Can I just tell you that I love love love Ellen! I wish I was her! She's funny, but her comedy has a great underlying message and she really makes people want to get up and dance! I love it! Can someone please get me tickets to her show? I would be forever grateful! :)