For the first time in 5 years, I am homesick. Heh. Home is only 50 minutes away. I miss my sister, my parents, my dog, and the girls. I haven't felt this kind of longing in a long time.
Hmm..too much stuff going on in my head. Can't even begin to articulate. I should pray more.
February 6, 2002
January 31, 2002
I go to the Starbucks/Noah's on Lakeshore at least once a week on my way to work. I've been trying to be good and make my own coffee at home. Well, being really good would be to stop drinking coffee. But, I digress.
For a while, I was going to Starbucks every day because I'd run out of coffee at home. There's this homeless guy who sits outside. I bought him a cup of coffee this morning and talked to him for a little bit. His name is Richard. He was telling me how cold it was last night. He couldn't get a bed in a shelter last night, so he had to sleep in the doorway to a shop in Chinatown. He has a little girl that he hasn't seen in 4 years. He doesn't even know where she is anymore.
Richard is such a gentle, tender man. We were talking about two feet from a garbage can. A lady walked out of Starbucks and was trying to throw her sugar packets away. Unknowingly, one of them missed and landed on the ground. Richard walked over, picked it up, and through it away.
I'm not gonna say that I learned some major lesson or anything. (I think there's sometimes this mentality that interacting with the homeless/poor will lead to some great epiphanies(!) about life. God uses these interactions as well as interactions with any Joe Shmoe to teach us lessons big and small). I just treasured this interaction. I was, however, just really struck by his honesty, frankness, and warmth. I am encouraged.
***end "real" stuff here.
Happy birthday to Justin Timberlake, who is 21 today.
hahahaha. I amuse myself.
For a while, I was going to Starbucks every day because I'd run out of coffee at home. There's this homeless guy who sits outside. I bought him a cup of coffee this morning and talked to him for a little bit. His name is Richard. He was telling me how cold it was last night. He couldn't get a bed in a shelter last night, so he had to sleep in the doorway to a shop in Chinatown. He has a little girl that he hasn't seen in 4 years. He doesn't even know where she is anymore.
Richard is such a gentle, tender man. We were talking about two feet from a garbage can. A lady walked out of Starbucks and was trying to throw her sugar packets away. Unknowingly, one of them missed and landed on the ground. Richard walked over, picked it up, and through it away.
I'm not gonna say that I learned some major lesson or anything. (I think there's sometimes this mentality that interacting with the homeless/poor will lead to some great epiphanies(!) about life. God uses these interactions as well as interactions with any Joe Shmoe to teach us lessons big and small). I just treasured this interaction. I was, however, just really struck by his honesty, frankness, and warmth. I am encouraged.
***end "real" stuff here.
Happy birthday to Justin Timberlake, who is 21 today.
hahahaha. I amuse myself.
January 30, 2002
Why in the world would you think my page is more interesting, Jessica? Yours is far more interesting. At least you're funny. And your page is pretty to look at.
January 23, 2002
The clown in my three-ring circus:
Avery sends me a link to a Mandy Moore BBS. Oh, and Shane West is the guy in the new Mandy Moore movie.
MisterAvery: this is my new bbs.
evtu: aww...but what about shane west???
MisterAvery: that guy sucks.
evtu: no he doesn't
evtu: that's how they're gonna get girls to go see the movie w/ their boyfriends who wanna see it for mandy.
Avery found this funny. And then he asked me out. Then he found that even funnier.
Avery sends me a link to a Mandy Moore BBS. Oh, and Shane West is the guy in the new Mandy Moore movie.
MisterAvery: this is my new bbs.
evtu: aww...but what about shane west???
MisterAvery: that guy sucks.
evtu: no he doesn't
evtu: that's how they're gonna get girls to go see the movie w/ their boyfriends who wanna see it for mandy.
Avery found this funny. And then he asked me out. Then he found that even funnier.