Friendship

How does one know when you have a true friend? A friend that goes above and beyond the normal, "Let's do lunch" or you catch a movie every now and then. I learned that I have a true friend today. How do I know this? Check out these pictures. They are self explanatory.

What might she be doing in case you were wondering? There is a nasty smell in our house by our fireplace that we can not figure out what it is. Is there an animal that has died under the house and is causing this atrocious smell? That's where my "true" friend comes in. She got all the gear on and crawled through the teeny tiny crawl space under my house. (shiver...creepy) Did she find any dead animals or bodies, or anything stinky? No. She did find two pipes that are leaking pretty bad. There are a few things that I am thankful for.

1.) True Friends

2.) True Friends that happen to be skinny...it came in handy today as she squeezed through that tiny space. No Kunz could ever have accomplished this. We are all too "shapely".
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3.) A nasty, stinky mysterious smell. Without it, we ( I say "we" when I had nothing to do with it) would have never ventured under the house, and never would have found the pipe problem, which potentially could have been a nightmare.

Friendship. It's a beautiful thing. You Rock Robin!

Sanity Saver

Sometimes in life, people surprise me. Today was one of those days. I have been on the brink of losing my sanity for the past month or so. There has been a lot of "stuff" going on around here that has not been very fun. Usually I can work through the all the crap and stay pretty sane. Lately though, it has gotten the better of me, and I have felt stuck and frustrated and pretty much not very nice. I still treat others fairly nicely, but inside my head I want to kill everyone and run away and never come back. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Anyways, I had a weak moment and emailed a friend about my frustrations, and it was not a pretty email. It is hard for me to admit how I really feel sometimes, because in my head I can hear my dad telling me to "think positive", and all that jazz, but sometimes (I swear as I get older, I am getting less and less patient) I just don't feel....chipper? Blah...Blah...Blah...I will not bore you with all the details. No one wants to hear me complain I am sure. "toughen up, buttercup"

Today I came home to this on my front doorstep as the flower lady was leaving. I was in total shock! Someone sent me flowers AND chocolate? Feel the love!

The note said, "Think happy Thoughts and if that doesn't work, pull out a flower and slowly pluck off the petals." I laughed right out loud, that is after I stopped tearing up. I am rarely suprised in a good way. It was so nice to know that someone out there cared enough about me to do something like that. At that moment, it felt like my burden got a little bit lighter. Friends...how does one live without them? Thanks Arlyn, I needed that today, more than you will ever know.

PS...if any of you are wondering what you can do to brighten my day...cold hard cash is always a nice option...heh heh