Dear Home,

I made it back to Sacramento safely. In one piece. The trusty ol t-bird made good time. She's a real gem. I only stopped twice, at well lit filling stations. It was 4am when I walked into my house, I was so sleepy. I am definitely feeling the bummer of only 5 hours of sleep after 6 of driving. Hopefully that means that I will sleep real good tonight. Home, I will see you in April. I can't wait.

xo.

I am forgetful when filled with joy.

I realize that I am late with the surprise news but I am sure that anyone who really cares already knows that I am in Long Beach. I was supposed to hear John Perkins preach in Walnut Creek this weekend so I have Sunday free...so I decided to jump in the car and head for home, I was planning to leave here on Saturday to make it back for Perkins but I found out that he had to cancel so I am staying the extra day. I have already had some really great times with friends and family, every trip home makes it harder and harder to go back to Sacramento. I miss things here terribly. I spent this evening with Ryan and Rachel (also, the wee VerWys') and it was great to catch up , only issue is that it made me miss this place even more. My idealism is at its peak among fellow dreamers, especially dreamers who tell me that AmeriCorps is not only for those with a completed college education. The good news is that through this time I am gaining the confidence to start praying and seeking my place.

We are losing an hour tonight. Bummed! So instead of 11PM, its really midnight. That is lame.

I have a surprise.

But I can't tell you until tomorrow because right now I am working...I know. It's midnight and I am working, I got the worship songs late and I need to have my stuff done by noon tomorrow so it is crunch time.

Come back here tomorrow.

Until then watch these videos and love them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDataIWgPrw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEiftJI_Hd0

My Lame Lame Nose

My allergies are real bad. My nostrils are so clogged up. I can't get comfortable enough to sleep. It is 3 AM. I am bummed. Also, I left my vicks tissues in my car and it is cold and rainy so walking outside does not sound awesome right now.

This is the lamest.

I miss you facebook

So for Lent this year I decided to give up the Facebook and MySpace. It is only day two and I am going through some real withdrawls. I am bummed. How am I supposed to communicate with people? Back to the phone and written word. I don't think that I let everyone know that I have given up my obsession so I hope folks aren't too bummed at me.


In other news, went to a show tonight and last. Last of the Blacksmiths sort of changed my life. They are so good. You should MySpace them, I would check to see if their music is available but...well, I can't.


Courtney made chicken pot pie pockets for dinner on LOST night....they are delicious, wonderful midnight snacks. Speaking of LOST! I love it. Real good. I would encourage you to watch it but if you know nothing about it jumping in will be a little terrifying. Watch The Office instead.


Gotta check my heater...my fingers are frozen. Ok, problem solved.


I am currently reading 5 books none of which have my undying attention so if you have a suggestion, a must read, please shoot me a line.


I listened to a New City Sermon earlier today which made me want to be home. Here we go again.

It's been awhile...I am sorry.

So, last weekend was Daytona...THE race. I got home from church and was oober bummed out because it was raining and I was so tired, too tired to walk to the nearest bar with super sweet t.v.'s and ice cold beer. You see, the day before I turned the tv to FOX and it was all snowy...bummed out. Anyway, I decided that I would try out the tv, watch the race through the snow. Lo and behold it was a Daytona Day miracle the race was clearly displayed on the tv so for the next couple of hours I would be planted on the couch watching my driver go round and round. Sadler, #19 is my boy. I adopted him the year after Wallace retired, #2 was my car. Sadler had a rough year, didn't even think he would make it into the cup until he jumped on with Petty Enterprises. My heart was real happy to hear that I wouldn't have to find a new driver for 2009. Ok, so the race is happening. It's going good. Super in fact. Sadler races his way to the front of the field after starting 29th or something like that. He is leading the pack with about 50 laps to go. It is looking good. I am effing thrilled, literally on the edge of my seat. THEN half a lap before the caution flag is pulled because of rain Sadler loses the lead to friggin Matt Kenseth. Not a big deal, the rain will pass, the track will dry and Sadler will race his ass off to get a Petty car into victory lane right (something that hasn't happened since 1999)? NO, the race is called. Rained out. BUMMER! Sadler finishes 5th. I realize that this doesn't make any sense to anyone, you probably could care less. But. This is the super bowl of motorsports and I love it. I just watched my favorite get robbed by mother nature. It was devastating. DEVASTATING! Kinda like when Mark Martin was robbed of the Daytona victory a few years back by that lil shit Harvick (Harvick right? Dad?) Whatevs. On top of the bittersweet Daytona experience, Sadler has a pretty lame California Speedway experience today. Poor dude.

The good news is that Kate was in town so I didn't hang out in my sadness for too long.
When Kate is in town it means that we eat good food...scraping our plates clean. This particular meal was a buffalo chicken salad and garlic fries. Real good.

The picture below was taken at Cafe Bernardo by Jerry, Kates dude. She's gonna get married soonish so she flew him up here for a couple of days for valentines day, also to hang out a little bit. Being away from Long Beach means I am pretty detached so it was good to have Jerry here for a minute to get to know him a little. Now that I think of it the 3 of us never got a picutre together...we were way too busy eating good food and drinking great coffee.
Kate brought along with her a little porcelain rabbit with a badazzled ass flap. His rhinestone encrusted butt opened up to reveal a little cubby. Truth be told he made me a little uncomfortable but we got along well. The story goes: Someone at Kate's job won him at a white elephant exchange and now Snort, yes he is called Snort, travels the world with the public health nurses of the OC. He is a traveling bunny. On this morning he was into the Naked Lounge Coffee that I prepared to fuel our day.

I just don't have the time that I would like

I have so many things to tell you...but not right now.

Just you wait: I will tell you about work and Nascar and home and Kate and my bike and the albums that are changing my life and I will probably even have photos but for now all I have the time for is this ramble and a quote update.

Love Love.