Today was one of those rare days which seem to last forever...and I didn't mind (in fact it's over much too soon).

The day started with panic--would I get to church on time? The answer: just barely. In between flat-handed swats at the side of my car's console (to get both sides of speakers working) and plugging and unplugging my portable CD player (to, well, get THAT working), I found time to speed down a street with speed bumps spaced every ten feet.

I caught air on a few.

From panic to comfort: got to sit with the parents at church. It was a sweet service--God as our rock, our solid place. The hymns were old, but packed with meaning. I spent some time picturing each hymn writer jotting down some words in a carriage, maybe some words on a ship to a foreign country (I'm kind of giving away the fact that we sang out of the really old hymnbooks).

From comfort to contentment: Mom's cooking. We had two families over for lunch. Both are very dear to us. No talk of gutting or bleeding animals (see post a few days back for reference).

From contentment, well, I went back to reality: finished the day with laundry and refilling the work wordrobe. Blah. I have to iron everything tomorrow. That was one good thing about working for the GAP--we were actually encouraged to wear t-shirts and jeans. =)

Rounded off the wonderful, productive day by watching "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" with my parents. It was music to my ears to hear my mom say, within minutes of the beginning of the movie: "Wow! You could make so many analogies to spiritual things from this!"

Art lives. I think I'll have good dreams tonight.