charismatic
a few weeks ago, i encouraged my boyfriend to volunteer to give rides to senior citizens in his spare time. i thought it would be a good hobby for him and give him some perspective on shit.
i’ve gone with him twice now on these rides. they are often a bit of an inconvenience. some ‘rides’ end up taking three or four hours, all told.
today we left the house at around 11pm and didn’t get home til like 3:30.
the little old lady was very excited when we picked her up. she was excited about the POPE. she’s catholic. she told us many things about herself because she was excited.
we got her to her appointment an hour early and i couldn’t bear to just abandon her there, so we sat there with her and she just talked and talked. she told us about many religious experiences she’d had throughout her life and how she had always wanted to be a nun and had tried a few times but was never accepted to be a nun so she questioned whether she was unworthy to God.
she told us how her younger sister had been murdered. shot by some man. we didn’t inquire as to any details that she did not offer on her own.
it was a little bit of a challenge to be patient and simply receptive and provide her with someone who was just listening. i was glad to do it at the same time. it was a very enlightening experience. and right when i was about to declare the whole experience like this wholly holy moment, the old lady says there was only one thing she didn’t like about the recent church she had attended and it was that there was a black jesus and black mary on some stained glass windows in the church. she said this to us, mind you, in front of another woman in the waiting room who could be described as black. i was thinking “whoops!” and “oh no, she didn’t…” haha.
here is how she likes jesus to look.
this picture was also in the hallway of that doctor’s office.
she reminded me of like an old lady version of mary catherine gallagher.
this was in the hallway of the little old lady’s doctor office.
she didn’t even NEED to go to the doctor. the entire appointment was a ‘waste of time’, so to speak. but it wasn’t. we all had an experience which had inherent value.
another hallway picture.
it made the whole pope event stand out in a unique way.
eastery spring colored nails for today.
only did one hand, tho.
other hand tomorrow.
it was too warm to wear leggings and boots today, so i did not… until after sunset.
do i look skinny?
i’ve been feeling skinnier.
partly because i have for some reason had a decreased interest in eating food. i’ve been not eating until like two or three in the afternoon. NOT my normal behavior and not adviseable, i’d say.
i’ve kind of been semi-fasting for a week.
practicing putting on my boots.
i’m a slow learner.
i saw a little tip on how to don cowboy boots in the original footloose movie.
i’d been doing it the hard way since christmas.
all i need
is a beauty and a beet
to make my life complete….
justin bieber is the same age as my son!!!!
one month older.
he was born in march and my son was born in april.
justin bieber’s mom is younger than me.
also justin bieber’s name has like the same numerology as pope francis. maybe. i think i read that here.
i colored this. . yay me.
it’s weird how before you color a picture it seems like such a daunting and impossible task. but you just have to believe and live in the moment and just enjoy it.
don’t think so much about the outcome.
it’s all about process.
durrrr.
how do you like my new walmart shirt.?
yep. i’m evil. i practice rational self-interest and pay fourteen dollars instead of fifty for a shirt.
i also donate to greenpeace every month by automatic deduction.
and i live at poverty level.
bored.
isn’t it dumb when chicks on facebook or instagram post selfies and just say “bored”
yes. yes, it is.
but it’s also probably somewhat true. but it’s just unoriginal.
yeah. that’s the point.
i only had two bites of this.
it wasn’t even THAT good.
it was good. but like…
vanilla softserv… it’s from costco.
fun.
i had a berry smoothie which is nothing like the ones i make at home.
but fun.
and……
i had a couple of bites of carl’s polish.
haha.
with tard and kraut.
i’m goin’ back to cali
….
uh,
i DID leave cali, actually. but i’m back now.
it was just reno. that barely counts.
love JB so much, I want Drew to be just like HIM! serious. I have never even seen that video but now I need to watch it like 50 times.