SO, I've started volunteering at the MCC thrift and gift on tuesday nights, sorting and pricing clothes with my mom and a few other ladies. It's a fun thing to do, and you get to see the truly -ugly- things people sometimes send (and hten they go to Christian Aid. Yes, I think I filled a thousand bags for Christian Aid last night), and it gets me out of the house. SO, last night, while I was there, the 'book lady' (otherwise known as Betty) came in and was sorting books. She told me she was putting out a bunch of new ones, so I went there this morning and bought sixteen dollars worth of books. That got me about six books, I think. So yeah. Life is cheery. And to top it all off, the library finally found me a copy of Jodi Picoult's book 'The Pact'. Which is lovely. I shall pick it up tomorrow, and read it. And maybe then, lephisto's lovely poem (which is superb even if you haven't read the book yet) will be even more lovely-er. Yeah. And p.s, Embrace-the-Flames, what time zone do you live in? Maybe that's why we're having so many troubles with this whole AIM communication deal.....yeah. Just a thought.