Devastation and Natural Phenomenons

What a day!
So after I cooled down from the excitement of my big lotto win, I went about my day and it wasn't until the near end of the day that things got exciting again. Haydee had sent me a message asking if I have heard about what happened to a friend of mine, she happens to know through some online forum, then she signed off before I could reply. I called her since it was after 5:30 and she told me the story. Almost hard to believe. This friend, let's call her 'the bride', was scheduled to be married at a winery up north this weekend, and I guess a week or so ago her fiance called off the wedding! Devastating! A $30k wedding and family flights all booked, a fairy-tale wedding, all canceled. In her anger, the bride's mother calls the groom's sister only to find out he has been debating his gender identity- SHOCK! The bride then logs into his e-mail to find messages about hook-ups, subscriptions to transgender sites and responses to room-for-rents. The kicker of it all was he still wants to be with her (as a man or woman I wonder?). You can not get a story this crazy on J.Springer. Even though the bride and I aren't close enough for me to be invited to her wedding, I felt compelled to make sure she is okay. I e-mailed and called and asked her to feel free to lean on me. Poor thing.

Which brings me to the natural phenomenon, which I dedicate to the bride. After spending my evening cleaning house I slept well and got ready for work this morning. As I opened the door to the mini-van that would take me to work this morning a little spider appeared in the doorway. I waited until he was safe before slamming the door, but he only went into the crevice of the door panel, and I did not want to hold up the carpool line, I hope he is okay. Sorrym that was off-subject (but worth mentioning I think). Anyway as we made our way towards the bridge it got misty and out of nowhere appeared one of themost beautiful rainbows I have ever seen in real life. At first it appeared to start in the heart of the city and stretch over the bay bridge and dump into the middle of the bay, but as we got closer, it filled out and came right from treasure island over our heads, with ahint of a second rainbow next to it. Something about rainbows really taps into my sense of childish wonderment. Mother nature knocked my socks off and just made me feel mortal. To me it symbolized hope and beauty, and so I dedicate that rainbow to the bride, may she pull through the pain and dissapointment and find her true love and have her fairytale wedding.

My dad is coming in today and I am making dinner tonight. I am excited for the weekend and happy to have a clean house.

In other news, I have been trying hard again at my diet and it's paying off- check out my ticker!