i love a rainy night

really thurm? eddie rabbit?

lovely thunderstorm outside my windows at the moment. sounds like water is running freely through my house. here's hoping it just sounds that way.

didn't quite make it in time to blog on easter, but need to say: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

missed that in our service this morning (though i did get to share it with leslie).

just returned from the southgate house - rosie thomas played there tonight. her song "wedding day" has been a favorite of mine for the past several years, so i was excited to see she was playing. and it was free - can't beat that. her band had all of their stuff stolen in philadelphia friday night, so they had a makeshift set up, which for the size of the room and her material really was quite perfect. she didn't play long, maybe just over an hour, but was a great set. she has a carefree air about her and her banter between songs was quite amusing. the difference between her speaking voice and her singing voice is a bit shocking - not as drastic as jim neighbors, but not too far off. a great way to end easter weekend and ease into spring break.

i need to sit down, make a list of things i need to do this week. i had intended to post last night about my first successful home improvement (painting excluded, of course). installed a new kitchen faucet with a sprayer, something i'd been wanting to do. was so proud of myself - got the old one out, put the new one in and everything worked. unfortunately, i didn't do everything exactly right as there was water under the sink this morning. i believe i know what the problem is - they forgot to include a couple of washers i needed - but still a bit sad to see i wasn't quite the handyman i thought i was. oh well. easily fixed. i hope.

had planned to head into school tomorrow to help with the sets for seussical, but i have too much i have to get done around the house. plus, tutoring is tomorrow afternoon. and rehearsal tomorrow night. so sticking around here will be a better option. if the weather cooperates, i may try and set up the new porch swing i bought. hope i bought the right one.

easter felt a bit anti-climatic to me. couldn't focus during worship. so much changed over lent, i suppose i shouldn't be surprised to have felt this way. seems so long ago that i began the journey toward easter and my own experiment with silence. seems so long ago since we had to say goodbye to chad. much longer than 40 days.

i should not be so melancholy on so joyous a day.

i am so hungry, but i have no groceries. that's on the list for this week. wanted to stop by taco bell, but of course it was closed. grrrr. think i have some soup downstairs i could eat, but i really don't want to fix anything because, well, my kitchen faucet doesn't work....

to bed. prayers will be here in a matter of hours. and it's always beautiful to fall asleep to the rain. until tomorrow (well, later today).
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Tunes: rosie thomas - i run