VACATION!!

i finally have dates when i'm going to texas for my vacation! i'll be flying into DFW may 9 and leaving june 5. that's only 17 days away! when i return i'll be working in a different house, with different staff and students for a girls summer program for 10 weeks. in the meantime, i'm day dreaming about freebird burritoes, my dad's specialty brew, tubing down the river, re-uniting with old roommates and whatever else y'all want to do! let me know where i can fit into your schedules.

chicken soup for the humble soul

i was making buffalo chicken soup last night for some friends that had a baby. while in town, buying the fixins, i figured that the meat at the butchers had to be way more "fresh" than the saran wrapped packages at the market; cheaper too. i like to think myself as savage or "hard core", but as he handed me the chicken i had to humble myself and ask him to cut off the head and feet.

how do you carry another's burden from afar?

when a friend hurts and you can't be there:

1. you try to inflict pain on yourself since you're unable to take some of hers
2. you call every day, sometimes twice a day, to tell a funny story about the great times we've had together as single women
3. you begin to search for random gifts around your room to send to her - possibly the ashes from a burned up bra?