Slowly learning how to deal

Today was a hot and muggy August day to say the least... It is so weird that my school year is just about to start and it is just now finally starting to feel like Summer.....

Today was the first day in a few weeks that I have been not down. Not exactly happy happy, but not totally feeling all blah and mopey like. I spent the morning sleeping in and then went to Mass at noon. Father Don's homily was all about how he would try to package up our faith and sell it in a grocery store... He talked about how the ingredient's part of the package would say real human flesh, real human blood, and God. He did not seem to think too many people would be interested in buying something like that from a super market. He then went on to talk about the nutrition facts and how it would say love, peace, serenity, so forth and so on. He talked about how he wished people really really would get how important the Eucharist is and how it is the most central part of our faith. He talked about how Catholics, especially "cradle" Catholics, take it for granted. It was a very interesting homily.
After Mass I spent the afternoon with my family. My mom rented the movie, "The Pink Panther 2" which was not necessarily my favorite movie ever, but it did have some cute moments. I realized as I was watching the movie how alike my father and Steve Martin are. I think it would be so funny to see them in a room together. I bet they would get along nicely.
A few friends of mine came over, and it was nice to see them. One of which has been kinda going through a lot of the same stuff I have these past few weeks, and it was just nice to talk to someone who really understood what I have been going through. It is one thing to try and talk about it with family, but I am glad I have someone to talk to who knows exactly how I am feeling. Being with her has helped lighten up my mood. I am slowly beginning to deal with the fact that life will go on no matter how much I wish it would just slow down and let me catch my breath. She seemed to understand that feeling.
We spent the night walking around in my neighborhood. We walked to the local park and played around on the playground equipment like little kids. We then went to The Chocolate Moose for some ice cream.
It was a nice day, despite the humidity. I think the big thing that brought me down is that I spent close to forty dollars on stuff for my dad to use to change my oil, but he can't do it because whoever changed it last stripped the bolt he needs to unscrew to change it. So it looks like I will have to take it somewhere and pay more money to get my oil changed. Go figure....