My ray of sunshine

"smile in the warmth of the sun, dance in the light of the moon" -anonym.

The day turned out to be such a good day. It started out foggy and rainy, which made me sad because I was going to take pictures that day for my Art final, but as the day went on, the fog dried up and the sun came out to turn into a beautiful, clear blue day.

I hopped on the bus after getting home from my various appointments and went to the local city park to hunt for public art to photograph. I wasn't wearing a coat, it was about 6o out, and suuuunnnyyyy. Which always makes me smile. I started snapping at various sculptures and the plaques attatched so that I could research them later, and even accomplished a death defying shot by climbing through some bushes to stand on a ledge that was a sheer drop into our very swollen river. The ridge I was standing on was about 2 feet wide, and me not having the best balance, nor the appreciation for heights felt (when I was back on solid ground) that it was either the stupidest, or coolest thing I've ever done...ah..see how much I love school?? (blarg) So I got a few pictures, but not enough, it's all good because my final isn't due until the 22nd.

After that I met 'A' for lunch at my favorite Irish restaurant. I was happy to show him the place for the first time, it being my favorite resturant. It became non-smoking and always has a great variety of Irish themed music playing amidst the National flags, movies, Notre Dame stuff, and of course...beer posters. The wall is also littered with hundreds of dollar bills that people have been putting up since the pub opened. I too have proudly stood on the bar and sung the theme song to "gilligan's island" to earn a spot on that wall, which means that every time I go in there I get to point to my dollar with my name scrawled in black marker on it while beaming. It's a wonderful experience. We ended up having some traditional Irish stew complete with Shepered's bread, both fresh from that morning, and enjoyed the atmosphere for a while(and the slice of a heavenly chocolate cake for 2).

We walked back to his place and felt the warmth on our faces, and shared stories and laughter, complained about our feet while we kept walking. When we finally got to his place, I was hoping that I would be able to show him my new apartment, considering it was so close, and lo and behold, the maintenance guy had just walked outside, so I ended up flagging him down for a key. 'A' loved my apartment, he said that it had personality, and that it was definitely a "cassie" apartment, and he was soooo excited to have me close, he got so excited that he hugged me from behind and gave me a kiss on the shoulder.Oh yeah, it gave me the warm fuzzys(hey, let me enjoy the moment without question, will ya??).

Anyhoo, after that he whisked me to work #2 and I ended up getting home late. I was so tired and satisfied that I didn't wake at all during the night...ahhh..I feel much better. Cheers!