An emotional week.

Talk about feeling the highs and lows of emotions within a week. Just last week, I got back from one of the most memorable and amazing vacations. Also, within a couple of days of getting back, I found out that a dear friend from high school died in a helicopter crash. Life is truly full of surprises and I once again reiterate the fact that we should all savor every moment of life and live it to the fullest because you just do not know when your time is up.

I did go the musical "Spamalot" on Wednesday, and that helped me laugh out loud and get my mind off things for a while. If you get the opportunity to see it, don't miss it because it was downright laugh out loud funny. I've never seen a Wednesday performance that packed at the Civic Center.

On Saturday, I went to the Farmers Market and John and I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie on the Imax screen. Talk about a movie experience. Fun times! I'm also house-sitting this week and it's the same house that I usually house sit. Dylan (the dog) recognized me and we're going to have some fun hanging out with one another. That evening, I took my RE students out for dinner at the Chinese restaurant and all but one of them thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The one person who did not enjoy the meal was so fluterred when the saw the fish with the head it was kind of funny. He ate so little and kept apologizing to me for not being to eat the food. Hey, that did not offend me at all. I kind of felt bad for him. After dinner we headed back to my apartment and hung out there. While in my apartment, we saw a cop car stop a car and before we knew it, there were five more patrol cars. Teenager being teenager, just had to see what was going on so we stoof on the skywalk and found out that it was a drug bust. The guy was arrested for some serious possession on marijuana. Talk about the fast and exciting times in downtown Des Moines.

Later today, I'll be headed to Ann's place for our monthly dinner. They'll most certainly be a lot to catch up on. Both of us were on vacation and there's always tons of stories to share especially after a vacation.

Tomorrow will be a busy day at work because the end of the year reports are due to the state and all of us will be breathing a huge sigh of relief once that's been taken care of. It's kind of scary to think that August is almost upon us. Geez, where does time fly to?