Happy New Year!

Thelma and Louise aka Linda and Yolanda celebrated the new year with laughter and tears. We had a mini Al-Anon meeting in my apartment last night. No one came to see in the new year in with us but that was okay. Before you ask, I am Louise.

Linda hasn't been here in quite some time. She was surprised at the changes in my apartment. She says I've made myself a little nest. I call it my sanctuary. In this room I have that dresser that trapped me a few months ago, my dolls and some of my books, this computer and scrap booking. In my living room I have my tranquility fountains. Last night Linda slept with one plugged in that glowed.

We're going to mass this morning at 11:00. It will be the first Catholic church that she's ever been to. It will be a surprise for her.

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Received a very sincere and unexpected compliment from one of the elderly men at church who has adopted me. I inquired about our mutual acquaintance Mr. Joe. He's in the nursing home. Mr. Harold was about to go see him. I told him to tell Mr. Joe that I had asked about him and that I wanted to send a card but that I doubted he'd remember my name. Mr. Harold laughed at me and said it was very unlikely that Mr. Joe would forget me- he remembers beautiful women. Blush. Linda heard the latter part of the conversation and told him that I was beautiful inside and out. It's hard not to have high self-esteem with these people around.

Okay I've been given instructions from my sista to hence forth refer to her as Thelma in my blogs. She kind of liked the reference even though neither of us remember much about the movie other than Geena Davis hooked up with Brad Pitt and at the end of the movie the women soared off a cliff into a deep gorge.

It began to snow after Thelma left. She called me once she got home to let me know she was safe. I worry about her getting sick in all that Birmingham traffic or on the interstate. I told her about the snow and she said she wished she'd stayed an extra hour. She'd been hoping to get snowed in so that she would not have to go back to work tomorrow. Her former boyfriend called while she was here. She still loves him and is so torn up about how things ended. But sometimes you have to walk away.

I think I might have misinterpreted the paradox when he asked me about my reference to songs popping into my head. I had sent him two that came to mind about him and I thought later to tell him the two songs that make me think of him when I hear them on the radio. I'm not sure what prompted him to ask about songs. Now that I think about it, he might have been trying to figure out if my cheese has slipped off my cracker. Who knows? Not very important.

I felt moved to call Jane up tonight and wish her a Happy New Year. She was so uplifted by the meeting Sunday night that she said that she'd probably be back some time in the future(Lois behaved herself and there were no antics on anyone's part.). She also gave me a compliment. Brace yourself, the ceiling might cave in. She said I was a whole lot calmer and had come a long way. She could see a lot of growth in me.

2007 was not the best of years. I am hoping that 2008 will be better.