i can hear it in her voice, see it on her face...

it's only 9:19 on a saturday morning... this is not when i want to be up... but i got a phone call at 9:00 from amy... she's only called me one other time earlier than that on a saturday because she forgot about the time zone thing...

i hit mute and put the phone back down... and then i remembered... today's the day she's trying to win tickets to see the premiere of elizabethtown tonight... and i thought, "i may have to be supportive... or she may have won..." but i knew i had to answer, even though it was early... i had to be a friend...

and... SHE WON!!! i'll let her fill in the details... but she doesn't have to worry about hussies anymore... she gets to go experience this - something that means more to her than i can imagine... i'm trying to figure out what this would be equal to in my life... maybe if it was john cusack - but it's different because she's so excited about cameron crowe - who is her favorite director and that's what one of her passions is... it's like something she's worked her life toward... and i have nothing to really compare to that... she's so excited... i've never heard her be more excited about anything in all the time i've known her!!!

so, off she goes... i know it will be the best thing ever for her... so look for updates on her blog - probably tonight... the funniest part of it from my end was that i really prayed multiple times that she would be able to go... because i knew how important it is to her and how disappointed she'd be if she didn't get to - which is not something she needs in her life right now...

then i started thinking about my lesson tomorrow - they wanted me to talk about being real, genuine... so i thought... amy didn't fake her excitement... it was natural... real and very genuine... what are the times when it's impossible to fake our emotions? and when are some times when i haven't been real to people? false excitement or sadness or something else... and i realized how much harder it is to be fake than real... but there's a whole different issue of being real in the right ways... i don't know... it's just a lot to think about - and that will be my intro to my lesson... amy gave it to me this morning, saturday morning at 9 a.m. - i'm glad i didn't sleep through it...