everybody knows it's true

paul simon on the stereo, suomies making lihapiirakka, most of the weekend to-dos crossed off the list... i'm feeling pretty content

camobunny was singing up front in church today, i really wish you could hear her, her voice is amazing, so much soul leaping out of that body. it's smooth (like butta). plus she was wearing a pink sweater, so she definitely rated an a+ today

one thing i love to do, is grocery shopping. this is probably in part due to how much i love food, but it's so much more than that! i love the planning ahead, imagining cooking, packing my lunches in my mind, happily remembering that we're almost out of flour, so that when it's time to make pizza i am prepared... i love watching things stack up in the cart, arranging it so that the heavy items are at the back (in case of sudden stops) and keeping all of the cold things together. i love having a list, and crossing things off of it (and maybe even adding things already found, just for the pleasure of crossing them out). i love finding a good deal on something i like but don't really need, so that i can justify buying it. i love knowing that there is always something available for sandwiches. i love looking into other people's carts and silently congratulating myself on my far healthier food choices. i love unloading the cart onto the conveyer belt and lining things up in the way i would like them bagged. i do NOT love unloading the bags into the car, nor do i love lugging the bags up to my 5th floor apartment, but i do love unpacking everything onto the kitchen counter and seeing it all together, and then i love putting it all away, a place for everything and everything in its place.

i'm sure you're wondering, since you empathized so deeply with my sad friday evening, yes i finally bought the long-awaited corned beef! 2.19 a pound or something, and i got barely 2 pounds, so 5 bucks for my favorite dinner! suomies was not quite as ecstatic, but he'll suffer through it. the compromise was to agree to just corned beef and potatoes, hold the cabbage please.

sisko and her husband are skiing in chamonix this weekend, it is his birthday and hopefully they are having good snow and lots of fun. i can't wait to see them this summer.

it is great to have a sister by the way. if you can arrange it, i highly recommend it. well, i recommend mine anyway. but she is taken, so you will have to look elsewhere. but really, and i'm not sure if she shares this sentiment, but i'll throw it out there anyway, she is my best friend. she knows all of those things that i generally want to hide from other people, and she understands my family but loves them (us?) as much as i do, and she knows where i'm coming from (i guess both figuratively and literally). i think i have some mild to moderate issues regarding being the younger sister to a highly intelligent and hilarious and beautiful and successful person, but that does not diminish the fact that she is really quite fantastic. i'd like for you all to meet her, and i think you will agree.

hopefully my dinner awaits so i'll bid you good evening. since it is one, after all