What An Amazing Night!!!!

Well I experienced my first "hockey game" tonight. The "Stars and the San Joze Sharks".

First, I must admit, I am not a fan of hockey. My theory, okay before tonight was, men putting on skates with hockey sticks was just a more high powered version of football or wrestling.

Neither here nor there, hubby has two clients whom had GREAT seats for the game tonight. They insisted that I come along, as they said there were going to convert me. Well I must admit they did a GREAT job. I HAD A BLAST!!!!! I'm going back for another game actually :smile!!!

What even made the night better was meeting up with my old next door neighbor as she was there also!!! She looked GREAT!!! We shared hugs and tears and also informed me on Friday we have a coffee date :mouse. She also gave me a HUGE hug with tears on the eve of the most major loss of my adult life, as far as animals go, my Dust Mop!!! March 8th, 2004 will be a year that my world was ROCKED!!! And not in a good way.... *footnote ~ she is also the one who made arrangements to have my Dust mop cremated and she personally brought him back to me!!!*

However, I'm fortunate, I had LOADS of support, from family and friends to help me through this up heave that any dog owner must endure, however, and most importantly, I'm luckier than most, I had 18 years with my Dust mop.

This weekend has been a lot of reflection, a great deal of happiness, a lot of worries for my friends, but at 1:20 a.m. March 8th the day of my life being readjusted, I feel happy, adjusted and content!!!

Thanks to the friends whom FORCED me into this hockey game, which by the way if you follow hockey the STARS WON 4-0. I also meet some Nascar fans, Kristi will be happy about that issue, whom we had a long talk about the different tracks, which I also think Kristi would have LOVED to be a fly on the wall on that topic....but even Speedbump said "damn I didn't think you knew that much". *pats self on the back on that one :smile".

We get home and I have a very very enjoyable and never too often enough phone conversation with Buffy, one of my "MOMS", and she helped me see some issues I've been wrestling with in the correct light...........but one of our conversations revolved around the movie "The Passion".

All in all this weekend has been hectic, but enjoyable and heading off to bed, I know I have family whom loves me, friends whom love me and a hubby and children whom think I hung the moon. As I drift off to sleep.....life gets no better than this!!!!!! Maybe the difference of my day today and outlook on life consisted of attending church this a.m. ~ with a wonderful service and the feeling of life was just beginning!!

I'll end this post, not only for myself, but for other friends whom have lost pets, they know who they are and they also know this verse ~ and YES this is the first time I've read it but it is time ~

"Farewell, Master, yet not farewel, Where I go, ye too shall dwell.
A moment's time, a little space. When ye come where I have stepped Ye will wonder why ye wept."

Farewell my darling Dust mop, if only in my heart, you are so very much alive and still to date loved!!!

In memory of Dustin ~ *if this is sized right great if not deal with it* the last photo of "MY Dustin" in 2003 three months before his passing......

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TODAY WAS WELL WORTH THE MAKE UP!!!!