Wonderful

As amazing as our cold front was, and as much as I enjoyed wearing a coat and drinking hot chocolate, I reveled in our 80 degree Saturday this week. I just ambled and had lunch out in the sun and was content.

This weekend provided a much needed-for-my-sanity break from life. Here's just a short run-down of why it was amazing. :)

We passed our cleaning checks.

I saw my friend's band in concert (which means I got to leave my house!) and I won a free cd.

I got into the club where they played for FREE.

I got to visit Julie and Ryan. Just gotta love those guys.

Krista and I perused a farmer's market where I bought some cool earrings made of bone.

We had lunch at an amazing Asian place called Thaifoon.

:)

We got a free dessert. It was called the Banana Roll and consisted of a banana and cream cheese roll deep fried, then rolled in cinnamon/sugar and served over cream with caramel, strawberries, and ice cream.

We watched the fountains at Gateway Olympic Plaza dance to music. It reminded me of the Fountain of Rings at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta and, to a much less grandiose scale, the dancing fountains of the Bellagio.

We visited the state capitol building to remind Krista of home. Ah, good old D.C.

I put highlights in my hair for the first time. It is more blonde than I had planned on, but I think it looks really good.

I went to my friend Siri's farewell talk. Germany will be lucky to have her.

I found a ride to Texas for Thanksgiving, so I can see my Rachel one more time before I relocate.

God is good. Life isn't always what we think it should be and we sometimes get dealt cards that we would rather not have to play, but as Elder Wirthlin reminded us, we just need to learn to say "come what may" and then love it. Perspective is everything.