Wondering...

So this week I went to Disney!!! Disney is my favorite place in the whole world and I was so excited that I decided to go. One of the things I love most about it is the possibility of people watching. While waiting in ridiculously long lines it is always fun to observe people and their families and just kind of wonder about them. I always try to guess where they're from and little things like that. But I obviously know that this class has changed me because now instead of wondering basic things about them, I wonder who out of all of these people has HIV. If you think about it, it is really, really statistically possible that there were people there that were HIV positive on the same day that I was. It just really made me wonder and just be a lot more aware of what was going on around me. It also made me a little scared because now I am so paranoid about contracting HIV myself that I imagined this whole scenario where I simply bumped into someone and for some reason we exchanged blood and now I had HIV. I know that it was a ridiculous thought of mine but it still really scares me. I think the most important thing that Ihave gotten out of this class so far is to just be thankful for my life so far. I need to be thankful that I am healthy and am now equipped with lots of knowledge on how to keep myself that way.

Also, I learned about a great organization that I wanted to post on here that deals with children with AIDS. It is called the Children with AIDS Project and they work very hard to try and provide foster care and parent services for children who suffer from HIV/AIDs. The link to the website is http://www.aidskids.org/. Check it out!