as promised...

my journal entry from sunday:

yesterday i sat in the sun, in jeans and a t-shirt, and watched jenn and jamie play tennis. the dogs were leashed and lay panting courtside, the car radio was on, and the mountains continued their springmelt into the yampa river.

today, we watched hotel rwanda, a movie that made me - for a brief moment - weep into my hands. jenn fixed dutch baby pancakes and scrambled eggs with a hollandaise, and this mexican hot chocolate that was astoundingly good. we ate and watched the movie and i cried so that my shoulders shook and i had to catch my breath.

then, we went to 4 o'clock mass. instead of the priest, the deacon gave the homily. in it, he used a misguided military analogy to illustrate how christians must work together to do good things in the world. he also likened the difference between christians and secularists to a "war between good and evil." sheesh.

and tomorrow, i will wake to a wet and messy snow that has already begun this evening. this is the time of year when rain holds a tenuous grip on moisture, which can at any time become snow, ice, sleet...

or steam.