the pagemaster

what a great movie...you know, the one with the kid from home alone? yeah, i know i could just go to some website and get his name off of there and be cool like that, but i'm just going on what's in my head and heart right now.

if you haven't seen the movie, well, you aren't missing out on much really, i just had this odd urge to see it the other day, so i found it and watched it. now that the craving has been fulfilled i can move on to bigger things in life, like doing laundry. awesome.

it's been a crazy past week, to say the least. it started out awesome because by getting to see an old friend on monday as she came down and visited with her history class. let me tell you people, if you want your children to be ready for college (yes, all of college, not just in history)...she needs to be their teacher. hands down there isn't another person i know who loves her job more and, shows it on her sleeve, more than her and it was so refreshing to see that passion come out in her.

kind of puts selling air conditioners to shame, but oh well ;)

then, the rest of the week was mad crazy because i had to cover for a guy in the office who was out and that has been a little too much on my plate because i've barely been able to get the work done that i need to do. i had to stay late a couple of days and skip lunch to keep up with both work loads and, unfortunately, he won't be back in for at least the rest of this week. honestly, i don't think he will be back until two weeks from now, but we'll see.

anyway, so the week went by really fast and lead into the weekend, which was pretty sweet to start out with because i got to see my new friends down in Springfield, VA (about 40 mins from my place) and we just hung out and it was a blast as always. i tried my first cigar, which was cool until my stomach decided it didn't want to try it anymore.

and then saturday...after i got home from my friends place, i got to connect with an old friend who i def should have been talking to sooner (yes, i know i copied, but the feeling is mutual) and we talked for over 2 hours, which was pretty sweet.

actually, it was, as some of us nerds say to describe something awesome, "super-sweet."

we talked about so much random stuff, like all this stuff that we should have known already because we should be bff(and i already feel like we are even though we've only talked twice on the phone since re-connecting) but it was just great. we got to talk again tonight for just as long and i'm still running on some of the euphoria from talking to her...hmmm :)

but alas, i deter from my main point, which was to just throw a couple of things out there for people who do find themselves reading through my ramblings. the most important thing is about my friend lauren, who lost her mom on friday to breast cancer...i still don't even know where to start or what to tell her, but i hope she at least knows that her friends (including myself) are all here for her and that she knows how much we love her. people, please go call/hug/love your parents right now, regardless of how things may have been in the recent (or extended) past...they are awesome people who have dedicated their lives to see you excel in all things and love you unconditionally, which is not something that many people seem to do these days, so please don't miss out on that.

secondly, my grandmas aren't doing too hot, my mom's mom is in the hospital and will, henceforth, be living in a nursing home because she won't be able to take care of herself. i know that nursing homes are a necessity, but i feel like it's just like a step down a path that no one wants to talk about, so whereas she will be getting the help she needs, i'm not a big fan of that news.

on the other side of the family, hospice was recently called in to evaluate (yeah, kind of weird if you ask me) the situation of my grandma. she suffered a stroke a few years back and hasn't been the same since...it's incredibly difficult to see her because i know what she used to be like...it just sucks. anyway, with hospice being called in, i know that she doesn't have much time left, so it's just a matter of when now, which, once again, is not a path anyone wants to go down.

i know God will see me through all of this, and i know He is working in ways that i cannot see, but it's just crazy sometimes how things work out...i don't know, i just know for sure that i need to keep on truckin for Jesus and things will turn out alright in the end.

ciao bella,
rhino