Just wanted to post to say that I made it home from Chicago. The trip ended on a very difficult note and reality hit me like a sledge hammer when I got off the train Sunday evening. I'll be back to post some pictures from my trip. It was a much needed break from reality and I'm so grateful for a boss who spoils me with trips like these and who was also a friend with a hug and a listening ear the entire ride back. I did finish a February desktop on the way there (I know, February is almost over) but I never got to work on March because we just talked the whole way home. On the drive back to my apartment at 12 am I listened to the song that I've put as the first song on the blog-pod right now. Life is Hard by Pam Thum. It's exactly how I was feeling at the end of a long emotional day. Cuz life is hard, isn't it? I can't be the only one who feels that way. I know there are people going through things so much harder than me. I think so often of Stephanie and her strength in circumstances I don't think any of us could ever imagine. I know I've been vague about what I've been going through. I'm just not ready to share some very personal things here on the web. I hope someday I'll be able to but just not right now. For now I would appreciate any prayers that I can just try to stay positive and appreciate the things that I do have to be thankful for over the next months ahead. This week is a particularly tough dose of 'life is hard' for me and I think prayers are the only way I'll be able to make it through without giving up. And while you're praying say an extra prayer for Stephanie who deserves them so much more than I. Her strength and faith continually amaze me. I guess I should tell her that personally too because I doubt she realizes how much she inspires even people going through entirely different circumstances.
Anyway, here's what I came up with for the February desktop. I'm thinking maybe minus the hearts I can probably just modify it to use for March. I'll have to work on that tonight. Hopefully I'll be back later with that and a few photos from my weekend away.