the serenity prayer

i think it would be really amazing if more people in my life used it as a basic guideline in their day to day existence. i feel like it would decrease the number of doomsday phone calls i get on a weekly basis.

spice of life

most people who know me are acutely aware of the fact that i cry a lot. almost everything has the potential to bring me to tears. but my life has been relatively cry free for the past few months. this has been an astounding and refreshing change in my life.

yesterday my new found love interest and i went for our weekly picnic in the park. we hit up mamoun's falafel imporium. two falafel's with hot sauce.

my ethnic back ground being what it is, i have spent my entire life eating spicy food. it is nothing new to me, and my tolerance is high. yesterday, as i sat across from my blond haired, blue eyed date, i was baffled by the fact that he seemed relatively unphased by the spice of the falafel. i had started sweating.

it was when my nose started running that he finally said "it's really hot." thank god i wasn't the only one who thought so.
after i started crying i decided that it was really imperative for me to remove the top part of my sandwich. my mouth was on fire. my stomach was scared. i'm sure that my taste buds had been permanently damaged. i felt like a total wimp. sitting at the picnic table, tears running down my face, i tried to explain. it was too much. in an act of chivalry he reached across the table, took my sandwich and said "i'll eat that part for you."

he took a bite. his eyes widened. his nostrils flared. he looked at me and said "they put way more hot sauce on yours."

as he started crying i realized that we had just shared something that would bring us together. that would make us stronger. as we both sat there, tears running down our face, snot running from our noses, looking into each other's eyes i thought "this must be where we fall in love."