Coldplay says summer is coming.
So does an open sunroof.
And flipflops.
My friends Brent and Christina are coming to visit me for a week in May.
Then Brent will go to grad school and be smart.
And Christina will spend the summer with me.
We will dangle our toes in the river and eat bad things for us, like ice cream.

Louissa and I moved our office furniture around.
Peoples' reaction to this are varied:
What is this, a dorm room?
Do you like being so close?
Why would you want to have your monitors back to back,
doesn't it annoy you to see each other all day long?
I don't care what people think.
I like our office
and I like seeing my favorite person all day long.

I am driving to South Carolina in two days.
For two days.
That's 34 hours of driving in four days.
Stupid.
My brother is graduating from Boot Camp Basic Training
in Fort Jackson.
So it's worth it.

I ran out of vitamins two weeks ago.
I'm feeling it now.

I'm practicing something and I think it's working.
This is what I'm practicing:
Yes, why, yes! I DO like my job!
In fact, I love my job!
My bosses are Fives.
My coworkers are Fives.
My church is Fives.
My friends are Fives.
My life is Fives!
Only I started doing this before anybody mentioned anything about Fives.

I have friends.
For the first time in a year and a half.
I have local friends who I actually like hanging out with.
Who I have great conversations with.
Who I'm going to miss in a few weeks.
When they all leave.

Not everything is perfect, just so you know:
People sin.
Me too.
People are graduating and leaving.
But not me.
I still feel far away from things that I want,
people I love,
and
certainty.

But I think something is in the air,
and it's changing things.