Good Day, Good Day

yesterday was most satisfactory. it started off rough when i was 20 minutes late to the service group after zoning out on the highway, missing my exit and driving all the way to colchester. but service--when i got there--was nice. we had a good group, including ian and jonathan, who are pioneering this month (!) i worked with joe and becky and diana. we had a decent conversation with a householder who was already chris beaudoin's call, but i'll still take the joy.

in the afternoon i worked with lenore, jonathan, cheyenne and dave. jonathan and i swapped our favorite scriptures of righteous indignation (job 38 and 39, psalm 50). and i finally got my houlihan's W2!!!

i would have been content with that for a tuesday, but then dave, cris, lenore and i went out to dinner at dish. i hadn't been to a nice dinner in a while; the nominal reason was to celebrate dave's having fixed my car's serpentine belt. it was really just an excuse to have cheesy boursin bread, lobster and short rib dumplings, crab cakes, ahi tuna, diver scallops, hangar steak frites, pork shank with risotto and apple butter, chocolate fondant, alcoholic coffees and a couple bottles of wine. in the end, the dinner was

delectable and the conversation was engaging.

plug: http://www.dishbarandgrill.com/dishhome.html

after such a good day yesterday, i'm presently at the house, locked inside my room. outside my door, maya has been sick all night and my mother is now feeling nauseated. maybe i'll finally do my taxes. wish me well.