i sensed

it's only mid-day and so far it's been a good one.

i've smelled the air as i breathed in the day whilst walking about the neighborhood.

i've seen a bluejay twittering in the tree, and a raven perched atop the height of a barren trunk.

i've tasted the cool and clarity of the water from my bottle as i refreshed myself.

i've heard the knocking of the woodpecker upon the bark.

i've also touched some pinecones.


hooray for a good day. i wish it upon you, too.




-A

perhaps another time

although we didn't get around to playing anything this weekend, the walk we ended up taking was quite nice. it was such a beautiful day for a stroll, and it sure was lovely strolling with you, and more so that we were unfamiliar with the path. it felt like a pleasant, low-key adventure! having the three jesguerras was good company, too!

i've always been quite fascinated by the light that seeps through the thick of trees. despite their barren form from the cold of fall and winter, it seems their branches posed enough of a challenge for that day's burst of sunshine to illuminate their floor completely. still, there was just enough light and enough warmth to tease us with the coming of spring; new blooms, new life, and many more excursions for us.




i cannot wait.


ps - a swing on a vine is something EVERYONE should try!



-A

We need to play...

Bowling?
Mini Golf?
Rock Climbing?
Tennis?
See-Saw?
Uno?
Soccer?
Racquetball?
Poohsticks?

This weekend. Its your choice.

thank you for sitting

wow.


the other night ... i LOVED it. why?

* the newspaper

reading the paper together is something i'm finally glad to have done with you. i'm sure it's happened before, maybe, but i'll not forget this most recent time. i'm looking forward to joining you for breakfasts, especially since we both like breakfast ... it would just be a wonderful thing to start our day together.

in case you haven't noticed, i'm trying to shake off my lazy bones.

* reminiscing

it's always fun (ok, sometimes always) to share stories of our younger days - time when we didn't yet know each other. i like the mysticism of thinking that we've always known each other in a sort of supernatural world that gapped that distance between us for the first twentyish years of our lives ... that's really not actually possible though; so i guess the beauty of my impossible thought is that because we didn't really know each other always, it gives us something to talk about when we're together, which eventually contributes in our sharing a life and growing together.

* you

i love your company. even though you might at times feel that i'd rather be on this dang computer, you are so totally wrong.

* our ideas

i am so very excited about going abroad to make ourselves useful. i really want to make it happen, at least once. i'm hoping that from that one experience will come more. i think that ambassadors for children is a great option because it seems to offer the best compromise of honeymoon-esque free days while fulfilling our objective to go out and be helpful. when can we do this? and hey, i just had a thought: maybe doing this stuff will be my globe-trekking dream and MAYBE, maybe this is how we're gonna have our children born in different parts of the world. ew, i don't know that i want to bring them out into the world of troubled villages and such.


so, how great was it the other night to sit at the table and pass time? wow.





love you, and thank you for sitting.



-A

in a nutshell ...

* jacob and i went out for a walk this morning. from inside the house the weather was very inviting, so off we went. it was in fact a beautiful morning ... blustery, but beautiful. the wind was my enemy. brrrr! it was chilly, especially went the sun found itself behind some clouds. i wanted to stay out of the house for as long as i could - strolling is an easy form of entertainment - but i didn't even make it to an hour! i can't believe how out of shape i am. i wasn't running nor jogging, just walking (and pushing). i was so out of breath that i began to feel dizzy and faint - i couldn't keep my stride and had to take a rest. this experience has GOT to be a push for me to get up and move!

PS - i wished you were there to walk with. it's been a while since we've strolled.

* gabby and i took our french to the tropics! she and i lunched at the tropical smoothie cafe, sipping on our blended drinks and brushing up on our french. today's lesson: "je voudrais (un biscuit)," "merci (beaucoup)," "s'il vous plait" and we revisited "oh la voche!" and "d'accord"

PS - i missed you while we were there.

* evan had OT today. when miss bea took him in to her office, i looked at gabby who had a book in hand and said

"how about going for a drive?"

"to where?" she replied

"hmmm, i could really go for some coffee."

"(gasp) yeah, and i could go for a cookie!"

she was out of luck - i reminded her that she already had 'un biscuit' at the cafe.

we got our drinks and went back to OT. as i was looking through my day-planner, gabby sat next to me with a book. minutes had gone by of her flipping pages when i heard this:

"b-b-b-buh, aaaaaa, mmmmmm. buh-ah-mm. bam."

i whipped my head around to face her, looked at what she was looking at and saw "BAM!" on the page to which she was pointing.

i was gleaming and of course applauded her. she's officially read her first word, to my knowledge and witnessing.

of course, i stopped what i was doing and played a game with her. i wrote letters, she read, and then we defined. she got through twelve, three-letter words! AMAZING! i have yet to tell chris and suzie.

PS - that's why i called you (not knowing you were on the phone with ignacio) to share in this joy 'cause i wished you were there!

* i went to bloom to pick up a couple things for dinner. at checkout, i saw the lady in front of me writing, signing. i thought to myself "huh, see i'm not the only one who still uses checks." then i saw her hand it to the cashier and i took notice of the logo on this check ... it's WIC. all of a sudden, i no longer saw a stranger in front of me ... i saw my mother. i almost cried having been taken back to the days when my mother struggled and had to resort to government aide. it's a wonderful resource, i'm glad it's there, but it's saddening to know that there are so many people out there who need help. i left the store feeling humbled, lucky - thankful.

i love you.


-A