quote of the day

(from one of my desk calendars this morning)

true happiness consists not in the multitide of friends, but in the worth and choice. ~ben johnson (17th century english poet)

not that by any means everything we do is be happy (there's a lot of sad and/or serious stuff to talk about too), but it's so incredibly good to have roommate back for a few days... since colleen's sister was here friday and saturday, roommate's even sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of my room, so she really is roommate for the duration of her visit :-P... it always was trouble if we went to sleep at the same time during college... and it still is... but it's so much fun to have someone to talk again to for an hour or whatever as you're falling asleep, and to laugh with... =) and who can make sense of what you're saying even if you pick the wrong words without thinking about it out of sheer exhaustion (yesterday i twice refered to a ferry we were taking as a bus, and other such random things, but i never manage to confuse her).

friday was pizza, homemade mudslides, and silly movie night (we rented "the prince and me" and "confessions of a teenage drama queen")... yesterday was new york day (on account of me having to do altar guild for one more week, we didn't leave NJ til 11, got in to NYC and noon, and by then all tickets to go inside the statue of liberty were sold for the day... instead we paid for the ferry that takes you to liberty island and ellis island, so we could at least get close up and get an incredible view... it was quality... dinner and drinks at the times square planet hollywood... visited rockefeller center, and then st. patrick's cathedral before making our way back to penn station to go home around 9pm... all in all, a lot of waiting in lines, but nonetheless a quality day.

i'm excited for this morning... last time roommate visited, pastor j was out of town, and so were some other key people that care a lot about me at church, so she visited church with me, but it was a very off week, with the deacons leading the service and many of the people i talk to most regularly not around... this week she should get to hear pastor j preach, and hopefully meet the weiss's, etc. this will be good :-)

anyhow, in conclusion.. yay for friends :-)

the end.

later dudes :-P