a church bulliten that i saw a while ago said "God answers knee mail"

today i was having a sad morning. i actually have sad mornings every morning lately, but then i go to work and am engulfed in business and bustle and it burries the sad until the next morning because when i come home i too tired to feel anything but tired. anyways karey was sitting in my new very comfy wingbacked chair and said maybe if we do something with my rum, i'd feel better. i told her about how i had to buy rubbermaids to store my stuff in, and a file box, and curtain rods and a book shelf and how i didn't have much money and didn't know what to spend it on. karey made it sound like there was no problem at all. she said rubbermaids and file boxes aren't expensive and that she would buy me curtain rods for my birthday. she said she was going to buy me book shelves, but maybe she would get curtain rods. so karey, elicia, barb and i all went shopping. we went to walmart, for the rubbermaids, (i think i just realized that maybe it should be rubbermade, not maid.. ha ha) and file box, to the essence wharehouse sale, and then to whole foods. i bought a panini for lunch. i really like whole foods. i bought halva and almond butter and samusas, and a hunk of hazelnut chocolate for fondue purposes. at the essence sale i saw the girl who knows me. she said "do you want a basket laura?" "she remembers my name.", i thought. i bought a few blends, some coconut body whip and lavender salt scrub, and a few other sundries. On thursday i bought some herbs for my herb garden. and a hummingbird feeder which was a total impulse buy. and now i have no money until my next pay day. and that's the cycle of life.

last night was charolette's pre-wedding reception. it was at the masonic hall in vancouver, which had a beautiful view of the ocean. we were on the 4th floor, but there was a goose nesting on the balcony. it hissed at anyone who came too near. charolette was beautiful. instead of dinging your glass for them to kiss, you had to go up and sing a love song. nikki managed to get five spoons stuck to her face at once. that opened a whole new world for me. it's not just the nose, you can get one on your cheek and chin. nikki managed two on her chin. sometimes she would stick the spoon under her armpit to get it warm instead of the customary 'haaaaah' on it. true to charolette form, there were inumerable (ok around 15-20) decadent cakes and desserts. i was disapointed because after eating a piece of the white chocolate raspberry cake, i could eat not a bite more of anything else. i tried and my body rebeled. i left after the dancing began and took sarita with me. when we got home i changed into my pjs and came down stairs. sarita was watching leave it to beaver. it was a really funny one when the beave was quite little and he got a note from the teacher to take home. he was really scared to give it to his mom because he thought he would get into trouble, even though he couldn't remember what he did wrong. at one point whalley (sp?) typed up a reply to his teacher who in fact was just asking if beaver could be smokey the bear in a play, but they didn't know that because they didn't read it. anyways whalley's note said "I whipped him, and his father whipped him and he's really sorry and won't do it again." ha ha ha it was funny. sarita was splitting a gut as only she can do. after the beave was over i collapsed in my bed because i was more tired than words can say.