The Happy Gardener

It is 2:10 am (son las dos y diez de la noche - STOP! I've been doing espanol homework while doing the test-debug-run cycle on my looong running code for the last couple of hours and now I can't seem to get out of the translate-everything-into-spanish mode! Ah, my love for the parentheses!) Coming back to the point.(el punto! Pare!! STOP ALREADY!) Yes, the point. It's 2 am and now that I am done with my homework and it seems like my stuff is going to run for a while, I should be in bed. Why, then, am I posting this post under the watchful eye of Boltie ? Because I had a perfect weekend. Yes, the weather was less than perfect. But since I didn't plan many outdoor activities, I did achieve my perfect weekend. And because I have no idea how many times things are going to align so perfectly in my life, I thought I should make a note of it. Components of a perfect weekend : 1. Lazy Friday night with awesome Falafel and the fantabulawesome new Star Trek on Blu-ray. The movie

I am lucky. I have nice windows in my house and on a good day, like today, I get to watch the clouds as they move over the city. (I even saw a couple of stars - how long has it been since I saw any of those!) My feet are able to carry me on a 6 mile loop around the river without too much complaint. (Running, I have never been sure of but walking, even when mixed in with running, is definitely something that I love and am comfortable with). And I'm constantly looking for more hours in my day. Touch wood. And talking of luck, I've hit the jackpot. The mother load. So I started spanish classes yesterday and now a whole new world of random words has opened itself to me. And the cool thing is, even every day words, such as the current post's title, sound cooler and more random in espanol! Life has reached awesomeness. And to think that just a few days ago, I had figured that the motto of my life was : "Life, I dare you! I dare you to throw some shitty stuff my way. I guaran