you should never let the sun set on tomorrow before the sun rises today....

my faith in humanity is being restored. this week, i've been trying to volunteer to help katrina victims, but have been unsuccessful. this is only about the third time in my life i've tried to volunteer, so this is somewhat disheartening. the good news, though, is that i was turned away due to excess help--there are actually too many people in this town trying to help. i hear the same is true in dallas. so, if so many people are willing to help that it actually prevents me from helping, i learn two things: 1) perhaps my time is better spent watching tv and figuring out the cheapest place (by volume) to eat for each day of the week, and 2) maybe there are still good people in the world.

(now, here i was going to go on about how people are inherently bad and how we shouldn't pat ourselves on the back for donating fifteen dollars to help a city that may never exist again. but that's really more a discussion topic than a soapbox for me, so i'll leave that for real-life conversation...if anyone's interested.)

in lieu of that topic, then, i choose to write about friend #2. she FINALLY moved yesterday, even though i bought her a fancy going away dinner about three weeks ago. and though she is only a hundred miles away, no move is easy. i personally suck at moving, but i suck more at other people moving. i've been at my university for eight years now, so each year i've had more friends leave to move on to bigger things. to tell the truth, i don't miss very many people. people leave, and i'm sad we won't be hanging out anymore, but i don't necessarily miss them. i can say with surety, though, that i will miss #2. i'm glad i could be there for her time (years?) of need, and i truly feel like she knows me better than just about anyone. i can't convey how important that is to me. so, #2, as you move on to bigger things, know that i will miss you, and that this definitely is not as good as it gets.