fear and tragedy

Sunday night, my friend Becca was held up at gunpoint outside her apartment and her purse was stolen. Yesterday, my co-worker Steve left his house only to get a frantic call from his neighbor two hours later that his house was on fire.
Becca has a new cell phone and lots of errands to run. Steve has his two lovely dogs and many meeting with the Insurance. Both need a place to live. Please pray for them!
I've been through enough just in this year to believe that good will come from these terrible events. Actually, Becca has probably already found safer and cheaper place to live than the apartment. For all that some selfish bullies take and destroy, there are so many others who follow the 2nd commandment. Fabulous reality, indeed.

getting over it

Just getting over a small bought with what one friend diagnosed as possibly food poisoning? My stomach has barely been controllable over the last two days, and it certainly hasn't been enjoying anything I put into it.
What a downer to a otherwise really great weekend. Friday night J & Rachel came over for dinner and a movie. Then we finished the weekend with another period piece. What really capped the weekend for me was their coming to church with me Sunday morning. Then came the lunch at Johnnie's (which I won't be repeating anytime soon) and the discovery of a Gelato parlour in Oklahoma City! I finally got the pictures from the Melting pot from Rachel so I'll post those later tonight!

blue & green

What do you do with cell phone pictures? Make them look like you did that crazy blurry thing on purpose.
It's getting late, but I think I got inspired this evening and I don't want to stop creating...afraid it might leave me! If you have any ideas or comments about my digital art - let me know, you can leave comments on flickr or here if you prefer...

clean!

This evening I am walking around in my apartment and NOT tripping over things. I put the laundry away. I cleaned up my kitchen. I rearanged some books, I sorted the junk from the mail. Even the medicine is all back in the cabinet.
Whenever the apartment is clean I usually end up wanting to paint stuff and make the walls look fuller. I love how furnishings look in West Elm but I can never figure out where the residents hide their things.
I need to trash some stuff...I want fewer things, so I get to look at fewer things.
Forgot to mention, saw Pat this weekend! It was lovely seeing pictures from her trip to Florida and getting caught up with her. I gave her a copy of a book I found at B&N...we both like words. She was tired, but she seems to be getting her heart back in life, which I love to see.

mystified by Grey's Anatomy

I gained interest in Grey's Anatomy last summer when I caught a couple re-runs. I watched the season premier with curiosity and, toward the end, tears.
Then I discribed the plot of the premier to somebody. Think about it. Obscure plagues, love triangles and quadrandles, and one adorable vet who the laws of television just wouldn't reward. Sound resonable to you? Emotional trips do not good entertainment make, especially as I was loosing any connection to these character's lives that I gained over the summer.
But I was just channel surfing and there was Meredith whining in bed because she didn't "feel" like going to work. Her roommates/friends/co-workers were attempting to talk some sense into her (good luck with that) but she was having none of it.
And then she said: "...I can't remember the last time we kissed. 'Cause you never think the last time is the last time, you think there'll be more."
Now I feel what little Noah looks like when he gets miserable about something: Big brown eyes well up, he hurries to his mom, taps his chest (the sign for "please") says, "hurt...hurt."

even more goodbyes!

Today was Dee Dee's last day at my office. She starts her new job on Monday. We took the liberty of stalling Roger for one last talk in her office...a lovely mix of professional interest and personal connection.
I now have a standing invitation to weekend in Denver ANYTIME I LIKE. The one condition is that I arrive early so we can get some lunch, together.

infection

Most days, I enjoy my work. But when your sinuses are clogging up and effecting your will to concentrate, there is only joy in sleep.
Theraflu can help with that. It doesn't inspire activity diagrams out of a use case document, but sleep, it can handle.