Fridays are a lil intense for me.  I get out of my day job around 5, home around 6 and have to be back out of the house by 8:30 to make it to the night job.  That leaves me very lil time to eat dinner, change my clothes and leave.  I’m not complaining because I actually enjoy the hectic pace of my life.

Not sure I would have it any other way.  Anyway being on such a limited time schedule means I didn’t get to blog about my day 4 gift.  Saturdays become days where I either have a lot to do and I’m steady on the move OR a day where I’m practically comatose.  Yesterday was kind of a mix of both.  I woke up and had errands to run.  Ended up hanging out with one of my homegirls and got a lil shopping in for fun then came home and was practically a walking zombie.

I could barely remember my name much less how to type a blog.  So that brings me to today where I have 3 days of gifts to catch you up on.  One thing that I’m beginning to realize during this challenge is that my inner fat girl might be the bigger gifter in me because a lot of my gifts seem to pertain to food.

Day 4- Being on such a tight schedule I kept looking for windows where I could gift something.  In the words of my wonderful friend that is doing the challenge with me i hear the tick, tick, ticking of the clock as the day seemed to be slipping away from me without me having any real gift.  Before the second job started I decided to grab a quick bite to eat at the diner next to the club I work on Fridays.  I asked my friend if she would be interested in joining me.  I paid for our soups and got her a tea.  That was my day 4 gift.

Day 5-  As I already stated by the time that I finished everything that I had to do for the day I was a walking zombie.  When I got home I wanted nothing more to do than to go to bed.  I was a lil disappointed in myself because I couldn’t think of anything big that I did that would count as a gift.  When we were out shopping i bought candy (that I knew I didn’t want or plan to eat) from some guy that was selling it on the street.  Figured my niece and cousins would enjoy it on Thanksgiving.  My cousin that I live with was planning to go out and I knew he would be drinking.  I decided to make dinner to ensure that he had a good meal before a long night of drinking.  I also spent some time talking to a good friend of mine that was going through a difficult time and needed to talk.

Day 6-  Today was probably the first day of this challenge where I feel as if my gifts will actually have made a difference.  I went food shopping to get the rest of the things that I needed to cook dinner on Thursday.  While at the market I spent enough to get a free turkey.  I had already bought the bird I plan to cook when I did my first round of shopping the other day.  I asked the cashier to give it to someone that needed it.  I made her promise me that it would go to someone that could really use it.  She seemed shocked but said she would.   I normally give the loose change to the person that packs my bags.  Today I put the loose change in and went to put the 2 singles in my pocket.  Instead thought I put the singles into the “tip jar.”  The woman that was packing my bags seemed so appreciative that I was moved by it.  $2 seemed to make a real difference to this woman.  Now i’m a firm believer that every dollar in my life makes a difference but I also know that those loose singles would have ended up going to junk or put away in my “piggy bank” but this woman made it seem as if those $2 would mean much more to her.

That is what this challenge is supposed to be about.  It’s about making a difference in other people’s lives.  It’s about making a difference in your own life.  I want to be a difference…

I didn’t get to blog about the challenge yesterday because I had a pretty full day and took a nap when I should have been on the computer.  My gift yesterday was simple.  Before heading to my second job I stopped to pick up tickets for a Tuesday showing of the new Harry Potter movie for my best friend, my cousin and myself.  I’m considering this a gift to all of us.  Not only do we get to see a movie that we’re interested in seeing (my bff will probably have seen it about 3045909434 times before them) but it gives us time to spend together.

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and it is my favorite holiday not only because I have an inner-fat girl that can’t wait to dig into the roast, the turkey and the duck but because it embodies family.  I’m happy that I will be spending time with my family for more than just the day.