*is bowled over* lol Hey chica, glad to see you
Thanks girls

I'm not overly crazy about the fact that I can't even be bothered to cut (especially since I could be bothered to throw out what would soon have been 12 months three months ago... so nine months, lol) but it is what it is I guess. I'm attempting (rather unsuccessfully it seems) to not get a cold so I'm really not bothering to do much at all
I know he does and I love him and his whole family to death (especially their three kids the oldest of which is *gasp* 6 - I 'met' him the day after he was born!! - and I call Goose - short for 'silly goose' which I called him when he was tiny - ). But he's the campus minister at the University I graduated from (I continue to live in the same town I came to for school) so he's got a lot on his mind as far as others go. And I'm pretty good at keeping people at arms length... so I really only get this from him once in a while when he knows I've been having a hard time of it (I just chatted with him last week while on a mission trip with the college group). I suppose I just need something more consistent. Then again seeing as I tend to keep people at a distance that's a lot to ask of someone *rolls eyes at self*.
And when you're feeling lousy and stupid and lazy and useless... irresponsible and the like... when you know the real you it's hard to take such things as any more than a hollow compliment.
*shrug* The good news is my head knows I'm being an idiot. Now if it could just convince my heart, lol.