Play Date -- Take 2

Later today L (I'm going to call her Curly from now on because she has such gorgeous curly hair) and P (let's call him "the boyfriend" -- just kidding, hubby! He'll be Buddy) are coming over for a play date. Yup, everyone is feeling better and we're going to give it another try. If no one gets sick I'll consider it a success. I have to give everyone credit for attempting this so soon after it happened, especially Curly. She'll be coming back to where it all started and I'm sure that can make you anxious even though you know it wasn't because of anything in that place.

I finally got around to getting started on those obligations I was telling you about yesterday. Just like my sister said, it wasn't so bad once I got started. I'm not finished yet but now that I've gotten my feet wet I'm not dreading the rest of it.

Oh yesterday was a bad day food-wise. I had gone grocery shopping and along with the usual food I would buy, I also purchased most of the food we would need to feed my family on Sunday. I bought chips as a pre-dinner snack. BAD IDEA. Guess what I had for dinner??? A bowl of Tostitos and salsa. The only responsible thing I did was count out how many chips I ate so I could enter it into MyFitnessPal. 28 chips = 500 calories. The salsa wasn't bad. But 500 calories...on chips?? For dinner?? Terrible. I look at the number on the scale and normally that's pretty inspiring not to do stuff like this but yesterday the temptation was so great and I felt like we had been really good for so long (in reality 2 measly weeks!). Now I know how my friend felt when she wanted to buy something because it had felt like a really long time since she had spent any money but when she actually counted the days it hadn't been that long. I guess we all have our weaknesses!

Dear Friendliest Person I Knew for Only One Day,

I technically knew you for more than one day but first it was through email and then through conference calls. Eventually I finally met you for a total of 3 days at the event itself. You were kind, open and friendly. You complimented me and my work, particularly on the prayer I had created for the conference. You really listened when I spoke, made eye contact and had insightful things to say in reply. You seemed to really care about me even though we didn't know each other. People like you, people who immediately put everyone at ease, people who can charm without appearing scuzzy and insincere, are very rare. You're the type of person that after being in your presence, people ask, "What is it about him? What gives him that aura of peace?" This is the kind of person I would like to be. I'm glad I met you.

Melissa