on the up and up

Days seem to be a little lovelier lately.

Last night I watched "Happy-Go-Lucky" and found myself slightly bored by it, but aware that there was a lesson to be learned. If you think your day is going well, it's probably going well. It's all depends on your perspective.

Today I met up with Linh and Stewart for Japadogs (the Smithe location) and a hangout. I had the oroshi, which was tasty, but the daikon made me burp for the rest of the afternoon. We decided to follow it up with beer, so headed to Steamworks for the daily special (cheap jugs) on the patio. They have sour cherry beer right now, a 9% stout, and we were surprised to learn that they cannot serve more than 20oz. of it to any one person. We tried a little sample; it was OK, but we prefer the Impanema, a white wheat beer. We discussed a group weekend trip to Portland to eat and go to Target, so I hope it works out. I get to feed their cute little kitty this weekend.

Tonight I had a dinner with work people at one of the librarian's houses. It was a lot of fun, a catered affair to say goodbye to the librarian I'm filling in for this summer. They really like wine, so I got to hear increasingly interesting stories as the bottles emptied. With the sun out, surrounded by the backyard garden, it felt like summer.

Tomorrow is the Fabricland trip and I have an afternoon visit with my wee friend Brittany planned. And then I have cat lessons after to make sure I don't overfeed or neglect Momo.

I feel pretty good lately. This is good.