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(Originally July 7 2006)

I was recontacted by Valentine's Day Girl. Which I guess would be V-Day of 2003?

It's crazy. Just the kindness of an e-mail, with nothing overt or forward, can feel nice. I'm not sure why my hackles didn't raise and my paranoia didn't launch into orbit. I think the months that followed after that V-Da with tentative contact, then a lunch here or there was nice. The attention was nice. Then I detached as usual and there were no "How Come You Didn't CALL Me"s.

So I think I'll send a reply. It's not like I have anything special to tell her, but since it was nice to receive, so shall I freely give.

Well I'm just having all sorts of a good weekend, huh?

Breakfast--Pineapple Coconut Protein Shake Blended at the gym, One 16 oz. bottle of water.
Lunch--Three Scrambled Eggs, One pat of butter, Three Parks Sausage links
Afternoon Snack--Labrada Hi Protein Honey Almond Bar (protein and controlled-sugary goodness), Cold 16 oz bottle of water.
Dinner--Three sushi rolls (not the small ones but fancy restaurant ones, Tuna, Salmon Skin, and California), Lobster Soup (more like Lobster Cantonese Sauce with bigger chunks of lobster claw meat), a few fried noodles and dips of duck sauce.

Dinner was courtesy of my sightless friend in Woodbridge who lost his father a few weeks ago. He's the guy I used to work for as an aide detailed in my old blog. He wants to fill up with weekend with distractions so he doesn't get depressed, but I'd rather he faced it and processed. So I visit him and take him out and he buys my dinner--and since's he's an hour away, I do my share by paying for the gas. Then I wind up telling him about my experiences with the respective deaths of my parents in hopes to help him get some perspective.

My bottomline with him is, The world SUCKS and God knows it, which is why He died on the cross and indwells with us as the Holy Spirit--to help us survive the trip to Paradise. Meanwhile, people we love will die, others will be sick and afflicted, marriages will continue to break up, etc. If ever someone finds themselves happy in this world, THAT'S the miracle from God and it should be cherished.

Don't worry, I'm a much more objective therapist than I am a theologian. ;-)