Oh boy....some days just don't turn out the way you plan!

I seriously had the day totally planned out yesteray. It's amazing that when it takes just a few minutes to think of what you want to accomplish during the day and write it down, it takes ALL FREAKING day to get it done~ what's up with THAT??
Anyway, I got everything done in preparation for my best friend here to move in with me...lock, stock, and Yorkie,kitty,and sister!

She and I are both ruminating about how we manage to accumulate so much STUFF in such a short time! Of course, isn't it interesting that you never give it a thought until you're in the midst of moving somewhere? But it always works out one way or the other; it all gets tossed or repacked to take to the new place and vows are made to NEVER keep so much junk again. I don't make those vows anymore; I know I'll keep getting STUFF and I'll be amazed anew when I'm packing to move next time :).

Yesterday, being a fairly somber day for the nation, I watched the tv coverage of the ceremonies taking place and when they read all the names of those lost, and showed their photos, I wondered what each person was doing at the end? And what kind of life they led before? Even at my age, it's so hard to look at photos of people who were real and working and part of a family and happy and distinguished and LOVED, and wrap my head around the fact that in a second, they were GONE, Pouf! You'd think after being an ICU nurse for so long, I'd have that one all figured out, but it's different when it's such a huge magnitude just in numbers alone, of people who were, so ALIVE. And I think about what a great energy we all lost in losing those people from our world.

Aside from that, yesterday was also my very BEST, dearest and did I say BEST? friend's birthday; my most FAVORITE person in the entire world, the person who knows me probably better than anyone ever has or ever will (and I think he still likes me :)). I want to put him in my pocket and carry him with me everywhere I go~ he's like the kind of treasure that you keep all to yourself and pull it out when you can really absorb all the joy and fun that he exudes. It's like opening a present every time I talk to him~ he's the BEST, and so another Happy Birthday to Roy~ I hope your day was everything you wanted it to be!

So, the rest of today will start an interesting adventure with my friend Melanee~ she's such a great gal and is the female equivalent of Roy to me~ I feel so blessed to have had (and to have even now) such amazing, wonderful friends; male and female. They're like the seaglass that I find along the shore; beautiful and sparkly and precious; different from each other, but all incredibly, uniquely, phenomenally special.

I hope you all have people in your life like I do; it makes the journey so much easier!