blessings

thank you for your prayers!  

i woke up this morning & said it will be a BLESSED day.  the Lord granted my words into reality, and it was a very blessed day!  perhaps because the parking situation is taken care of at least for a week (i thought this morning, anyway) a weight was lifted from me.  the sky was beautiful with orange &  pink & purple.  the moon was big and round across from the sunrise.  

work was rather brilliant.  as a friday, a lot of ppl were gone, so my in box wasn't AS crazy as it's been all week.  i worked on memorial requests almost all day, and it was nice.  part of what i did today was looking up obituaries, which could be depressing, but almost all of them were for men and women in their 80's & 90's, with lists of loved ones and accomplishments.  one gentleman had so many kids and grandkids - and greatgrandkids! - all named in the obit, i knew he was a very loved man and had lived a fabulous life.  

for lunch, trish, marcie & i met al at el pavito.  we love their food, and they are super nice!  however, service tends to be kinda slow.  however, today it wasn't just kinda slow.  it was at a complete standstill for 20 minutes!!  we ordered drinks right away - a water (me), a coke & two diet coke's.  mr. pavito (not his real name, lol) goes to get our drinks.  he comes back with my water 10 minutes later.  15 minutes later he comes over & says the soda machine is broken & would the other three like a bottle of mexican soda?  so they order that.  the cooler is right there, should be 30 seconds, round trip.  the food comes out, and it's all correct except al's, because he ordered no tomatoes & there are diced tomatoes all up in his carnitas!  d'oh!  he scrapes them off, and asks for the sodas.  we are 1/2 way through our food before mr. pavito comes back with the bottles, and then he can't find his bottle opener.  (we were the only ones in the restaurant for most of this time, by the way, so it wasn't that he was busy!)  marcie said she didn't want him to open hers, because she wouldn't have time to drink it.  so al took it home w/ him.  lol  even tho it was long & somewhat annoying, it was still a fun lunch, and the food was still delicious!  : )  

even staying til after 6 was a blessing!  

met becca & nate for dinner at the chick fil a.  : )  nate was already playing in the play area when i arrived.  heh.  i used my free meal coupon & got an original chicken sammich.  i hadn't had one in a long while because i've been eating their grilled chicken.  it was sooooo good, tho!  nom nom nom!  it's funny, tho, i am apparently the poster child for the grilled wrap now.  *laugh*  wes (i think that's his name, the night manager) asked if i was getting the wrap, and then a couple of the waitstaff asked later.  heh.  i was like, "not tonight, but of course you have them tonight!"  it was a lot of fun to hear about beck's recent mission trip to mexico.  to hear about the work God's doing down there & what He allowed her and her group to do... AMAZING!  

and i can't wait to see pictures!!!  : )  

aunt jan called to see if i wanted to hang out tomorrow, so we're going to buffalo wild wings (BWW to those in the know?) for a late lunch/early supper (about 2:30) and then to see The Green Hornet.  it looks fun, and kato...YUM.  

got to chat w/ the april, which was very nice because we hadn't chatted in awhile.  it was good to hear about what's going on w/ her & to get her insights on my stressy ball of stressfulness (carrie-ism).  

received a postcrossing from poland, but my scanner's not scanning for some reason, so i'll have to see about showing you later this weekend.  heh.  also got a $5 hallmark rewards certificate, woot!  and People - who knew keith urban & nicole kidman had another baby??  via surrogate, i think they said.  now they have sunday & faith, which i think are both pretty names.  

aaaaaaaand now i think it's time for bed.  goodnight, dear friends, sleep well & have a sweet saturday!  keep praying for me, as i pray for you.  got a difficult task ahead on monday (talking to a new doc i've never met in a place i've never been about my axiety.  someone didn't think this thru, because i'm having more anxiety about this...)!!

tt... oh!!!  one more thing.... 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DARLING COUSIN SISTER, MISHA!!!  I LOVE YOU LOTS!!!  

she is 20 today (well, it's 12:20 on january 22nd, currently...).  i can't even believe she is 20 & bret is 22 & aren't they still 10?  i guess i'm glad they're older because they are both much nicer.  *laugh*  and love the Lord, so that's good, good!  

and now... ttfn!  : )