that sara groves can make some meaningful music.

i see the long quiet walk along the underground railroad
i see the slave awakening to the value of her soul
i see the young missionary and the angry spear
i see his family returning with no trace of fear
i see the long hard shadows of calcutta nights
i see the sister standing by the dying man’s side
i see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
i see the man with a passion come kicking down that door
i see the man of sorrow and his long troubled road
i see the world on his shoulders and my easy load
from 'when the Saints go marching in'

i love this new cd. something about the combination of the folky style of music and the depth of the lyrics. not sure what my favorite song on this cd is yet. i'll need to let it repeat on my cd player for weeks at a time before i can decide. i'm going to see her (and bebo and andrew peterson) in concert on december fifteenth and i am looking forward to that. she's a good mid-western girl!

i got up this morning and went to the gym before 8. let mer remind you that it's saturday. that is just how exciting my life is. i'm kinding about that. actually my life is pretty great. overall i feel more content with life than i have for quite some. i love my job; the people are work with are great. there is plenty of work to accomplish and i feel like i make a difference there. this may be one of the first jobs where i have felt that way. (no offense, val!)

had a fortune in my cookie the other day that said i was supposed to 'plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.' what type of spontaneity is that? planning to be spontaneous tomorrow? well, i did not do anything out of the ordinary the next day, but today i put in my contacts and i have some make-up on. does that count? for me, that is pretty spontaneous. going to the gym was spontaneous. buying 3 cd's instead of just one was spontaneous. bebo - christmas and point of grace - winter wonderland were both spontaneous. but the point of grace one had some coupons inside so the cd will be free when i buy some other cd's. i also had a 20 percent off coupon, so really the cd was already free, but the coupon will sweeten the deal. (i have been searching my favorite site too much.) p.s. i am still searching for a deal on bowling shoes, shottie.