Update.

Interesting day today. Was roused a half hour earlier than I'd set my alarm to find that we were supposed to go to a Catholic mass. Apparently my rather devout Great Aunt (who stated some time ago during a discussion of my spiritual beliefs that a world without a Hell was "too deep" for her) had requested that one be held for my Grandmother. Fortunately, I'd packed a black dress. :-P I sat through it gazing at the wall behind the priest, at the gilded grapes-and-wheat motif there. Rather than making me think of the Sacrament, I found myself contemplating Dionysus and Demeter, so in my head, the mass was thoroughly disrupted by Maenads dancing about and carrying on.

After, we all went out to the China Buffet and had dinner. Tastey enough food, but it's not the Tokyo. I miss being able to have oyakodon and dragon roll (sushi made from freshwater eel and crab with rice and a little seaweed--yum! Especially with pickled ginger and wasabi!) and miso soup. Now, the closest decent Japanese places are in Indy and Bloomington. (Assuming they're still there.)

My fortune cookie fortune said: "Like the river flows into the sea/Some things are just meant to be." 
Sooooo... what's meant to be, exactly...? I dislike vague fortunes (which I guess means most fortunes, though often they're clear enough to me...), just like I can't stand it when dreams warn me about things in a roundabout way  that only makes sense after it's happened.  The strait-forward ones are much better and more useful.  Or the ones whose symbolism I already know, like vultures when there was going to be a death, back when I was communing so closely with Persephone...

My Horoscope says: 
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote books that describe the archetypal elements of the hero's journey. Borrowing his perspective, I want you to know that it's a perfect moment to take on the role of the hero and carry out an extended exploration of the underworld. Although it's dark and odd down there, it happens to be the realm where your soul feels most at home. And your ego? It will probably feel like an exile, at least initially, but I bet it will ultimately find the underworld to be unexpectedly interesting and rewarding. For best results, Pisces, make a forceful decision to wander through the place with an adventurous spirit; don't wait around for fate to command you to make an appearance. Dive down! Dig deep!

True enough that I'm drawn to the underworld, so to speak, always have been, and yes to it feeling quite homey most of the time. /:-)  Well, then!  A'traveling we will go!  *packs bags* I wonder if I'll run into Eurydice... :-?