catelin | Afternoon

I had coffee and tiramisu today with the even lovelier in person

tamperevident. I was highly flattered and amused when the cute Italian barista asked if we were "a couple." That definitely beat being mistaken for the mother or the much older sister. I had an interesting exchange at the candy counter of a small pharmacy nearby beforehand. The lady behind the counter asked my name and wanted to know "what I was" because she had been certain that I was off-the-boat Irish...until I opened my mouth off course...then it was clear that I was off-the-horse Texan. She then looked me over and said I looked like I had some Native American in me and when I answered "probably Shawnee" she gave me a maple candy.

"Here you go," she said, "In celebration of your Native American heritage. You know, they didn't have maple in Europe. That was a completely native sweetener." We talked about Patrica Highsmith (the counter lady's name was Patricia...somehow we got off onto Patricia Highsmith...I have no idea how, really) and I left with four chocolate covered strawberries and a Valentine's Day card.

tamperevident said something that really struck a chord with me today. Life is not always linear. I drove all the way home thinking about the simple truth of that. It made me realize that I am perfectly happy with my imperfect life.

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hehee -- he was a funny guy. that was a compliment to me too, as i usually get mistaken for a minor. it was probably me that set off his "Gay-dar", though. ;-P
it was wonderful seeing you, Cate!

Well, you know...come to think of it, he was the one gloating over the spa day and manicure! Perhaps we should have interrogated him more fully! Hehehe!!

Life is linear? *faints*

Hee! Can you imagine??? I can't conceive of such a life, although I know people whose entire existence has been nothing but a slow, unenthusiastic crawl from point A to point B.

People say "random much?" to me every so often. Sometimes I have to retrace my steps to figure out how I got there. ;)

not the ADD people!
"wanna ride bikes?"

"This is not my beautiful house!"

That's the greatest line! I am going to make a point to incorporate it into my daily conversations now!

I am glad you're happy.

Resisting the urge to buy computer equipment so as to save up for plane tickets.

Resist! Resist! Resist!!!!!! Meeting M. yesterday made me think of the first day that we met at Metro for coffee, back when I still smoked. Ahhhh...I think those were the last good cigarettes I had. So glad we're friends, little princess. Save all your pennies so you can visit soon!

Mmmm wireless...

By the end of the month I should have a better idea of the finances and such.

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