Contentment

Today was a perfectly lovely day. Both Katie and I woke up without alarms and then we got to just hang out at home until our evening activities. This is a rare occurrence, that neither of us had anywhere to go for nearly the whole day. I loved it. We both read, worked on our computers, and went through some of our stuff. I cleaned out my fabric storage so I have a large pile of fabric I want to give away sitting in front of my hope chest. Katie sat in the chair asking me, "Are you really going to use that?"

While she went off to her Jane Austen group, I continued working on my photography page for my website. I will let you all know when it is published to the Internet. Since I have my photography advertisement in the "Seussical the Musical" program at the Pentacle Theatre which opens this Friday, the website needs to be up before I leave. Tomorrow is another day that will be computer oriented.

Tonight though, I went to go see "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Salem Cinema, a small theatre showing independent films. I really enjoyed the story, the color, the music, everything. It is a fantastic movie. I highly recommend it. As I was waiting for the restroom after the movie, a woman I knew from the First Presbyterian Church recognized me not only from the church, but from the play as well. She told me what a fantastic play she thought it was, the best one she's seen at the Pentacle, and how she was so surprised at my character when I came on stage. The girl she knew from the church and the woman she saw on stage were two very different people. Goal reached. As a side note, Katie's boyfriend has commented at least twice now in amazement I really am not the person he knew in college. He's right, I'm not, and I'm very glad I've grown in the ways I have since then.

As I did all these things today, one thing stayed constant. I had this feeling starting this morning of deep peace and contentment as I laid in God's arms. The feeling and image never left.

365-09 #59