And the world spins madly on.

I'm in my dark place [said in a loud whisper while glaring]. If you've never seen Stuart on Mad TV, you have no idea what I'm talking about. Regardless, you get the point.. I'm in one of my black moods. I've felt it coming on for a few days. It's been a rather hard week, and I've had way too many social interactions. I'm kind of a loner like that.. seeing too many people in one week makes me edgy. It's now Friday night and I'm grumpy and I've opted to have a night in, by myself. I was at the Anderson's earlier today helping with fire clean-up (THAT was pretty depressing.. the work is so pain-staking and time consuming that even after cleaning for three hours, it barely looked like I had done anything!) and brought like 10 loads of laundry home to do for them. So my plan is to do laundry (it actually relaxes me), eat cookies and sunflower seeds, drink champagne, take a bath, and go to bed early. And I refuse to answer my cell phone, so nobody better die tonight. That's an order.

My little brother, Max (one of three), got into a GNARLY car accident this week. The car is totalled. How he walked away without getting killed is beyond me.. especially since his airbag didn't deploy. The details of the accident are still a little sketchy, but it's my understanding that both Max and the other car ran red lights and the other car didn't have lights on so Max couldn't see him.. they hit each other head on. Max was in his little Chevy Aveo, and the other car was a van. The van won. Max is ok though.

Dan and I could use a LOT of prayer right now. We're in the process of making the biggest decision we've ever made as a couple (other than deciding to get married), and while I can't go into details right now, it has the potential to change our entire lives. We really just want to follow God's lead wherever it may take us, and remain faithful to Him regardless of the consequences. But we're stressed, and tired, and Satan is very good at exploiting our weaknesses. So please pray that God grants us strength, wisdom, and patience to wait on His command.

Grey's Anatomy last night was rather unsatisfying. Next week a school bus full of children crashes, and some kid comes in with a pencil stuck through his eye from the debris flying around. Hopefully it's a little more gratifying.