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I've been outrageously busy with way too much, mostly learning a new language--Spanish and trying to do "church stuff" at the same time, enough to get me into the ordination process. So it will be a while before I'm blogging again--or until the next "gringafit." Cause I STILL have to talk about Gay Pride and my Surprise Birthday Party. And, too, I am flat of my back swimming in vertigo. Tres boring. Muy boring? Mucho boring? Boring en espanol I KNOW is In the meantime I HIGHLY recommend some incredible bloggers http://cromey.blogspot.com/ http://www.everyvoice.net/ http://207.234.205.13/2004/08/review-by-robert-warren-cromey.htm JESUS CIRCLES BLOG TIME by Peter Lawson http://207.234.205.13/blog.htm http://207.234.205.13/index.htm http://peacebang.blogspot.com/ http://shadesofgray.blog-city.com/photo_album_1.htm

No Michelle, but....

I miss my very best friend EVAH, Michelle. And I knew that this was going to be the most difficult and painful part of our moving so far away from film, movies, Michelle, popcorn, sushi bars, oyster bars, Skates, and Martuni's--and ALL kinds of church. And all of that just reminds me so much of how much I miss Michelle--not to mention hours in Long's or Walgreen's or paintin our nails and decidin on our hair. PLUS talking about THE most important stuff in the cosmos AND the most important knitting patterns and just life, havin a good friend down the street...... Well, I know there will be no Michelle here and probably not a friend at all, but I have been having interactions and experiences that are kinda like having a girlfriend. KINDA! Just a mere touch of KINDA. We are in language school five days a week for 4 hours a day. Learning a new language 2:1 (and when the 2 is my husband) is VERY intimate. And what I need MOST here is a womanfriend and a gay male friend. Now I may not have exactly that but in this school (Spanish school; we meet outside) with THE GREATEST instructors. WOW; they should really teach other teacherse how to teach and have fun teaching. So we have 4 women teachers and 1 male teacher. THEY are SOO FABULOUS!! Two of the teachers and I irritake dear Kenny because we get caught up in these GIRL reactions and interactions and even giggles! Oh, sweet heavens! The male instructor, in my imagination, is my new gay friend. I don't know if he's gay or not but I like to imagine he is so I have paradise 4 hours a day of what I miss the most here. I LOVE learning and I LOVE school. And the OTHER thing I've missed is the challenge of learning and having my brain stimulated. And I get all that PLUS a cat! What ELSE is there? (Well, there's no Michelle and no out gay men and even though it's not close to friends but it's sooo healing RIGHT NOW. We have so much fun! We laugh and our class time often extends beyond our scheduled time that Miss Alex has to laugh and come ring her bell. AND one of our professors is having a baby. She's too awesome because she both reminds me of Michelle AND Lavay and she's pregant. If she has a girl, I'll just be purring. I want to thank the folks at Spanish School By The Sea, Bocas Island, for saving my life and our marriage and my brain. And really, the teachers are SUPER! Sigh. I plan to continue once a month or what we can afford after our 815 paid for lessons is over; for this is may be as close as I get to Michelle-y, film, rootbeer, and popcorn, then meandering the streets for sushi and chocolate cake with mango AND raspberry sauce. Missing you, Michelle, and KNOW that I think of you each and every day. A best friend is a rare and special gift.