Happy and Hopeful

I just got to spend the past wonderful weekend with Zan!  He had a few days off of work, so came down to visit for the long weekend.  Despite my painful, itchy poison ivy rash which has been slowing me down just a little bit, we got lots done!  We caught up on Doctor Who and Game of Thrones (could Daenerys be more badass?).  He wrote and I started a new painting, which will eventually be a series of three thematically linked pieces.  We went to Nawab and got Rita's shaved ice for dessert, ordered a pizza, made risotto, cooked corn on the cob, had lunch at La Tolteca on Cinco de Mayo, and on Saturday night I made strawberry mini-pies.  Mostly we ate, I guess.  We also decided to take up tennis this summer, and I put in an application for a job that I think I would really love!  I'm excited.

I took an antihistamine one day that totally knocked me out for the whole morning.  So, since I couldn't combat the rash and stay awake at the same time... no bowling or mini-golf, which I'd been looking forward to, but once my contact dermatitis clears up that's on the list.  Along with a Dairy Queen run, because I'm still hopeful the weather will get nicer.  

Then today I got a new car!  It's a deep gray shiny color, a few years newer, and otherwise just the same as my old car.  But I needed a new car after the accident in December.  I've been holding off due to Mercury being in retrograde and all that, but now seemed auspicious and I really needed to trade-in.  Other than being in a bit of itchy pain, I've really enjoyed these past few days.  They've been full and fun, and I feel really happy and hopeful about what the future might hold.