Sunday
Today was an excellent day. From the people that I got to see and/or talk with to the things that I did to the weather (70° and breezy), it was an all-round great day.

After a less-than-completely-sound sleep, I got up to face the day. I was surprised with an Easter basket. Complete with a stuffed rabbit and enough candy to make dentists’ eyes glaze over with glee. (Note to : There were even a couple of Cadbury Eggs in there.)

I talked with various members of my family today. Even the international sister-unit. Everyone seems to be doing well.

Being “holiday orphans,” we were invited to join some friends for a family afternoon at the park; this included lunch and an Easter egg hunt. I haven’t been part of an Easter egg in MANY years. I think since my sister Kristen was little (so, over 10 years…) The only word that comes to mind to describe the kids running around looking for eggs is: “Cute.” I also got in a bit of kite flying – it was the perfect day for it. I had at least 00:30 of actual flying time; the kite didn’t touch the ground until I was done flying. It was great.

After that, Jess, and I met at Borders for a little reading, talking and drawing. We were there for about an hour. I got a couple of sketches done; m3l critiqued and suggested things for me to practice.

Then it was off for coffee and tonight’s movie. While having coffee, I got another surprise call. This time, there was no bad news involved. It was from my Godmother (not a Fairy Godmother, but I wouldn’t trade her in for all the magic wands in Disney and/or all of the Grimm fairy tales combined). I haven’t talked to her in two years, give or take a month or two. We talked for almost :30… and it was good. Tonight’s movie selection was: Bulletproof Monk. It was fun. An Oscar-worthy movie? Probably not, but it was fun to watch. It wasn’t pretentious nor did it try to be a cinema magnum opus. It was a comic book on the big screen. I liked it. I think that I’ll be buying it when it comes out on DVD. The trailers that preceded the movie were all right… with the noted exception of the one for The Real Cancun. I heard multiple “What the Hell…” comments from all over the theatre. It’s good to know that I wasn’t alone in that assessment.

Like I said earlier: It was an excellent day.

Namaste.