If I lay here... would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I love it when it rains.

It's my happy weather.

Tuesday as I was driving home from work, the sky looked like this:

I got home, we got in our jammies and me and Max laid out on the trampoline left behind at Casa Di M. [we decided to keep it... think the movie "BIG" ha. Actually, that movie was on tv when I first came by and saw his bachelor pad]

We laid side by side, looking up at our beautiful sky... taking in the clouds swimming slowly.

He gave me the technical terms of what was happening scientifically [he is a meteorologist lol] and i smiled

as we waited for the rain.

my kind of alphabet....

but can i get it in a hot pink?

i'd hang it in the spare room with the pink mirror.

Making My Day...

*email with pics of my ADORABLE nieces Sophia & Marina. I wish I could tell little Sophia that i eat my chocolate in the exact same way ;)

and i would tell fiesty marina that a girl should always have her nails done, and that i smile on the phone just as happily when i'm talking to family.

*lunch with Max at my FAVE downtown place [i may be biased, i DO play waitress there]

*making a play date with Max to go and see "He's Just Not That Into You" when i get off work. Isn't he the best to take me? :) It IS my gf Jen Aniston's 40th bday so what better way to celebrate? lol

*THIS magical quote i read on Meg's blog:

"Bashert is a Yiddish term that means finding one's preordained soul mate.
Because it is a union created in heaven, even if all the forces of the world
were to conspire against the meeting, it would still take place."

-From Once Again to Zelda by Marlene Wagman-Geller.

IT'S A GOOD DAY. :)

Introducing Darling Friend...

Many of you are wondering if this "darling friend" is more than a friend... and just who is this guy that has seemed to sweep me off my heels over night. :)

first, thanks to all you lovies (Meg!) for being so happy for me. It means a lot.

I wanted to introduce darling friend slowly...

after all, i had just experienced incredible heartache.

So i called him just that, referring to him as my darling friend.

His beautiful name is William Maxham.

He goes by Chip.

I call him Max.

When he first moved here and we met at the station, i told him i was gunna be his best friend. That i just knew we'd be the best of friends.

And we were.

We ARE.

He got me.

And even when he didn't get me (like my love for President Bush)

it just made me even more interesting to him. ;)

We share a love of U2, GA Tech (who i call the "mean bees!"), the First 48 crime show, drinking white russians at home, coffee. We voted for Barack Obama together. We will always have that memory.

Now a little more than a year later,

I can tell Max that I was right, that I KNEW we would be best friends... because after all, isn't that the person you want to BE WITH? the one who gets you. Max gets me...

and i want to continue to get Him.

it makes me smile to say that. :)

all signs pointed to him...

no such thing.

i read this excerpt and thought wow.

Tell me a story, Pew.
What kind of story, child?
A story with a happy ending.
There's no such thing in all the world.
As a happy ending?
As an ending.

- Lighthousekeeping, Jeanette Winterson

if i could be anywhere in the world right now...

it'd be here.

sipping coffee whilst strolling the charming cobblestone streets.

reminds me of europe.

dolce europa, we've been apart way too long...
*pics here on this cute blog i've just come across.

VIVA LA VIDA part deux!

i loved COLDPLAY's performance at the Grammy's, esp when Chris Martin sang "Lost"... just him and his piano. BRILLIANT. [honestly, they should have won album of the year, but i'm a bit biased]
I LOVE COLDPLAY. love them. Their music has gotten me through SO.MUCH.

"I don't want to be a soldier
With the captain of some sinking ship
With snow, far below
So if you love me
Why'd you let me go?"

I've seen them in concert twice already, and whole heartedly believe they are THE MOST ah-mazing performers ever. Chris Martin is a true entertainer and yet seems very humble.

They just announced they're going to put on a Viva La Vida Summer Tour!!!

immediately, i emailed max:

COLDPLAY ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR...

21/07/09: Dallas, TX

tickets on sale Feb 13th!!!!! :)

FYI....

AMAZING!!!! WE *HAVE* TO GO :)

his reply:

ok....sounds good. I'll mark calendar :)

I would lalalalooove to share this concert with darling friend. Love to.