Well now, what have we here?

This week has run over me.  It all began with Sunday.  I leaned over in church and my dress came unzipped.  All the way.  I happen to be a frontish row dweller because it helps me to focus. 
All the way.

The sermon was on Phillip and the Ethiopian.  The pastor asked if we have ever been on the dirty deserty road with Phillip and I almost stood up in the middle of it all and shouted, Don't you see, we're there?  This is the road.  You're on it with me, all of you- you just don't know it.

A fellow teacher asked me today how I was going to put this week into my blog.  I looked at him.
Sir, there are no words for this week.  no.  words.

There are times when you know that you have to take care of yourself, that it is necessary to listen to all of the parts of you that are screaming to be heard.  Tonight was past that time.

I went home, put on a dress and my favorite boots and went to a film festival.

If you look closely, you'll see my stamp.  And a perfectly placed freckle right where the nose should be.  I began to smile when I saw this.  However, being around people and their close friends usually leaves me feeling a tad melancholy, so I bailed a bit early and went grocery shopping.

Those of you who know me well know that I despise grocery stores.  They make no sense to me and I am not good at making lists.  But I gave myself a pep talk while I walked through the parking lot.  I even managed to make my first poultry purchase.  Be proud.  We'll see if it ever leaves my freezer.

I put this in as soon as I got home.  Because Elizabeth makes me smile when she uses the word taciturn.  And because sad men do something with my heart.  Right now Mr. Collins is proposing and it is painful to watch.  What a silly, stupid, little man. Tonight I have no compassion for silly, stupid people.

Opened this and started to miss my brother.

And sat down with my favorite treat and my favorite magazine.  Multitasking at its best.  In fourteen minutes I am going to turn my noise machine up, drown out the world, and dream sweetly until it is morning.

Wednesdays I have learned are steady, dependable days.  Wednesday, I'm counting on you.