thanks!

Last night, I went and saw Alfie with Adrienne and Chanelle. Prior to that, I went and had dinner with Wes and A. Nell, came by at the end of it. The gathering was great. Small but great. We're such old friends that its comforting and sad all at the same time. Comforting since you know that the people you are spending time with knows who you were, who you are now, and you know would accept you as you turn into the person who you ought to be. They are instruments to your change and growth and you're a much better person before you met them. I have cut off a number of people off of my life and have found that my judgment in people are quite on the mark. I am happy to say that my friends --those who fall in the small circle are wonderful and I am happy to have them and are comforted by the fact that they are there. The sad part though is knowing that you can't really spend as much time as before since everyone is going at different directions. Its like having a central core with rubber bands that keep us together but there is that likelihood that one would snap off of the core and would no longer be attached to the circle of friends. That's when friends fall on the cracks and years later realize that you haven't seen so and so then feel sad that they weren't there. That's the one thing I'm afraid of happening with friends. Them going away and leaving you behind. But we are resilient..us humans though vulnerable still.

Friends are quite the blessing if you learn to pick the right ones. Blessings come in many ways. I just finished a wonderful conversation with my friend Sharon. Talking about the many blessings we have and most of which are disguised. For example, how I left the old job with nothing only armed with Faith that a better one would come. And knowing that if I stayed, a part of me would have been warped into something I would rather not be or perhaps would have withered and died. I'm truly blessed that this job came along. So I'm quite thankful.

Have you ever had a moment where people never say thank you? It bugs me a lot. Or maybe just plain manners and politeness? I mean, you sneeze and no one would say "bless you" or "gazun..." (k, I don't know how to spell that one) but you know what I was trying to say. Or maybe to say "excuse me " or "please." I guess it just bothers me that a few people have that in them. How hard is it to be pleasant? Anyway, I need to stop ranting and go get some food. I am hungry.