i had a lot of time to wait for the plane yesterday. i found these comfy leather chairs and found some crossword puzzles and drowned my leaving karey blues in them. when it was finally time to board i was one of those people who didn't have their id ready despite being told to have id ready. i heard that instruction but it didn't kick in until i was almost right in front of the guy. then i started desperately digging for my lisence. "i told you to have it ready" teased the boarding boy. i'm old enough that i feel the boarding guy was a boy.

on the plane i had my requested window seat. there was a little girl on the aisle seat and no one in between us. as i sat down she piped up with "i don't like sitting in the window seat." "oh really?" i replied, "i love sitting in the window seat." and i do. i love seeing all that i can see if you know what i mean.

the flight was uneventful. i paid the one dollar for a headset but unfortunately nothing was on tv. i just ended up channel surfing for most of the hour.

when we finally got down below the clouds when we were coming into vancouver, it was so beautiful. the sun was just setting and we were almost all the way to the island and you could see the gulf islands sitting like jewels in the purple sea, and i was glad to be home, glad to live in the best place on earth.

i forgot to phone heather to confirm when to pick me up until around four oh clock and she wasn't home so i just left a message. i wasn't sure if she'd be there or not, so after i got my rollaway, i went outside to see. i didn't see any cars that looked like mine, so i got a quarter and called her. (i dont' know where my cell is at present and it's out of juice so i can't find it by calling it) no answer. then i phoned elicia to see if she knew if heather was picking me up. no answer. "well i sure hope they're togother on their way to pick me up" i thought to myself. i decided i would wait a while and then take the bus. but it wasn't long before i saw heather's little head peering over the steering wheel at me, and elicia waving.

not long after i got home i went shopping because i didn't have any food besides the allbran in my suitcase. i bought a lot of stuff. i have big plans. i was there until closing time and the cashier must have been new, because she didn't know what anything was. she asked the couple in front of me what their rotini was, and the guy had to go back to find out. then she didn't know what an acorn squash was, and had trouble with my salmon. oh boy. by the time i got out of there they were turning off the lights and there was hardly anyone in the parking lot.

i had a shower after i got home and incidentally i didn't leave my gel at andrea's. i found it. and my hair felt so great and was so happy to be home. don't ever leave again it told me. i told it that i would have to go visit karey sometimes. it seemed to understand.

so today at church something quite shocking happened. and that was that randy came walking down the aisle with none other than leif walking behind him! out of the blue this guy shows up. he's back to do his phd. well it was so not anything that i ever expected. i thought i might never see or hear from him again. i thought he totally wrote us off. i was so shocked that i'm not sure quite how i reacted. i'm pretty sure i laughed nervously more than once. he seemed nervous and uncomfy. i didn't see him smile, i know that. apparently he went to the branch last week, but didn't see hardly anyone he used to know. anyways heather invited him to her birthday cake tonight but he didn't come. maybe i'll see him, next week, maybe not. it's hard to know with this guy. funny how life is.

heather's birthday cake get together was nice. randy, scott and mark were there and nikki and sarah and me and elicia. they had half a lemon cake (lemon is heather's fave and randy could only find half a one) and a little chocolate cake. they had bryers ice cream too. we just ate and talked and stuff. for some reason i ended up telling the story about how katrina used to pee in a bucket when she couldn't wait for someone to get out of the bathroom. the whole story really hit my funny bone too. mark said next time he's home he'll mention the bucket story to her. i said, "ya tell her i told you." he said "i'll say you said it in a talk." haha. oops.

so tomorrow i'm back to work. thumbs down is how i feel about that.