Well, today proved to be an excellent day! For starters I got out of the house early, which is a real rarity these days, and had plenty of time for a Dunkin' Coffee Stop! Got the blood flowing at a nice pace before I had to say hello to anyone! (not sure if this was more of a benefit for me or for everyone around me!) Palm Sunday proved to be all that I anticipated! The kids did a bang up job of processing - the choirs sounded great - the weather cooperated - and everyone was in a good mood! We laughed throughout the service and I in my 11 year old boy style used my palm as a sword and flicked the acolytes when they were trying to look oh so holy and reverent! Really - im a bad influence! I remembered Mrs. Kianka and her anthems and my mind filled with movie reals of memories.
The pooch and I took a walk today through the village - another Dunkin' Coffee stop and we were off! Sadie got to smell all kinds of good stuff and she pranced around like she owned the streets! (Hopefully that made up for dinner being 4 hours late because I lost track of time and forgot to feed her tonight! - if it helps any, i forgot to feed myself too! oops!)
Joel Osteen is on tv right now. Not sure how that happened, but sometimes i like listening to someone else ramble on - i dont even really care how theologically correct or incorrect it is. (as long as it's not the 700 Club which just makes my blood pressure shoot through the roof!) His accent reminds me of South Carolina...i miss it there. I miss the magnolia tree in the neighbor's yard - the azalea bushes in front of my house - the Stavros lights that would shine through the blinds at night - the accents of everyone around me - Ocharlies - Harbison - Pomaria - the crazy guy at El Cheapo Gas Station - Publix - the sound of the train all night - being happy to wake up at 6:30 to talk to someone who has turned out to be one of my best friends - Thursday night Chapel followed by dinner out somewhere - Inferno Hockey games....so much. Most of all tho..i miss my friends. A lot.
I wonder if I'll ever be that happy again. It was a crazy time, full of crazy fears and uncertainties about what the future held, over exaggerated worries, a roller coaster of emotions full of many firsts - but it was DAMN good...
Shouted Hosanna today... we're on our way to shouting Crucify.
Good Night world.
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