until tomorrow

i had a slow morning.  dad was at work, and gin left to pick him up and then head on to my cousin's wedding reception in Gilroy around noon. i spent the early hours of the day scrapbooking.  this particular scrapbook begins at the beginning of high school, or, more specifically, the summer after eighth grade.  it was so strange to see the photos, seeing the faces of people who've changed drastically since then, captured forever in a time when they had less experience but more innocence. then there were the faces of those who i haven't even seen in since then, and i really don't know what happened to them.  (i'm listening to "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath right now, and it seems fairly appropriate to the emotion).

anyways, it was interesting to reflect on those times.  Mum came home around one from her testing session, and she skimmed over the pages with me but wasn't too interested.  then Sarah Atencio came over around 2; she went through the scrapbook with me, page by page.  that meant a lot to me, more than she will ever know.  brianna called and came over soon after, and we spent a delightful time chatting about, well, everything.  i love having conversations with friends, the sort of discussions which just flow naturally to any area of life.  a little later sarah announced we should run barefoot outside up and down the street (she's a bit peculiar:)  we did, and then decided that the lighting was marvelous for photos.  we rushed back inside and dressed up, using some of my fabulous red lipstick (i LOVE bright red lipstick for photos and shows; it just stands out!) and random clothes.  we flitted around my street, using what was available to us to take the best photos we could.  out of 219 photos, we came up with 131 passable pictures, 47 good ones, and 7 fabulous ones (in my opinion, at least.  we could only agree on 4 of them).  

all in all, the evening was quite charming and will be a lovely precursor to tomorrow's viewing of Phantom of the Opera in SF (YES!!!! VERY EXCITED!!!!).  the only problem is i seem to have misplaced my glasses, which is rather distressing. i dare say they shall reappear, i just pray that it will be before the show.  it would be TERRIBLE to not be able to see :(

anyways, i hope your days are as blessed with good music and good company as mine :) SHALOM!!!