As I noted yesterday, TIME FLIES. It's almost JULY! WHAT?!

First of all, I am still trying to find MAY!

So, as I sit here running an experiment, I caught up on my daily mail.

One particularily stood out and really just made me feel great.

I love it when people say they check my blog daily. That makes me feel good that people want to hear what I have to say! Thanks so much to all of you "avid readers"!!! (And I continue to be surprised that more and more come out of the woodworks.)

Well, she (we'll call TSBFO - the smart beautiful funny one) and I have been friends since 7th or 8th grade (I can never remember if which one it is?!) when she moved there because her dad got a new job. I love her and her family. During lunch, we would walk to her place and eat mac and cheese or sandwiches. Her parents never minded - ever. They always welcomed me like their own. My mom really enjoyed working with her mom. I was always friends with everyone (small school), but I just clung to her personality like a magnet. There is something *special* about her. And you know, not many people *got* TSBFO. I seemed to for some reason. (Sidenote: I don't think I have multiple personalities, but my personality meshes well with many different kinds of personalities.) We wrote so many letters to one another. Actually, for Christmas I gave her a whole box from her, in which we had MANY good laughs over!

Well, things separated us: relocation, time. She didn't finish "traditional" high school and I didn't see much of her. She moved to a town thirty miles away. I saw her once or twice. But, she was never far from my memories. LIKE I SAID WE HAD MANY!!! (one word: sleepovers! --- at both hers and mine.)

Then all of a sudden, I randomly got into contact with her again... I was taking care of a 92 y. old and he was in the hospital. At the same time, so was TSBFO's mother. Well, her dad was visiting and I gave him my email address. I found out she was essentially half a world away (not only is she in another country, but she has TWO masters degrees! geez!) so a long-lost friendship was renewed. And, you know, I always knew that it would be a relationship I would always have, even when I had no idea where she had *gone*.

And, I don't care what anyone says. Conservative Christians CAN be friends with Liberal Agnostics. We respect the fact that we have different views and have never tried to convert each other one way or the other. I think it's just about the fact that we always knew what each other stood for and we always got along fine...

And her message really solidified my views (as I am going to show a snippet, hope you don't mind TSBFO...

"Just read your last post and wanted to tell you that it really touched me... I love you, and I sincerely mean that, despite our differences in politics or religion or whatever. You have been there for me and that's what matters."

The feeling is mutual!

Anyway, I had to share my "feel-good" moment!
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Arg, everything hurts today... I got bitten by I have no idea what OR where! I have ELEVEN huge bites on me (they are not mosquitoes, nor are they spider bites I have decided... nonetheless, whenever something bites me the spot gets HUGE --- you should see mosquito bites on me!) So, I took "non-drowsy" Wal-itin (I don't like name brand drugs - it's the same thing!)... well, it made me restless all night and dizzy. It's not really a good time! (Then after I took a second dose, I read the package and apparently those side effects are reported.) GRR. And this head is killing me...

Back to work. HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD WEEKEND!