Monday, January 18, 2010

Good Day, Sunshine!

Ever have one of those days? An unremarkable day that just feels good by the end of day? A day when several unremarkable things like those below happen in a way that just makes you glad to be around for the ride?

7:00 am. I miss the bus by 30 seconds, but a better one comes shortly after. Furthermore, the bus is practically empty and gets downtown quickly as it's MLK day.

7:30 am. There are no clouds in the sky on a winter's day in the Northwest! Ergo, I have a view of this:
right outside my office.

9:00 am. I hear a funny story about backed-up sewage being mistaken for coffee from a few coworkers.

12:15 pm. Had a good falafel from a Portland street cart (despite the fact that they forgot the hummus). Love those food carts. Ten times better than the ones in NY-NY.

3:00 pm. Received some training that I was really waiting to have. Sun is barely starting to go behind clouds. What a pleasant stay it had.

5:00 pm. My typical 30 minutes of waiting for buses is reduced to 5 minutes. And I'm able to sit on the bus instead of stand. Therefore, I'm also able to study.

6:00 pm. We actually have a dinner that isn't frozen pizza.

7:00 pm. I finally get my motorcycle back in operable condition! Yes!

8:00 pm. My garage looks like a workshop again instead of a bloody mess.

9:30 pm. I sit down with my wife to watch a movie. We watch an excellent movie together that we both enjoyed. This hasn't happened in a LONG time. So refreshing.

Isn't sunshine a beautiful thing?

4 comments:

  1. What a great post! :) So what was the movie??

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  2. (500) Days of Summer. I've been wanting to watch it since I saw parts of it, without audio, on an airplane. The visual storytelling was so rich even without audio that I knew I'd enjoy it.

    It was really, really good.

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  3. Oh, Charlie beat me to it. Well, what was the movie already?
    And don't think I'm going to say anything needy like: "Don't you miss us at all?" Or "We aren't even mentioned in your 2009 recap. You would have been in ours." I just don't say things like that.

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  4. Thanks for the recommendation, I will definitely have to watch that!

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