Lucky

Obviously Chicago is good for me. But, I’m pretty sure I’m good for it too.

Now, I’m not going to say that I’m inherently lucky and write a blog all about how I know that it’s true. What I am going to do is present a theory. You see, a few weeks ago I watched a football game of the Bears vs. the Colts, their challengers in Super Bowl 2007. The Bears won.
Today I heard something playing (in English!) at my neighbors as I walked by while doing errands. I thought it sounded like a Cubs game and went to check; the Cubs were losing to the Milwaukee Brewers, in the bottom of the 9th 6-3. Well, I knew it wasn’t over, though my neighbor told me “they’re losing,” with the tone like he was warning me not to get my hopes up. Of course, Soto went and scored a home run, getting 3 more runs for the Cubbies. Was it a miracle? Or was it a direct result of the fact that I had sat down to watch the game not moments before?

So, into a 10th, 11th and 12th inning the game went. No runs followed by more no runs. Finally, in the bottom of the 12th, another miracle: Cubbies win!

Except, it’s not a miracle. After 100 years of waiting for it, Cubs fans are going to get theirs. I feel it. It’s coming. And if it doesn’t, we can blame a new curse, the curse of President Bush.

And just like in the fall of 2005 (when the White Sox won), I won’t be in the country to celebrate.

In work related news, we had our first meeting for the new youth group in the town one over from us, last night. It went really well. 3 kids from here gave the whole talk, activities, teaching, all of it and they did a pretty solid job. They were very valiant to be the first to do it, but everyone else is thrilled for their opportunities. (They can’t believe that some of them have to wait a few weeks to give their talks! Success!) I was expecting a lot more kids to show up than did, we had around 30 (which is the size of the group in my town of about 450 people, whereas this other town is probably a few thousand people) but I’m sure more will come as word of mouth spreads how awesome it is. And that’s just the thing, I’m SO positive that I’m not the only one who thinks this group is awesome… these kids are thrilled to be involved, so enthusiastic and I love that! It warms my soul. My biggest hope (and thing I’m most sure of as well) is that this will be my most sustainable project I work on here. The English classes were obviously a huge failure, and the classes with the women (nutrition and now First Aid) aren’t going nearly as well, mostly because the women aren’t as enthusiastic or dedicated. So, way to go kids!